cannot copy paste from datagridview - vb.net

Question

I have a simple blank windows form as a test project
and a datagridview
and a query to fill the datagridview
in this test project. I can highlight all the columns and rows
click CTRL + C
open excel
then click ctrl + V
and the data is there.
but on a program that I inherited from someone in the company
I have a similar data grid view. but I cannot copy paste
how can I identify what is the difference here?
I check the data grid view properties for both test project and the program I inherited. both has the same following:
1. the read only = false
2. the copyclipboardmode = EnableWithAutoHeaderText
what else could prevent me from copy paste this value?
in the inherited program the only way to copy paste ist by double click the cell and copy, but. this limits me to copy one cell at a time , instead of multiple cell
please advise?
thank you
this is the code snippet from my test project
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
DataGridView1.Rows.Add(New String() {"TEST", "TEST2", "TEST3"})
DataGridView1.Rows.Add(New String() {"TEST", "TEST2", "TEST3"})
DataGridView1.Rows.Add(New String() {"TEST", "TEST2", "TEST3"})
DataGridView1.Rows.Add(New String() {"TEST", "TEST2", "TEST3"})
DataGridView1.Rows.Add(New String() {"TEST", "TEST2", "TEST3"})
DataGridView1.Rows.Add(New String() {"TEST", "TEST2", "TEST3"})
DataGridView1.Rows.Add(New String() {"TEST", "TEST2", "TEST3"})
End Sub
This is the frmForm.Designer.vb as requested by QuickDanger
<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _
Partial Class frmForm
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCode()> _
Protected Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
Try
If disposing AndAlso components IsNot Nothing Then
components.Dispose()
End If
Finally
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Try
End Sub
'Required by the Windows Form Designer
Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer
'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> _
Private Sub InitializeComponent()
Me.dgvSpecials = New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView()
Me.btnCreate = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
Me.PartCode = New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn()
Me.PDF = New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn()
Me.SLDDRW = New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn()
Me.SLDPRT = New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn()
Me.BasePartCode = New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn()
Me.TEMPLATESLDDRW = New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn()
Me.TEMPLATESLDPRT = New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn()
Me.TEMPLATEDRWFILE = New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn()
Me.TEMPLATEPRTFILE = New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn()
Me.MakeSpecial = New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn()
CType(Me.dgvSpecials, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).BeginInit()
Me.SuspendLayout()
'
'dgvSpecials
'
Me.dgvSpecials.ColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode.AutoSize
Me.dgvSpecials.Columns.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumn() {Me.PartCode, Me.PDF, Me.SLDDRW, Me.SLDPRT, Me.BasePartCode, Me.TEMPLATESLDDRW, Me.TEMPLATESLDPRT, Me.TEMPLATEDRWFILE, Me.TEMPLATEPRTFILE, Me.MakeSpecial})
Me.dgvSpecials.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill
Me.dgvSpecials.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
Me.dgvSpecials.Name = "dgvSpecials"
Me.dgvSpecials.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(917, 246)
Me.dgvSpecials.TabIndex = 0
'
'btnCreate
'
Me.btnCreate.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Bottom
Me.btnCreate.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 246)
Me.btnCreate.Name = "btnCreate"
Me.btnCreate.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(917, 30)
Me.btnCreate.TabIndex = 1
Me.btnCreate.Text = "Create"
Me.btnCreate.UseVisualStyleBackColor = True
'
'PartCode
'
Me.PartCode.HeaderText = "Part Code"
Me.PartCode.Name = "PartCode"
Me.PartCode.ReadOnly = True
Me.PartCode.Width = 200
'
'PDF
'
Me.PDF.HeaderText = "PDF"
Me.PDF.Name = "PDF"
Me.PDF.ReadOnly = True
'
'SLDDRW
'
Me.SLDDRW.HeaderText = "SLDDRW"
Me.SLDDRW.Name = "SLDDRW"
Me.SLDDRW.ReadOnly = True
'
'SLDPRT
'
Me.SLDPRT.HeaderText = "SLDPRT"
Me.SLDPRT.Name = "SLDPRT"
Me.SLDPRT.ReadOnly = True
'
'BasePartCode
'
Me.BasePartCode.HeaderText = "Base Part"
Me.BasePartCode.Name = "BasePartCode"
Me.BasePartCode.ReadOnly = True
'
'TEMPLATESLDDRW
'
Me.TEMPLATESLDDRW.HeaderText = "DRW Template"
Me.TEMPLATESLDDRW.Name = "TEMPLATESLDDRW"
Me.TEMPLATESLDDRW.ReadOnly = True
'
'TEMPLATESLDPRT
'
Me.TEMPLATESLDPRT.HeaderText = "PRT Template"
Me.TEMPLATESLDPRT.Name = "TEMPLATESLDPRT"
'
'TEMPLATEDRWFILE
'
Me.TEMPLATEDRWFILE.HeaderText = "Column1"
Me.TEMPLATEDRWFILE.Name = "TEMPLATEDRWFILE"
Me.TEMPLATEDRWFILE.ReadOnly = True
Me.TEMPLATEDRWFILE.Visible = False
'
'TEMPLATEPRTFILE
'
Me.TEMPLATEPRTFILE.HeaderText = "Column1"
Me.TEMPLATEPRTFILE.Name = "TEMPLATEPRTFILE"
Me.TEMPLATEPRTFILE.ReadOnly = True
Me.TEMPLATEPRTFILE.Visible = False
'
'MakeSpecial
'
Me.MakeSpecial.HeaderText = "MakeSpecial"
Me.MakeSpecial.Name = "MakeSpecial"
'
'frmForm
'
Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0!, 13.0!)
Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(917, 276)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.dgvSpecials)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.btnCreate)
Me.Name = "frmForm"
Me.Text = "frmForm"
CType(Me.dgvSpecials, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit()
Me.ResumeLayout(False)
End Sub
Friend WithEvents dgvSpecials As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView
Friend WithEvents btnCreate As System.Windows.Forms.Button
Friend WithEvents PartCode As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn
Friend WithEvents PDF As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn
Friend WithEvents SLDDRW As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn
Friend WithEvents SLDPRT As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn
Friend WithEvents BasePartCode As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn
Friend WithEvents TEMPLATESLDDRW As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn
Friend WithEvents TEMPLATESLDPRT As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn
Friend WithEvents TEMPLATEDRWFILE As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn
Friend WithEvents TEMPLATEPRTFILE As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn
Friend WithEvents MakeSpecial As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn
End Class
Here is the actual frmForm.VB
SldWorks is member of SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks
Imports SolidWorks.Interop.sldworks
Public Class frmForm
Dim App As SldWorks
Public Sub Setup(App As SldWorks, Arr As ArrayList)
End Sub
Private Sub btnCreate_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnCreate.Click
End Sub
End Class

