1   
2   (* this code will help you copy data from selected rows in a Datagrid to a 
3   clipboard*)
4   
5   uses
6    Clipbrd;
7   
8   var
9      i, j: Integer;
10     sData: string;
11     SysClip : TClipBoard;
12  begin
13  
14  
15      SysClip := TClipBoard.Create;
16  
17      //used to create to copy the column Header
18       for i:=0 to DBGrid1.SelectedRows.Count do begin
19         sData:=sData+ uppercase(DBGrid1.Fields[i].DisplayName) ;
20        if i<>DBGrid1.SelectedRows.Count then
21            sData:=sData+ ', '+#09; //tab
22       end;
23        sData:=sData+#13#10; //carriage return
24  
25      if DBGrid1.SelectedRows.Count>0 then
26      with DBGrid1.DataSource.DataSet do
27        for i:=0 to DBGrid1.SelectedRows.Count-1 do
28        begin
29  
30         //goto the bookmark of the seleced row to copy its content
31          GotoBookmark(pointer(DBGrid1.SelectedRows.Items[i]));
32          for j := 0 to FieldCount-1 do
33          begin
34  
35            sData:=sData+Fields[j].AsString ;
36              if (j>0) then
37             sData:=sData+', '+#09;  //tab
38          end;
39          sData:=sData+#13#10;     //carriage return
40  
41        end;
42       SysClip.AsText := sData;  //copy data to clipboard
43       SysClip.Destroy;
44  end;