Copy Access Report to Clipboard using VBA
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I want to send a report to the clipboard automatically using VBA. I have seen how to do one field but I want the entire report as it looks in Print Preview.
Thanks
I want to send a report to the clipboard automatically using VBA. I have seen how to do one field but I want the entire report as it looks in Print Preview.
Thanks
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Yes I have seen that but there MUST be a more simple approach to this.
A clip must have some kind of format or type or be a file. I'm not sure which of these you would expect to copy from a report, not to say where to paste it.
Pages are displayed one or two at a time, so not even a screenshot will do. Thus, your options are to either export or print the report to Word or PDF.
Pages are displayed one or two at a time, so not even a screenshot will do. Thus, your options are to either export or print the report to Word or PDF.
Once in the clipboard, where will you put it next? If we were aware of that, maybe we could offer a simpler solution.
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The file is a PRF. Once in the clipboard I want to past to an outlook email or maybe a word document. My goal is to take a closed pdf and paste it as the open image in the clipboard. If there would be a better way to do this with just an Access report I can go that way as well.
Then you can use this command:
DoCmd.SendObject acSendReport, "YourReportName", acFormatPDF, "receiver@example.com", , , "Test Print", "Body ...", FalseASKER
Yes, that would be fine if I was going to email for sure but it may or may not require that. I really just need to get it to the clipboard so I can paste it wherever I want from that point.
You could set the last parameter to True. Then the mail will not be send automatically, just opened, and you could save the attachment wherever you want.
Not fancy but extremely simple ...
Not fancy but extremely simple ...
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Yes. You are right. sadly the goal of this effort for the user is not to have to select or hit "Copy" and then "Paste" if it is not an email. Also many times it will be to respond to an email they have received. Simply put, I need a command button on a form that will send the Access Report to the clipboard as an image with no additional steps.
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
Then we are back at Ander's very first comment ...
Version information would be helpful as well.
For example, if you use the suggestion and create and save the .pdf file to the computer, on 2016 Office apps, the file would be added to the jump list on Outlook. So, when a user replies to an email or starts a new email, the newly created file would be displayed when inserting a file.
What about a message box that would ask what you want to do with the new file? Then the code could make the next move.
For example, if you use the suggestion and create and save the .pdf file to the computer, on 2016 Office apps, the file would be added to the jump list on Outlook. So, when a user replies to an email or starts a new email, the newly created file would be displayed when inserting a file.
What about a message box that would ask what you want to do with the new file? Then the code could make the next move.
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I have 2013. So message Box or Command Button, If I want the code to take the freshly created PDF file and programmatically paste it to the clipboard, How would I do that?
Anders provided the code in his second post.
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