The QClipboard class provides access to the window system clipboard. ... void*  data  ( const char * format ) const . void  setData  ( const char * format, void * )  . const char*  text  () const . ... Example: QClipboard *cb = QApplication::clipboard(); const char *text; // Copy text from the clipboard (paste) text = cb-> text (); if ( text ) debug ( "The clipboard contains: %s", text ); // Copy text into the clipboard cb-> setText ( "This text can be pasted by other programs" ); . ...