ChangeClipboardChain function (winuser.h)

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10/13/2021

Removes a specified window from the chain of clipboard viewers.

Syntax

BOOL ChangeClipboardChain(
  [in] HWND hWndRemove,
  [in] HWND hWndNewNext
);

Parameters

[in] hWndRemove

Type: HWND

A handle to the window to be removed from the chain. The handle must have been passed to the SetClipboardViewer function.

[in] hWndNewNext

Type: HWND

A handle to the window that follows the hWndRemove window in the clipboard viewer chain. (This is the handle returned by SetClipboardViewer, unless the sequence was changed in response to a WM_CHANGECBCHAIN message.)

Return value

Type: BOOL

The return value indicates the result of passing the WM_CHANGECBCHAIN message to the windows in the clipboard viewer chain. Because a window in the chain typically returns FALSE when it processes WM_CHANGECBCHAIN, the return value from ChangeClipboardChain is typically FALSE. If there is only one window in the chain, the return value is typically TRUE.

Remarks

The window identified by hWndNewNext replaces the hWndRemove window in the chain. The SetClipboardViewer function sends a WM_CHANGECBCHAIN message to the first window in the clipboard viewer chain.

For an example, see Removing a Window from the Clipboard Viewer Chain.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	winuser.h (include Windows.h)
Library	User32.lib
DLL	User32.dll
API set	ext-ms-win-ntuser-misc-l1-5-1 (introduced in Windows 10, version 10.0.14393)