Copy File To Clipboard {RESOLVED}

[cpatzer]

Ok,

I have a string filename:

c:\temp.jpg

*Could be any extension .jpg,.tiff,.txt,.php,.html...

I want to put this file in the clipboard as if I had right clicked on it in windows explorer and selected copy so that the user can later paste it elsewhere on their file system.

Does anybody have any clue as to how to do this with:

Clipboard.SetDataObject

Thanks in advance

[Asgorath]

Hi

Dim DataObject As New DataObject
        Dim file As String = "C:\TESTE.PDF"
        DataObject.SetData(DataFormats.FileDrop, True, file)
        Clipboard.SetDataObject(DataObject)

Regards
Jorge

[cpatzer]

Jorge,

Did you test this on your machine?
It looks right, but won't work on my machine.

When I try to paste it into a folder or my desktop, I get the hour glass for a second but no file is pasted.

Thanks again

[Qualm]

Did you try it with a .jpg or .txt file? I'm guessing you can't do with this with .pdf content ...

[Asgorath]

Hi Cpatzer

Your are correct using the windows explorer paste doesn't do anything but i tried

Clipboard.GetDataObject with both .pdf and .wav where copied the files on the destination directory.

Regards
Jorge

[cpatzer]

Well, that is what I need, to be able to have the user then paste it wherever they want.

Any ideas?

[cpatzer]

Solution

            Dim DataObject As New DataObject
            Dim tempFileArray(0) As String
            'NOTE THAT IT MUST BE PASSED AN ARRAY!!!
            tempFileArray(0) = activeListView.SelectedItems(0).Tag
            DataObject.SetData(DataFormats.FileDrop, False, tempFileArray)
            Clipboard.SetDataObject(DataObject)

Thanks to all.