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+__author__ = "Israel Fruchter <israel.fruchter@gmail.com>"
+
+import sys, os
+
+if not sys.platform == 'win32':
+    raise Exception("Windows-only demo")
+
+try:
+    from _winclipboard_cffi import ffi, lib
+except ImportError:
+    print 'run winclipboard_build first, then make sure the shared object is on sys.path'
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# ffi "knows" about the declared variables and functions from the
+#     cdef parts of the module _winclipboard_cffi created,
+# lib "knows" how to call the functions from the set_source parts
+#     of the module.
+
+def CopyToClipboard(string):
+    '''
+        use win32 api to copy `string` to the clipboard
+    '''
+    hWnd = lib.GetConsoleWindow()
+  
+    if lib.OpenClipboard(hWnd):
+        cstring = ffi.new("char[]", string)
+        size = ffi.sizeof(cstring)
+        
+        # make it a moveable memory for other processes
+        hGlobal = lib.GlobalAlloc(lib.GMEM_MOVEABLE, size)
+        buffer = lib.GlobalLock(hGlobal)
+        lib.memcpy(buffer, cstring, size)
+        lib.GlobalUnlock(hGlobal)
+        
+        res = lib.EmptyClipboard()
+        res = lib.SetClipboardData(lib.CF_TEXT, buffer)
+ 
+        lib.CloseClipboard()
+        
+CopyToClipboard("hello world from cffi")