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Vb 6 using clipboard with Unicode

Asked by: Maritimer

I have a function for exporting data from a FlexGrid. However I have attempted to modifiy it to export with Unicode. (We have found when someone in China has there PC set to Chinese it only export have the grid, because it uses 2 bytes) I need to be able to let my users export the full grid. My new function works with out any errors, but it still only exports half the data.

Declare Function WideCharToMultiByte Lib "kernel32" (ByVal CodePage As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal lpWideCharStr As String, ByVal cchWideChar As Long, ByVal lpMultiByteStr As String, ByVal cchMultiByte As Long, ByVal lpDefaultChar As String, ByVal lpUsedDefaultChar As Long) As Long
 
 
Private Declare Function OpenClipboard Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetClipboardData Lib "user32" (ByVal Format As Long, ByVal hMem As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CloseClipboard Lib "user32" () As Long
Private Declare Function EmptyClipboard Lib "user32" () As Long
 
Private Declare Function GlobalAlloc Lib "kernel32" (ByVal Flags As Long, ByVal lent As Long) As Long
 
Private Declare Function GlobalLock Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hMem As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GlobalUnlock Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hMem As Long) As Long
 
Private Declare Sub RtlMoveMemory Lib "kernel32" (ByVal pDest As Long, ByVal pSource As Long, ByVal lent As Long)
 
Private Const CF_UNICODETEXT = &HD&
Private Const GMEM_MOVEABLE = &O2&
Private Const GMEM_ZEROINIT = &O40&
 
 
Sub exportFlexGrid2(grddet As Object, includeHeader As String)
    
    Open pubTempFolder & "\ExportWork.dat" For Output As #10
    
    Dim extStartCol     As Long
    Dim i               As Long
    Dim j               As Long
    Dim MsgString       As String
    Dim expStr          As String
    Dim bulkInput       As String * 25000
    Dim Response        As Integer
    Dim hMem As Long, pMem As Long, StringToCopy As String
    
    If includeHeader = "Y" Then
        extStartCol = 0
    Else
        extStartCol = grddet.FixedRows
    End If
    
    expStr = ""
    
    For i = extStartCol To grddet.Rows - 1
        For j = 0 To grddet.Cols - 1
            expStr = expStr & stripChr10(stripDblQuote(filterCRLF(grddet.TextMatrix(i, j)))) & Chr(9)
        Next j
'FIXIT: Print method has no Visual Basic .NET equivalent and will not be upgraded.         FixIT90210ae-R7593-R67265
        Print #10, expStr
        expStr = ""
    Next i
    Close 10
    
    ' bulk load results
    Open pubTempFolder & "\ExportWork.dat" For Binary As #10
    
    expStr = ""
    i = 0
    Do While Not EOF(10)
        i = i + 1
        Get 10, , bulkInput
        expStr = expStr & bulkInput
    Loop
        
Clipboard.Clear
 
    
    StringToCopy = expStr
    'Call OpenClipboard(Me.hWnd)
    Call OpenClipboard(Form1.grddet)
    Call EmptyClipboard
    hMem = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE Or GMEM_ZEROINIT, LenB(StringToCopy))
    pMem = GlobalLock(hMem)
    Call RtlMoveMemory(pMem, StrPtr(StringToCopy), LenB(StringToCopy))
    Call GlobalUnlock(hMem)
    Call SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, hMem)
    Call CloseClipboard
 
    
    MsgString = ""
    MsgString = MsgString & "Export Successfully Completed " & Chr(13) & Chr(13)
    MsgString = MsgString & "(Data has been cut to the ClipBoard - Typically you paste the data into Excel)"
    Response = MsgBox(MsgString, , "Notification")
    
    Close 10
    
End Sub

                                  
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by: danaseamanPosted on 2008-08-13 at 14:41:58ID: 22225897

You file is not Unicode(UTF-16).
Use UnicodeFile_Write_VB and UnicodeFile_Read_VB below.

