Send file to (Explorer's) Clipboard

[Andy Groom]

Hi,

Does anyone know how to place a file onto Clipboard so that you can then go into Explorer and paste it?

- Andy.

[jjortiz]

Look at MSDN and do a search for clipboard. Here is some code that i found to past an image. Maybe you can come up with something from this.

Private Sub Form_Click ()
   Const CF_BITMAP = 2   ' Define bitmap format.
   Dim Msg   ' Declare variable.
   On Error Resume Next   ' Set up error handling.
   Msg = "Choose OK to load a bitmap onto the Clipboard."
   MsgBox Msg   ' Display message.
   Clipboard.Clear   ' Clear Clipboard.
   Clipboard.SetData LoadPicture("PAPER.BMP")  ' Get bitmap.
   If Err Then
      Msg = "Can't find the .bmp file."
      MsgBox Msg   ' Display error message.
      Exit Sub
   End If
   Msg = "A bitmap is now on the Clipboard. Choose OK to copy "
   Msg = Msg & "the bitmap from the Clipboard to the form "
   MsgBox Msg   ' Display message.
   Picture = Clipboard.GetData()   ' Copy from Clipboard.
   Msg = "Choose OK to clear the form."
   MsgBox Msg   ' Display message.
   Picture = LoadPicture()   ' Clear form.
End Sub

[jjortiz]

Here is an API Example.

Const LR_LOADFROMFILE = &H10
Const IMAGE_BITMAP = 0
Const IMAGE_ICON = 1
Const IMAGE_CURSOR = 2
Const IMAGE_ENHMETAFILE = 3
Const CF_BITMAP = 2
Private Declare Function LoadImage Lib "user32" Alias "LoadImageA" (ByVal hInst As Long, ByVal lpsz As String, ByVal dwImageType As Long, ByVal dwDesiredWidth As Long, ByVal dwDesiredHeight As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CloseClipboard Lib "user32" () As Long
Private Declare Function OpenClipboard Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function EmptyClipboard Lib "user32" () As Long
Private Declare Function SetClipboardData Lib "user32" (ByVal wFormat As Long, ByVal hMem As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function IsClipboardFormatAvailable Lib "user32" (ByVal wFormat As Long) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
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    Dim hDC As Long, hBitmap As Long
    'Load the bitmap into the memory
    hBitmap = LoadImage(App.hInstance, "c:\windows\logow.sys", IMAGE_BITMAP, 320, 200, LR_LOADFROMFILE)
    If hBitmap = 0 Then
        MsgBox "There was an error while loading the bitmap"
        Exit Sub
    End If
    'open the clipboard
    OpenClipboard Me.hwnd
    'Clear the clipboard
    EmptyClipboard
    'Put our bitmap onto the clipboard
    SetClipboardData CF_BITMAP, hBitmap
    'Check if there's a bitmap on the clipboard
    If IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_BITMAP) = 0 Then
        MsgBox "There was an error while pasting the bitmap to the clipboard!"
    End If
    'Close the clipboard
    CloseClipboard
    'Get the picture from the clipboard
    Me.Picture = Clipboard.GetData(vbCFBitmap)
End Sub