Microsoft KB Archive/96900

= ACC: How to Send Information to the Clipboard =

Article ID: 96900

Article Last Modified on 5/9/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q96900



SUMMARY
Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

There is no Microsoft Access command to send information to the Clipboard. To post information to the Clipboard, you need to define an Access Basic function that calls several Windows API functions. This article defines a function that copies text to the Clipboard.

This article assumes that you are familiar with Access Basic and with creating Microsoft Access applications using the programming tools provided with Microsoft Access. For more information on Access Basic, please refer to the &quot;Introduction to Programming&quot; manual in Microsoft Access version 1.x, or the &quot;Building Applications&quot; manual, Chapter 3, &quot;Introducing Access Basic&quot; in version 2.0.

NOTE: In version 2.0, you can use the OLE_COPY action to copy an OLE field to the clipboard. This article does not address this case.

