>Hi Ed,
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>Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it! But, I have tried to define the format (CF_BITMAP) and even tried to include the header files. None of this seemed to work, even substituting 2 for the param...as I research more and more, I'm wondering if I need to call a few more functions to allow it to recognize the clipboard in my program...maybe a call to the OpenClipboard() before I try to extract the data and then an EmptyClipboard() and a CloseClipboard() before I move on to the next process. I'm working in a loop and dealing with thousands of records that are copied to the clipboard before I need to extract them and convert to JPEG format for viewing on the web.
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It's tough to access something that hasn't been opened. I'd advise not trying to use the Clipboard as an IPC mechanism if you're dealing with thousands of records - you're going to bury the memory on the server, and may well exhaust the virtual memory in the process.

You obviously need to issue and OpenClipboard(); realize that each separate instance of a bitmap is a separate clipboard entry, and you'll need to spin through gathering each occurance of a bitmap. I'd rethink the mechanism used to move the data...