VCL Delphi

Title: How to stream multiple components to clipboard
procedure CopyStreamToClipboard(fmt: Cardinal; S: TStream);
var
hMem: THandle;
pMem: Pointer;
begin
S.Position := 0;
hMem := GlobalAlloc(GHND or GMEM_DDESHARE, S.Size);
if hMem 0 then
begin
pMem := GlobalLock(hMem);
if pMem nil then
begin
S.Read(pMem^, S.Size);
S.Position := 0;
GlobalUnlock(hMem);
Clipboard.Open;
try
Clipboard.SetAsHandle(fmt, hMem);
finally
Clipboard.Close;
end;
end { If }
else
begin
GlobalFree(hMem);
OutOfMemoryError;
end;
end { If }
else
OutOfMemoryError;
end; { CopyStreamToClipboard }
procedure CopyStreamFromClipboard(fmt: Cardinal; S: TStream);
var
hMem: THandle;
pMem: Pointer;
begin
hMem := Clipboard.GetAsHandle(fmt);
if hMem 0 then
begin
pMem := GlobalLock(hMem);
if pMem nil then
begin
S.Write(pMem^, GlobalSize(hMem));
S.Position := 0;
GlobalUnlock(hMem);
end { If }
else
raise Exception.Create('CopyStreamFromClipboard: could not lock global handle ' +
'obtained from clipboard!');
end; { If }
end; { CopyStreamFromClipboard }