GetClipboardSequenceNumber info  Overview  Group

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The GetClipboardSequenceNumber function returns the clipboard sequence number for the current window station.

DWORD GetClipboardSequenceNumber(VOID)
 

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Value

The return value is the clipboard sequence number.

Remarks

The system keeps a 32-bit serial number for the clipboard for each window station. This number is incremented whenever the contents of the clipboard change. You can track this value to determine whether the clipboard contents have changed and optimize creating DataObjects.