VBA: Read file from clipboard

Question

I\'m trying to load a file in a VBA macro that has been copied from, say, an Explorer window.

I can easily get the data from the clipboard using DataObject::GetFrom

Answer 1

Seems like a strange way to try to get at the textfile. The DataObject class is only for working with text strings to and from the clipboard.

Here is a very good resource of that: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/Clipboard.aspx

If your wanting to get a file stream of a file you can look into the FileSystemObject and TextStream Classes.