Method: Clipboard::Windows#paste

Defined in:
lib/clipboard/windows.rb

#paste(_ = nil) ⇒ Object

see www.codeproject.com/KB/clipboard/archerclipboard1.aspx



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# File 'lib/clipboard/windows.rb', line 46

def paste(_ = nil, **)
  return String.new unless User32.open(nil)

  hclip = User32.get( CF_UNICODETEXT )
  return String.new if hclip.null?

  pointer_to_data = Kernel32.lock( hclip )
  # Windows Unicode is ended by two null bytes, so get the whole string
  size = Kernel32.size( hclip )
  data = pointer_to_data.read_string( size - 2 )
  data.force_encoding(Encoding::UTF_16LE)
ensure
  Kernel32.unlock(hclip) if hclip && !hclip.null?
  User32.close
end