Copy embedded structure to clipboard and retrieve it in win32 - winapi

Question

I am trying to implement clipboard operation (cut/copy/paste) on my win32 window. This window has a bunch of gdi objects drawn over it, and the window can have child controls inserted in it as well.
I have searched allot on the win32 clipboard API, and every where they have explained how to handle a single type of data, e.g. we can write text onto clipboard by specifying the appropriate clipboard format and etc.
What I need is to place ALL the data on the clipboard that will be used to reconstruct the original window after the paste operation. I do not want to use COM as suggested by msdn for embedded data structures.
Can this be carried out using the basic clipboard API? Can anybody point me in the right direction and what steps do I need to take to bring this about? I am a newbie in win32 and don't know allot about what I am doing.

Answer 1

Use RegisterClipboardFormat() to register a custom clipboard format ID. Then serialize your data as needed, using whatever serialization format is meaningful for your data, and store it on the clipboard using SetClipboardData(). At a later time, you can use GetCliipboardData() to retrieve your data and de-serialize it as needed.
Update: For example:
struct sMyData
{
int Value1;
int Value2;
float Value3;
float Value4;
};
UINT uMyDataFmtID = RegisterClipboardFormat(TEXT("MyData"));
...
HANDLE hMyData = GlobalAlloc(GHND, sizeof(sMyData));
sMyData *pMyData = (sMyData*) GlobalLock(hMyData);
// fill in pMyData as needed...
GlobalUnlock(hMyData);
SetClipboardData(uMyDataFmtID, hMyData);
...
HANDLE hMyData = GetClipboardData(uMyDataFmtID);
sMyData *pMyData = (sMyData*) GlobalLock(hMyData);
// use pMyData as needed...
GlobalUnlock(hMyData);