{{DISPLAYTITLE:_CLIPBOARDIMAGE (function)}}
The [[_CLIPBOARDIMAGE (function)|_CLIPBOARDIMAGE]] function pastes an image from the clipboard into a new 32-bit image in memory.


{{PageSyntax}}
: {{Parameter|newImageHandle&}} = [[_CLIPBOARDIMAGE (function)|_CLIPBOARDIMAGE]]


{{PageDescription}}
* When the paste operation is successful, {{Parameter|newImageHandle&}} will be < -1. Handle values of -1 or 0 indicate that there wasn't an image in the clipboard or that the format wasn't accepted.
* Use [[_FREEIMAGE]] to free the memory used by {{Parameter|newImageHandle&}} when it's no longer needed by your program.
* [[Keywords_currently_not_supported_by_QB64#Keywords_Not_Supported_in_Linux_or_MAC_OSX_versions|Not available in Linux or macOS]].


==Availability==
* '''Build 20170906/64''' onward.


{{PageExamples}}
''Example:'' Monitoring the clipboard for new images copied from other programs:
{{CodeStart}}{{Cl|SCREEN}} {{Cl|_NEWIMAGE}}(800, 600, 32)
{{Cl|DO}}
    {{Cl|CLS}}
    {{Cl|COLOR}} {{Cl|_RGB32}}(177, 177, 177)
    {{Cl|PRINT}} "Monitoring clipboard..."
    {{Cl|IF}} img& < -1 {{Cl|THEN}} _FREEIMAGE img&
    img& = {{Cl|_CLIPBOARDIMAGE}}
    IF img& < -1 THEN
        {{Cl|PRINT}} "Image found:"
        {{Cl|COLOR}} _RGB32(255, 255, 255)
        {{Cl|PRINT}} "Width :"; {{Cl|_WIDTH (function)|_WIDTH}}(img&)
        {{Cl|PRINT}} "Height:"; {{Cl|_HEIGHT|_HEIGHT}}(img&)
        w = {{Cl|_WIDTH (function)|_WIDTH}} / 2 - {{Cl|_WIDTH (function)|_WIDTH}}(img&) / 2
        IF w < 0 THEN w = 0
        {{Cl|_PUTIMAGE}} (w, {{Cl|CSRLIN}} * {{Cl|_FONTHEIGHT}}), img&
    ELSE
        PRINT "No image found."
    END IF
    {{Cl|_DISPLAY}}
    {{Cl|_LIMIT}} 10
{{Cl|LOOP}}
{{CodeEnd}}
{{small|Code by Fellippe Heitor}}


{{PageSeeAlso}}
* [[_CLIPBOARDIMAGE]] {{text|(statement - used to copy an image to the clipboard)}}
* [[_CLIPBOARD$]], [[_CLIPBOARD$ (statement)]] {{text|(used to copy/paste text)}}


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