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Hey, I have got a serious problem with detecting Windows Clipboard changes. I am trying to write simple application that detects clipboard changes and offers to user some actions. To make it work I capture the WM_CLIPBOARDUPDATE message (Of course, I first add listening options -> AddClipboardFormatListener(Handle); which I release when exiting the program -> RemoveClipboardFormatListener(Handle);). And it works. I respond when the clipboard has an image (Clipboard.HasFormat(CF_PICTURE)) or text (Clipboard.HasFormat(CF_TEXT)). BUT - apparently this message is sent when I run system services (even though the clipboard contents DO NOT CHANGE), e.g. Computer Management (compmgmt.msc) Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) Performance Monitor (perfmon.msc) and probably other programs I don't know about. Why!!!!? That is, it only happens when the clipboard has some content (if it is empty, nothing happens). If it has text or an image or anything else - my application receives a message about changing the contents of the clipboard (which is in fact the same - nothing changes). Why do these services send WM_CLIPBOARDUPDATE? Or in other words - what to do to ignore this specific situation (i.e. I receive the message, but I don't want to react - because nothing has changed in the clipboard). Somehow I don't see anything in the Clipboard implementation in Delphi that would help me... Thanks for any help, -Pawel

I guess title says all, I put a TEdit/TMemo on a form, copy text from any source, and after by using the Control-V it won't paste, but of course if I right click a standard popup shows up and I can paste. Is possible to make the FMX controls to accept it? I can intercept the keyboard, test if the data is text, populate the text control, at first shot it will change the value of the control, not wanted behavior at all, like the popup it should fill at the caret/cursor position. Am I forgetting something here?