[Lazarus] Clipboard changes

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Fri, 7 Oct 2011 14:35:18 -0300
Flávio Etrusco <flavio.etrusco at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Mattias Gaertner
> <nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de> wrote:
> > On Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:26:16 -0300
> > Flávio Etrusco <flavio.etrusco at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >> I would like some feedback by anyone using or knowledgeable in the LCL
> >> clipboard design on the changes introduced by this (already committed)
> >> patch:
> >> http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=20089
> >
> > What's the problem?
> >
> > Mattias
> >
> > --
> 
> I made TWin32WidgetSet.ClipboardFormatToMimeType raise an exception
> when Windows.GetClipboardFormatName returns empty (either a Windows
> predefined format or an error). At the last it will be triggered by
> code that uses TClipboard.FindFormatID (or iterate over available
> formats names in the clipboard) if there's a predefined format in the
> clipboard the LCL doesn't know about. Is that ok?
> I didn't see any other issues, but the LCL uses MIME strings more
> extensively than initially thought, so I'm asking for advice.

Raising an exception in an LCL interface function is unusual.
What do you mean with "a predefined format in the clipboard the LCL
doesn't know about"?


Mattias