UnicodeFile_Write_VB pubTempFolder & "\ExportWork.dat", expStr

expStr = UnicodeFile_Read_VB (pubTempFolder & "\ExportWork.dat")

Public Sub UnicodeFile_Write_VB(ByVal sFileName As String, _
   ByVal sText As String, _
   Optional ByVal bInsertBOM As Boolean)
 
   Dim FF               As Long
   Dim b()              As Byte
 
   FF = FreeFile
   Open sFileName For Binary Access Write As #FF
   If bInsertBOM Then
      ReDim b(1)
      b(0) = &HFF
      b(1) = &HFE
      Put #FF, , b
      Erase b
   End If
   b = sText
   Put #FF, , b
   Close #FF
End Sub
 
Public Function UnicodeFile_Read_VB(ByVal sFileName As String) As String
  
   Dim FF               As Long
   Dim b()              As Byte
   Dim s                As String
   
   On Error Resume Next
 
   FF = FreeFile
   Open sFileName For Binary Access Read As FF
   ReDim b(LOF(FF) - 1)
   Get FF, , b
   Close FF
   'Detect file encoding
   If b(0) = 255 And b(1) = 254 Then 'UTF-16
      UnicodeFile_Read_VB = b
   End If
End Function
                                              
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by: danaseamanPosted on 2008-08-13 at 15:22:54ID: 22226154

Update function to always write BOM marker to identify file as Unicode UTF-16.

Public Sub UnicodeFile_Write_VB(ByVal sFileName As String, _
   ByVal sText As String)
 
   Dim FF               As Long
   Dim b()              As Byte
 
   FF = FreeFile
   Open sFileName For Binary Access Write As #FF
   'Insert BOM UTF-16 
   ReDim b(1)
   b(0) = &HFF
   b(1) = &HFE
   Put #FF, , b
   b = sText
   Put #FF, , b
   Close #FF
End Sub
 
Public Function UnicodeFile_Read_VB(ByVal sFileName As String) As String
  
   Dim FF               As Long
   Dim b()              As Byte
   Dim s                As String
   
   On Error Resume Next
 
   FF = FreeFile
   Open sFileName For Binary Access Read As FF
   ReDim b(LOF(FF) - 1)
   Get FF, , b
   Close FF
   'Detect file encoding
   If b(0) = 255 And b(1) = 254 Then 'UTF-16
      UnicodeFile_Read_VB = b
   End If
End Function

                                              
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by: MaritimerPosted on 2008-08-27 at 07:45:31ID: 22325326

OK sorry I took so long to get back they put me on a different assignemnet. Hope somebody will still help.

This is my Sub with the call to your UniCode Subs. But it appears that there is no data in my cclipboard.

Sub exportFlexGrid2(grddet As Object, includeHeader As String)
    
    Open pubTempFolder & "\ExportWork.dat" For Output As #10
    
    Dim extStartCol     As Long
    Dim i               As Long
    Dim j               As Long
    Dim MsgString       As String
    Dim expStr          As String
    Dim bulkInput       As String * 25000
    Dim Response        As Integer
    Dim hMem As Long, pMem As Long, StringToCopy As String
    
     expStr = ""
    includeHeader = "N"
    
    If includeHeader = "Y" Then
        extStartCol = 0
    Else
        extStartCol = grddet.FixedRows
    End If
    
    expStr = ""
    
    For i = extStartCol To grddet.Rows - 1
        For j = 0 To grddet.Cols - 1
            expStr = expStr & stripChr10(stripDblQuote(filterCRLF(grddet.TextMatrix(i, j)))) & Chr(9)
        Next j
        Print #10, expStr
        expStr = ""
    Next i
    Close 10
    
    ' bulk load results
'    Open pubTempFolder & "\ExportWork.dat" For Binary As #10
    
    UnicodeFile_Write_VB pubTempFolder & "\ExportWork.dat", expStr
 
    expStr = UnicodeFile_Read_VB(pubTempFolder & "\ExportWork.dat")
    
 
'    i = 0
'    Do While Not EOF(10)
'        i = i + 1
'        Get 10, , bulkInput
'        expStr = expStr & bulkInput
'    Loop
        
    Clipboard.Clear
 
    
    StringToCopy = expStr
    'Call OpenClipboard(Me.hWnd)
'    Call OpenClipboard(Form1.grddet)
'    Call EmptyClipboard
    hMem = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE Or GMEM_ZEROINIT, LenB(StringToCopy))
    pMem = GlobalLock(hMem)
    Call RtlMoveMemory(pMem, StrPtr(StringToCopy), LenB(StringToCopy))
    Call GlobalUnlock(hMem)
    Call SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, hMem)
    Call CloseClipboard
 
    
 
    
    
    MsgString = ""
    MsgString = MsgString & "Export Successfully Completed " & Chr(13) & Chr(13)
    MsgString = MsgString & "(Data has been cut to the ClipBoard - Typically you paste the data into Excel)"
    Response = MsgBox(MsgString, , "Notification")
    
    Close 10
    
End Sub

                                              
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by: danaseamanPosted on 2008-08-27 at 09:13:35ID: 22326474

