VB IDE Clearing clipboard? * RESOLVED *

[DaveBo]

Why does opening the VB IDE clear the paste buffer?

I keep cutting slices of code from places (like VBforums), and opening VB only to find the clipboard empty, so I have to go back and cut again.

Is there any way to control this abberant behavior?

Thanks, DaveBo

[MartinLiss]

Unfortunately no.

[brucevde]

This is one of those things we just have to live with. The cause of the problem are Add-Ins. The only way for Add-Ins to get their icon onto the VB toolbars is to use the clipboard.

If you want to stop the clipboard from being cleared remove the option to "Load at Startup" for every Add-In.

[MartinLiss]

Originally posted by brucevde
This is one of those things we just have to live with. The cause of the problem are Add-Ins. The only way for Add-Ins to get their icon onto the VB toolbars is to use the clipboard.

If you want to stop the clipboard from being cleared remove the option to "Load at Startup" for every Add-In.

I never knew that!

[PT Exorcist]

isnt that a bit stupid? why do it works that way? also, they could have put some code to copy the clipboard contents before doing that and then in the end restoring it again

[BuggyProgrammer]

if you remove the 'VB 6 ActiveX Ctrl Interface Wizard' add-in it should work.

[DaveBo]

Brucevde,
Thanks, that does it.