import std.stdio;
import core.stdc.string;
import std.string;
extern(Windows) {
bool OpenClipboard(void*);
void* GetClipboardData(uint);
void* SetClipboardData(uint, void*);
bool EmptyClipboard();
bool CloseClipboard();
void* GlobalAlloc(uint, size_t);
void* GlobalLock(void*);
bool GlobalUnlock(void*);
}
void main() {
if (OpenClipboard(null)) {
auto cstr = cast(char*)GetClipboardData( 1 );
if(cstr)
writeln(cstr[0..strlen(cstr)]);
EmptyClipboard();
auto mystr = "my data";
void* handle = GlobalAlloc(2, mystr.length + 1);
void* ptr = GlobalLock(handle);
memcpy(ptr, toStringz(mystr), mystr.length + 1);
GlobalUnlock(handle);
SetClipboardData( 1, handle);
CloseClipboard();
}
}