# OleUIPasteSpecial

Invokes the standard Paste Special dialog box, allowing the user to select the format of the clipboard object to be pasted or paste-linked.

UINT OleUIPasteSpecial(*

LPOLEUIPASTESPECIAL lpPS | //Pointer to the in-out structure for this dialog box
); |

Parameter

lpPS
  [in] Pointer to the in-out OLEUIPASTESPECIAL structure for this dialog box.

Return Values

Standard Success/Error Definitions

OLEUI_FALSE
  Unknown failure (unused).
OLEUI_SUCCESS
  No error, same as OLEUI_OK.
OLEUI_OK
  The user pressed the OK button.
OLEUI_CANCEL
  The user pressed the Cancel button.

Standard Field Validation Errors

OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMIN
  Errors common to all dialog boxes lie in the range OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMIN to OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMAX. This value allows the application to test for standard messages in order to display error messages to the user.
OLEUI_ERR_STRUCTURENULL
  The pointer to an OLEUIXXX structure passed into the function was NULL.
OLEUI_ERR_STRUCTUREINVALID
  Insufficient permissions for read or write access to an OLEUIXXX structure.
OLEUI_ERR_CBSTRUCTINCORRECT
  The cbstruct value is incorrect.
OLEUI_ERR_HWNDOWNERINVALID
  The hWndOwner value is invalid.
OLEUI_ERR_LPSZCAPTIONINVALID
  The lpszCaption value is invalid.
OLEUI_ERR_LPFNHOOKINVALID
  The lpfnHook value is invalid.
OLEUI_ERR_HINSTANCEINVALID
  The hInstance value is invalid.
OLEUI_ERR_LPSZTEMPLATEINVALID
  The lpszTemplate value is invalid.
OLEUI_ERR_HRESOURCEINVALID
  The hResource value is invalid.

Initialization Errors

OLEUI_ERR_FINDTEMPLATEFAILURE
  Unable to find the dialog box template.
OLEUI_ERR_LOADTEMPLATEFAILURE
  Unable to load the dialog box template.
OLEUI_ERR_DIALOGFAILURE
  Dialog box initialization failed.
OLEUI_ERR_LOCALMEMALLOC
  A call to LocalAlloc or the standard IMalloc allocator failed.
OLEUI_ERR_GLOBALMEMALLOC
  A call to GlobalAlloc or the standard IMalloc allocator failed.
OLEUI_ERR_LOADSTRING
  Unable to LoadString localized resources from the library.
OLEUI_ERR_OLEMEMALLOC
  A call to the standard IMalloc allocator failed.

Function Specific Errors

OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMAX
  Errors common to all dialog boxes lie in the range OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMIN to OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMAX. This value allows the application to test for standard messages in order to display error messages to the user.
OLEUI_IOERR_SRCDATAOBJECTINVALID
  The lpSrcDataObject field of OLEUIPASTESPECIAL is invalid.
OLEUI_IOERR_ARRPASTEENTRIESINVALID
  The arrPasteEntries field of OLEUIPASTESPECIAL is invalid.
OLEUI_IOERR_ARRLINKTYPESINVALID
  The arrLinkTypes field of OLEUIPASTESPECIAL is invalid.
OLEUI_PSERR_CLIPBOARDCHANGED
  The clipboard contents changed while the dialog box was displayed.
OLEUI_PSERR_GETCLIPBOAARDFAILED
  The lpSrcDataObj member is incorrect.

Remarks

The design of the Paste Special dialog box assumes that if you are willing to permit a user to link to an object, you are also willing to permit the user to embed that object. For this reason, if any of the OLEUIPASTE_LINKTYPE flags associated with the OLEUIPASTEFLAG enumeration are set, then the OLEUIPASTE_PASTE flag must also be set in order for the data formats to appear in the Paste Special dialog box.

The text displayed in the Source field of the standard Paste Special dialog box, which is implemented in OLEDLG32.DLL, is the null-terminated string whose offset in bytes is specified in the dwSrcofCopy field of the OBJECTDESCRIPTOR structure for the object to be pasted. If an OBJECTDESCRIPTOR structure is not available for this object, the dialog box displays whatever text may be associated with CF_LINKSOURCEDESCRIPTOR. If neither structure is available, the dialog box looks for CF_FILENAME. If CF_FILENAME is not found, the dialog box displays the string “Unknown Source”.

To free an HMETAFILEPICT returned from the Insert Object or Paste Special dialog box, delete the attached metafile on the handle, as follows:

    void FreeHmetafilepict(HMETAFILEPICT hmfp)
    {
        if (hmfp != NULL)
            {
            LPMETAFILEPICT pmfp = GlobalLock(hmfp);

            DeleteMetaFile(pmfp->hMF);
            GlobalUnlock(hmfp);
            GlobalFree(hmfp);
            }
    }  // FreeHmetafilepict

See Also

OLEUIPASTEFLAG, DeleteMetaFile, GlobalUnlock, GlobalFree in Win32