Place a bitmap image on the clipboard (uses OLE)

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(1) If you don’t have OLE in your project already then add this

#include <afxole.h>

and do the following during initialization

OleInitialize(NULL);

(2) The following places a bitmap copy of a view on the clipboard. It can be easily modified to work with any CWnd that draws to a CDC.

void CMyView::OnEditCopy()
{

	COLORREF BACKGROUND_COLOR = RGB(255,255,255);
	tagSTGMEDIUM * data;
	CBitmap * junk;
	COleDataSource* pData = new COleDataSource;
	data = new tagSTGMEDIUM;
	junk = new CBitmap();
	CClientDC cdc(this);
	CDC dc;
	dc.CreateCompatibleDC(&cdc);
	CRect client;
	//replace this with something that calculates 
	//the proper rectangle size
	GetClientRect(client);
	junk->CreateCompatibleBitmap(&cdc,client.Width(),client.Height());
	dc.SelectObject(junk);
	CBrush fill(BACKGROUND_COLOR);
	dc.FillRect(client,&fill);
	//replace this with something that draws to a CDC
	OnDraw(&dc);
	data->tymed = TYMED_GDI;
	data->hBitmap = HBITMAP(*junk);
	pData->CacheData( CF_BITMAP, data );
	pData->SetClipboard();
	delete data;
	delete junk;

}