windows - Clipboard size limit

Question

Is there any limit of the size of data that can be copied to clipboard? I am using VB6 and need to copy blocks of data to the clipboard.

Answer 1

Applications call GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE or GMEM_DDESHARE) to allocate the memory for data to be stored on the clipboard and make it available to other applications. For 32-bit applications GlobalAlloc can allocate blocks up to 2 GB in size or up to the amount of virtual memory the PC has, whichever is less. The Windows clipboard does not impose any other size limits.