Function CopyToClipboard

Source/NodeSerializer.cpp:127–187

#include <string_view>

static void CopyToClipboard(const std::string_view text) {
#if (AX_TARGET_PLATFORM == AX_PLATFORM_WIN32)
	// Open the clipboard
	if (!OpenClipboard(nullptr)) {
		// Handle error if clipboard cannot be opened
		// You can add appropriate error handling here
		return;
	}

	// Empty the clipboard
	if (!EmptyClipboard()) {
		// Handle error if clipboard cannot be emptied
		// You can add appropriate error handling here
		CloseClipboard();
		return;
	}

	// Get the length of the text
	const size_t textLength = text.length();

	// Allocate global memory to hold the text
	HGLOBAL hClipboardData = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_DDESHARE, (textLength + 1) * sizeof(char));
	if (hClipboardData == nullptr) {
		// Handle error if memory allocation fails
		// You can add appropriate error handling here
		CloseClipboard();
		return;
	}

	// Lock the global memory handle and get a pointer to the memory
	char* pClipboardData = static_cast<char*>(GlobalLock(hClipboardData));
	if (pClipboardData == nullptr) {
		// Handle error if memory locking fails
		// You can add appropriate error handling here
		GlobalFree(hClipboardData);
		CloseClipboard();
		return;
	}

	// Copy the text to the global memory
	memcpy(pClipboardData, text.data(), textLength * sizeof(char));

	// Null-terminate the text
	pClipboardData[textLength] = '\0';

	// Unlock the global memory
	GlobalUnlock(hClipboardData);

	// Set the clipboard data
	if (!SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, hClipboardData)) {
		// Handle error if clipboard data cannot be set
		// You can add appropriate error handling here
		GlobalFree(hClipboardData);
		CloseClipboard();
		return;
	}

	// Close the clipboard