Method setString

src/SFML/Window/Win32/ClipboardImpl.cpp:79–105

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void ClipboardImpl::setString(const String& text)
{
    if (!OpenClipboard(nullptr))
    {
        err() << "Failed to open the Win32 clipboard: " << getErrorString(GetLastError()) << std::endl;
        return;
    }

    if (!EmptyClipboard())
    {
        err() << "Failed to empty the Win32 clipboard: " << getErrorString(GetLastError()) << std::endl;
        CloseClipboard();
        return;
    }

    // Create a Win32-compatible string
    const auto        string     = text.toUtf16();
    const std::size_t stringSize = (string.size() + 1) * sizeof(char16_t);
    if (const HANDLE stringHandle = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, stringSize))
    {
        std::memcpy(GlobalLock(stringHandle), string.data(), stringSize);
        GlobalUnlock(stringHandle);
        SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, stringHandle);
    }

    CloseClipboard();
}

} // namespace sf::priv