Copy from Clip Board Error

I am trying to copy a .jpeg file and pasting in VB.

But running into the following error.

"Cannot read from or write to the clipboard. (1-1604)"

Any clue why...

Thanks.

Lets say you're in Explorer and you see a jpeg file in a folder and you want to copy it to another folder. You select the file and press Ctrl+C to copy. Select another folder and press Ctrl+V to paste. If you look in your CLIPBRD.EXE all you will see is the file location, not an image of that file. ;)

Thanks for your response.

I am sorry but I do not understand how would that help me to fix the error.

How are you copying this jpeg?

If it's an image on the clipboard then try,

If Clipboard.GetFormat(vbCFBitmap) Then Picture1.Picture = Clipboard.GetData(vbCFBitmap)

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Originally Posted by Cern_VB_developer

Thanks for your response.

I am sorry but I do not understand how would that help me to fix the error.

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I'm just trying to draw you away from the misconception of the ClipBoard operation. Just because you copy a filename it doesn't copy the picture.

Edgemeal has answered your question. ;)