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Microsoft Windows predefined data formats

Format

Description

DDE.CF_BITMAP

The data is a bitmap.

DDE.CF_DIB

The data is a memory object containing a BITMAPINFO structure followed by the bitmap data.

DDE.CF_DIF

The data is in Data Interchange Format (DIF).

DDE.CF_DSPBITMAP

The data is a bitmap representation of a private format. This data is displayed in bitmap format instead of the privately formatted data.

DDE.CF_DSPMETAFILEPICT

The data is a metafile representation of a private data format. This data is displayed in metafile-picture format instead of the privately formatted data.

DDE.CF_DSPTEXT

The data is a textual representation of a private data format. This data is displayed in text format instead of the privately formatted data.

DDE.CF_METAFILEPICT

The data is a metafile.

DDE.CF_OEMTEXT

The data is an array of text 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.

DDE.CF_OWNERDISPLAY

The data is in a private format that the clipboard owner must display.

DDE.CF_PALETTE

The data is a color palette.

DDE.CF_PENDATA

The data is for the pen extensions to the Microsoft Windows operating system.

DDE.CF RIFF

The data is in Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF).

DDE.CF_SYLK

The data is in Microsoft Symbolic Link (SYLK) format.

DDE.CF_TEXT

The data is an array of text characters. Each line ends with a carriage return-linefeed (CR-LF) combination. A null character signals the end of the data.

DDE.CF_TIFF

The data is in Tag Image File Format (TIFF).

DDE.CF_WAVE

The data describes a sound wave. This is a subset of the CF_RIFF data format; it can be used only for RIFF WAVE files.

See also

About the DDE built-in package

DDE built-in package

DDE built-in exceptions