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Function name : GetClipboardSequenceNumber

Group: Clipboard - Library: user32

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Retrieves the clipboard sequence number for the current window station.

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Declaration:

DWORD WINAPI GetClipboardSequenceNumber(void);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetClipboardSequenceNumber IN user32  

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Parameters:

This function has no parameters.

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Return value:

The return value is the clipboard sequence number. If you do not have WINSTA_ACCESSCLIPBOARD access to the window station, the function returns zero.

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Comments:

This number is incremented whenever the contents of the clipboard change or the clipboard is emptied.

The system keeps a serial number for the clipboard for each window station.

A copy-paste adds as many increments as the number of data formats placed on the clipboard.

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