Unrem this line
'Call OpenClipboard(Me.hWnd)

 

by: MaritimerPosted on 2008-08-27 at 09:33:27ID: 22326701

I unrem the line but there nothing pastest

 

by: danaseamanPosted on 2008-08-27 at 10:14:53ID: 22327066

The Unicode clipboard code is incorrect.
Try this:

Option Explicit
 
Private Declare Function OpenClipboard Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CloseClipboard Lib "user32" () As Long
Private Declare Function SetClipboardData Lib "user32" (ByVal wFormat As Long, ByVal hMem As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function EmptyClipboard Lib "user32" () As Long
 
Private Declare Function GlobalAlloc Lib "kernel32" (ByVal wFlags As Long, ByVal dwBytes As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GlobalFree Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hMem As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GlobalLock Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hMem As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GlobalReAlloc Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hMem As Long, ByVal dwBytes As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GlobalSize Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hMem As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GlobalUnlock Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hMem As Long) As Long
 
Private Const GMEM_DDESHARE = &H2000
Private Const CF_UNICODETEXT = 13
 
Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (lpvDest As Any, lpvSource As Any, ByVal cbCopy As Long)
 
Dim pubTempFolder As String
 
Sub exportFlexGrid2(grddet As Object, includeHeader As String)
 
    Dim extStartCol     As Long
    Dim i               As Long
    Dim j               As Long
    Dim MsgString       As String
    Dim expStr          As String
    Dim bulkInput       As String * 25000
    Dim Response        As Integer
    Dim hMem As Long, pMem As Long, StringToCopy As String
    Dim b()             As Byte
    
    includeHeader = "N"
    
    If includeHeader = "Y" Then
        extStartCol = 0
    Else
        extStartCol = grddet.FixedRows
    End If
    
    For i = extStartCol To grddet.Rows - 1
        For j = 0 To grddet.Cols - 1
            expStr = expStr & stripChr10(stripDblQuote(filterCRLF(grddet.TextMatrix(i, j)))) & Chr(9)
        Next j
        expStr = expStr & vbCrLf
    Next i
 
 
    UnicodeFile_Write_VB pubTempFolder & "\ExportWork.dat", expStr
 
    expStr = UnicodeFile_Read_VB(pubTempFolder & "\ExportWork.dat")
    
    b = expStr & ChrW(0)
    
    Call OpenClipboard(Me.hwnd)
    Call EmptyClipboard
    
    
   hMem = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_DDESHARE, UBound(b))
   If (hMem <> 0) Then
      ' Get pointer to the memory block:
      pMem = GlobalLock(hMem)
      ' Copy the data into the memory block:
      CopyMemory ByVal pMem, b(0), UBound(b)
      ' Unlock the memory block.
      GlobalUnlock hMem
      ' Now set the clipboard data:
      SetClipboardData CF_UNICODETEXT, hMem
   End If
    
    Call CloseClipboard
 
    MsgString = ""
    MsgString = MsgString & "Export Successfully Completed " & Chr(13) & Chr(13)
    MsgString = MsgString & "(Data has been cut to the ClipBoard - Typically you paste the data into Excel)"
    Response = MsgBox(MsgString, , "Notification")
 
End Sub
 
Public Sub UnicodeFile_Write_VB(ByVal sFileName As String, _
   ByVal sText As String)
 
   Dim FF               As Long
   Dim b()              As Byte
 
   FF = FreeFile
   Open sFileName For Binary Access Write As #FF
   'Insert BOM UTF-16
   ReDim b(1)
   b(0) = &HFF
   b(1) = &HFE
   Put #FF, , b
   b = sText
   Put #FF, , b
   Close #FF
End Sub
 
Public Function UnicodeFile_Read_VB(ByVal sFileName As String) As String
  
   Dim FF               As Long
   Dim b()              As Byte
   Dim s                As String
   
   On Error Resume Next
 
   FF = FreeFile
   Open sFileName For Binary Access Read As FF
   ReDim b(LOF(FF) - 1)
   Get FF, , b
   Close FF
   'Detect file encoding
   If b(0) = 255 And b(1) = 254 Then 'UTF-16
      UnicodeFile_Read_VB = b
   End If
End Function
                                              
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by: MaritimerPosted on 2008-08-27 at 10:44:47ID: 22327350

Thanks Alot for your help. I really appreciate you comming back to help me finish this. I will now review this so I understand the code. Again thanks

 

by: MaritimerPosted on 2008-08-27 at 10:45:35ID: 31486345

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