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CLB.Get Format Number

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MiniRobotLanguage (MRL)

 

CLB.Get Format Number

Returns the number from the clipboard format of the name in P1.

 

 

Intention

 

This command will return the number of the below listed 18 clipboard formats.

Example, if P1 = "CF_TIFF", the command will return 6.

 

 

Constant Name

Value

Comment

CF_TEXT

1

Text format

CF_BITMAP

2

Bitmap format

CF_METAFILEPICT

3

Metafile picture format

CF_SYLK

4

Microsoft Symbolic Link format

CF_DIF

5

Software Arts' Data Interchange Format

CF_TIFF

6

Tagged Image File Format

CF_OEMTEXT

7

Text format containing characters in the OEM character set

CF_DIB

8

Device Independent Bitmap

CF_PALETTE

9

Color palette format

CF_PENDATA

10

Pen data format

CF_RIFF

11

Resource Interchange File Format

CF_WAVE

12

Waveform audio format

CF_UNICODETEXT

13

Unicode text format

CF_ENHMETAFILE

14

Enhanced metafile format

CF_HDROP

15

Handle to a list of file names

CF_LOCALE

16

Locale identifier

CF_DIBV5

17

Version 5 device independent bitmap (DIB)

CF_MAX

18

Maximum clipboard format value used in the enumeration

 

 

 

 

Syntax

 

 

CLB.Get Format Number|P1[|P2]

 

 

Parameter Explanation

 

P1 - Name of the Clipboard Format to get the number for. Can be any Name as seen in the Table above.

P2 - (optional) Variable for the result, if omitted, result goes to TOS.

 

 

 

 

Example

 

'***********************************

' CLB.-Sample

'***********************************
CLB.Get Format Name|6|$$RET

PRT.$$RET

CLB.Get Format Value|CF_Bitmap|$$RET

PRT.$$RET

MBX.!

ENR.

 

 

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Remarks

 

-

 

 

Limitations:

 

-

 

 

See also: