protecting clipboard contents

[billsox]

Hi,

I've got a VB6 application that takes data from an ADO recordset and copies it to an invisible Excel spreadsheet using the Windows clipboard. I've read that this is the fastest way to copy large datasets into an Excel worksheet. My problem is that while this application runs, my users are also using the Windows clipboard in other applications. Thus they can inadvertently change the contents that are pasted into the hidden spreadsheet or are surprised when the data that they are manually pasting is changed to the data that's destined for the spreadsheet. Am I forced to give up on using the clipboard for this data transfer or is there a way of protecting the clipboard contents? Thanks in advance.

Bill


[ This Message was edited by: billsox on 2002-04-07 18:54 ]

[Dave Hawley]

Hi Bill

You have been mislead somewhat, the fastest way (if possible) is to bypass the clipboad altogether. EG

Sheet1.Range("A1:100").Copy Destination:= Sheet2.Range("A65536").end(xlup)

Of course, I am not sure if this can be used in your specific intstance?

[billsox]

On 2002-04-07 19:27, Dave Hawley wrote:
Hi Bill

You have been mislead somewhat, the fastest way (if possible) is to bypass the clipboad altogether. EG

Sheet1.Range("A1:100").Copy Destination:= Sheet2.Range("A65536").end(xlup)

Of course, I am not sure if this can be used in your specific intstance?

I think it can. If my VB6 app saves the recordset to a temporary csv file and then loads that file into Excel, your code can take it from there. I just hope the temp file solution doesn't slow things down too much.

Bill

[Tom Schreiner]

Just curious why you need a middle man on this one? Why not send it straight to Excel?
Tom