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__author__ = "Israel Fruchter <israel.fruchter@gmail.com>"
import sys, os
if not sys.platform == 'win32':
raise Exception("Windows-only demo")
try:
from _winclipboard_cffi import ffi, lib
except ImportError:
print 'run winclipboard_build first, then make sure the shared object is on sys.path'
sys.exit(1)
# ffi "knows" about the declared variables and functions from the
# cdef parts of the module _winclipboard_cffi created,
# lib "knows" how to call the functions from the set_source parts
# of the module.
def CopyToClipboard(string):
'''
use win32 api to copy `string` to the clipboard
'''
hWnd = lib.GetConsoleWindow()
if lib.OpenClipboard(hWnd):
cstring = ffi.new("char[]", string)
size = ffi.sizeof(cstring)
# make it a moveable memory for other processes
hGlobal = lib.GlobalAlloc(lib.GMEM_MOVEABLE, size)
buffer = lib.GlobalLock(hGlobal)
lib.memcpy(buffer, cstring, size)
lib.GlobalUnlock(hGlobal)
res = lib.EmptyClipboard()
res = lib.SetClipboardData(lib.CF_TEXT, buffer)
lib.CloseClipboard()
CopyToClipboard("hello world from cffi")