From: rgb_removethis@mvps.org   
      
   Most apps that utilize specific formats utilize a function of the clipboard   
   API that allows the registering of private clipboard formats. In doing so   
   the calling app provides a custom name that the clipboard format is to be   
   known, and the RegisterClipboardFormat function returns an app-specific   
   value representing the key to access data in that format. The value will be   
   between &HC000 and &HFFFF&.   
      
   The EnumClipboardFormats API provides a means for any app to enumerate the   
   data formats currently available on the clipboard.   
      
   The types of data VB can access are called "standard clipboard formats" that   
   Windows maintains for use by any/all apps, if desired.  In API parlance they   
   are known as CF_ (clipboard format) CF_BITMAP, CB_TEXT, etc corresponding to   
   VB's clipboard constants. But these are but a minor subset of the standard   
   clipboard data formats Windows makes available ...   
      
         CF_BITMAP A handle to a bitmap (HBITMAP).   
         CF_DIB A memory object containing a BITMAPINFO structure followed by   
   the bitmap bits.   
         CF_DIBV5 Windows 2000/XP: A memory object containing a BITMAPV5HEADER   
   structure followed by the bitmap color space information and the bitmap   
   bits.   
         CF_DIF Software Arts' Data Interchange Format.   
         CF_DSPBITMAP Bitmap display format associated with a private format.   
   The hMem parameter must be a handle to data that can be displayed in bitmap   
   format in lieu of the privately formatted data.   
         CF_DSPENHMETAFILE Enhanced metafile display format associated with a   
   private format. The hMem parameter must be a handle to data that can be   
   displayed in enhanced metafile format in lieu of the privately formatted   
   data.   
         CF_DSPMETAFILEPICT Metafile-picture display format associated with a   
   private format. The hMem parameter must be a handle to data that can be   
   displayed in metafile-picture format in lieu of the privately formatted   
   data.   
         CF_DSPTEXT Text display format associated with a private format. The   
   hMem parameter must be a handle to data that can be displayed in text format   
   in lieu of the privately formatted data.   
         CF_ENHMETAFILE A handle to an enhanced metafile (HENHMETAFILE).   
         CF_GDIOBJFIRST through CF_GDIOBJLAST Range of integer values for   
   application-defined Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) object   
   clipboard formats. Handles associated with clipboard formats in this range   
   are not automatically deleted using the GlobalFree function when the   
   clipboard is emptied. Also, when using values in this range, the hMem   
   parameter is not a handle to a GDI object, but is a handle allocated by the   
   GlobalAlloc function with the GMEM_MOVEABLE flag.   
         CF_HDROP A handle to type HDROP that identifies a list of files. An   
   application can retrieve information about the files by passing the handle   
   to the DragQueryFile functions.   
         CF_LOCALE The data is a handle to the locale identifier associated   
   with text in the clipboard. When you close the clipboard, if it contains   
   CF_TEXT data but no CF_LOCALE data, the system automatically sets the   
   CF_LOCALE format to the current input language. You can use the CF_LOCALE   
   format to associate a different locale with the clipboard text.   
         An application that pastes text from the clipboard can retrieve this   
   format to determine which character set was used to generate the text.   
      
         Note that the clipboard does not support plain text in multiple   
   character sets. To achieve this, use a formatted text data type such as Rich   
   Text Format (RTF) instead.   
      
         Windows NT/2000/XP: The system uses the code page associated with   
   CF_LOCALE to implicitly convert from CF_TEXT to CF_UNICODETEXT. Therefore,   
   the correct code page table is used for the conversion.   
      
         CF_METAFILEPICT Handle to a metafile picture format as defined by the   
   METAFILEPICT structure. When passing a CF_METAFILEPICT handle by means of   
   Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), the application responsible for deleting hMem   
   should also free the metafile referred to by the CF_METAFILEPICT handle.   
         CF_OEMTEXT Text format containing characters in the OEM character set.   
   Each line ends with a carriage return/linefeed (CR-LF) combination. A null   
   character signals the end of the data.   
         CF_OWNERDISPLAY Owner-display format. The clipboard owner must display   
   and update the clipboard viewer window, and receive the WM_ASKCBFORMATNAME,   
   WM_HSCROLLCLIPBOARD, WM_PAINTCLIPBOARD, WM_SIZECLIPBOARD, and   
   WM_VSCROLLCLIPBOARD messages. The hMem parameter must be NULL.   
         CF_PALETTE Handle to a color palette. Whenever an application places   
   data in the clipboard that depends on or assumes a color palette, it should   
   place the palette on the clipboard as well.   
           If the clipboard contains data in the CF_PALETTE (logical color   
   palette) format, the application should use the SelectPalette and   
   RealizePalette functions to realize (compare) any other data in the   
   clipboard against that logical palette.   
         When displaying clipboard data, the clipboard always uses as its   
   current palette any object on the clipboard that is in the CF_PALETTE   
   format.   
      
         CF_PENDATA Data for the pen extensions to the Microsoft Windows for   
   Pen Computing.   
         CF_PRIVATEFIRST through CF_PRIVATELAST Range of integer values for   
   private clipboard formats. Handles associated with private clipboard formats   
   are not freed automatically; the clipboard owner must free such handles,   
   typically in response to the WM_DESTROYCLIPBOARD message.   
         CF_RIFF Represents audio data more complex than can be represented in   
   a CF_WAVE standard wave format.   
         CF_SYLK Microsoft Symbolic Link (SYLK) format.   
         CF_TEXT Text format. Each line ends with a carriage return/linefeed   
   (CR-LF) combination. A null character signals the end of the data. Use this   
   format for ANSI text.   
         CF_WAVE Represents audio data in one of the standard wave formats,   
   such as 11 kHz or 22 kHz Pulse Code Modulation (PCM).   
         CF_TIFF Tagged-image file format.   
         CF_UNICODETEXT Windows NT/2000/XP: Unicode text format. Each line ends   
   with a carriage return/linefeed (CR-LF) combination. A null character   
   signals the end of the data.   
      
      
   In order to use any of the non-VB-provided 'standard' formats, you must use   
   the Clipboard APIs. The ability to access private clipboard formats is   
   limited, from what I can see. So while it may be possible to determine   
      
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