vb.net process.start replaces clipboard content - vb.net

When I execute a program (any program) using Process.Start (for example Process.Start("explorer.exe", "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe")), the contents of my Windows 10 clipboard is deleted and replaced by the text property of the object that called explorer.exe. Can anyone explain why Process.Start overwrites the clipboard and how I can prevent that? Any answers would be gratefully received. -- P

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How do I embed an exe file in an MS Access Form and Run it at run time?

I'm using MS Access 2003 for Special and old problems with the .mdb project
I want to embed my files like .txt or .exe or .pdf and run them at runtime or write that on disk.
What have I tried :
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I don't know what's the code to do what I need I couldn't find my solution on internet.
Private Sub Form_Load()
'Me.OLEUnbound2.Application.Run
Dim obj As Object
Set obj = Me.OLEBound1.Object
'obj.DoVerb (acPrimaryVerb)
End Sub
Update:
I wrote a C# program called BMH.exe, which I open and run through Access, but I want this file to be in my source in any way possible so that the user does not have to place this file next to the program or somewhere It has Windows,
I also don't want to do things like downloading from the site, creating an installation file, I just want to access this program in any possible way through the embedded file itself, which is in the form of OLE Object and from the Packager Shell class. Write the object to a specific address or run it directly from Access itself
You can save the file as attachment in attachement field. If it will not accept an .exe file switch the extension and switch it back when exporting, you can do all this with code. Alternatively you can store the file as binary in an Ole field.

Print button didn't save the PDF file at a shared path, and no error logged

I have an Excel macro that uses SAP for printing data in pdf format.
Steps:
it access the SAP transaction which provides a table with the necessary information
it press Print button (from the Menu Bar of SAP)
then Print window appears (from here it is selected Microsoft Print To PDF option and then it is pressed OK button)
Save As window appears (complete the path and filename: \S\BC....\outputName)
then Save button it is pressed
then no error happens
But if I access the path folder "\S\BC....", nothing happen, there is no file saved. BUT, if we look in "Date modified" property of the folder, it is modified in accordance with the last saving time.
Also, I mention that if I'm trying to write the pdf file on local folders, not network shared folders (example: a desktop folder: C:\Users\mariah\Test), macro works.
Also, I mention that user can Read&Write at the shared path \S\BC....\
Please help me to find the cause of this issue.
A VBA macro only does what you are allowed to do manually. Can you manually save the file in the shared path without the macro?
Is the common path really \S\BC...\ or \ \S\BC...\ ?
Regards,
ScriptMan
Solution proposed by the OP in this comment:
IT WORKS if I save the file on "C:\Users\UserName" and then cut it to shared path "S\BC...". So I've implemented code that saves the file in a path and then copy it to another path and then I deleted it from the first path (such that user never knows that I copy the file in other destination than desired destination).

Extract an Outlook attachment from the clipboard

I'm trying to access Outlook attachments from clipboard using VBA to further process the file.
The user copies an attachment to the clipboard (Right click -> Copy), opens PowerPoint, clicks a buttons and gets the presentation inserted a the end of the document.
The key part seems to access the PowerPoint file in the clipboard an save it on the file system.
Can someone help and provide a sample code for this using VBA in PowerPoint?
Many thanks!
I've found a way achieve it.
Getting filenames: Solution has been posted here: http://www.access-o-mania.de/forum/index.php?topic=17045.15
Getting the content
file size in clipboard can be obtained by GlobalSize(handle)
pointer the by GlobalLock(handle)
content using CopyMemory(destination, source, length)
Look at the clipboard contents with an app like ClipSpy. Since there is no physical file to be copied, the full file path is not included (no CF_HDROP format). But FileGroupDescriptor and FileContents formats are there.

Replacing the default File copy Dialog

i'm trying to replace the default file copy dialog with my own program, which I want to create with vb.net.
My problem:
Where can I enter my application path to start automatically (and parse arguments/paths) when the user copies and/or pastes files?
Thanks in advance!
In order to monitor a file path I would suggest using FileSystemWatcher Class. This will monitor a folder for any files that are copied and pasted to the location. There is a great example at the below link.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.filesystemwatcher(v=vs.110).aspx

VBA Zip File error

I am using code similar to the below to add some files to a zip folder:
Set oApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
oApp.Namespace(CVar(strDest)).CopyHere CVar(strSource)
This works fine most of the time, but sometimes I get an error:
"(Compressed (zipped) Folders Error) Cannot create output file". This error is raised asynchronously outside of my VBA code and as such I cannot trap it to take remedial action.
If I enter break mode and step back to:
oApp.Namespace(CVar(strDest)).CopyHere CVar(strSource)
then the file is added correctly.
I am guessing that there is some kind of lock either on the compressed folder or the source file that is causing this problem, but I am unsure as to how to check this. I should note that the files are being added are pdf files created from Microsoft Access 2007 and we are using the fully qualified paths and the code runs as follows creating up to 10 pdfs per zip file:
Create Zip
Run this loop:
For Each ReportToRun
CreatePdf ' using DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputReport, "rptHame", acFormatPDF, strReportName
AddToZip
Next
Any idea how to either fix this or trap the Cannot create output file error?
Thanks
I've very successfully used the open souurce Info Zip DLLs. See Compression DLLs, OCXs, etc for links and sample VB code.
Two thoughts, neither likely to fix the issue:
Have you tried explicitly providing FALSE as the next argument, i.e., the AutoStart argument? The help file say it defaults to FALSE, but maybe it's opening the PDFs after generating them, so that they are still open?
add a SLEEP of a couple of seconds (see Make code go to Sleep for the code).
alternatively, loop through all your reports and generate all of them, then start a new loop to copy each one into the zip file, rather than generate/copy for each report. Having a couple of seconds sleep between the two loops might not hurt (assuming that the problem is that the asynchronous PDF generation process is not fully complete at the point the copy is initiated).