Answer 1

I am guessing that you have to set MultiSelect property of the DataGridView to true

Answer 2

I guess you have set ClipboardCopyMode to Disable. Change this property to any other three available options.

Answer 3

Other developer use Ctrl+C for some shortcut key in his project.
If you can check his design,Please go through property of Menubar->ShortcutKeys

Answer 4

It looks like others have had success with ClipboardCopyMode = DataGridViewClipboardCopyMode.EnableWithoutHeaderText
(see this SO question). If that doesn't help, could you paste the designer code for the dataGridView? (it is found in the project file [formname].Designer.vb)
You might also want to search the code for references to this control, and verify that the original developer did not modify the ClipboardCopyMode property at run-time.
Edit: Since none of the suggestions seem to be working, you could "roll your own" version of copy/paste using a tab-delimited format:
Note: This copies all data, not just selected cells, but you can modify it to only do selected cells.
Private Sub DataGridView1_KeyUp(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.KeyUp
If e.KeyCode = Keys.C AndAlso e.Control Then
Dim sb = New StringBuilder()
' If you want the headers, keep these two lines
Dim headers = DataGridView1.Columns.Cast(Of DataGridViewColumn)()
sb.AppendLine(String.Join(vbTab, headers.[Select](Function(column) Convert.ToString(column.HeaderText)).ToArray()))
For Each row As DataGridViewRow In DataGridView1.Rows
Dim cells = row.Cells.Cast(Of DataGridViewCell)()
sb.AppendLine(String.Join(vbTab, cells.[Select](Function(cell) Convert.ToString(cell.Value)).ToArray()))
Next
My.Computer.Clipboard.SetText(sb.ToString)
End If
End Sub

Answer 5

Solved: this problem is due to solidWorks.Interop.sldworks and the application being in Solidworks environment
I've heard from other solidworks developers the ctrl C just refused to work

Answer 6

For copying data from the datagridview, we are getting multiple errors. So, I have developed following code for my application for this purpose using the help of QuickDanger from the above .
Private Sub grdDetails_KeyUp(sender As Object, e As KeyEventArgs) Handles grdDetails.KeyUp
Try
If e.KeyCode = Keys.C AndAlso e.Control Then
Dim mGrid As DataGridView, mCol As DataGridViewColumn, mRow As DataGridViewRow, mCell As DataGridViewCell
Dim mStrBld As New StringBuilder
mGrid = CType(sender, DataGridView)
' Copying Header
For Each mCol In mGrid.Columns
If mCol.HeaderText IsNot Nothing Then
mStrBld.Append(vbTab & mCol.HeaderText)
Else
mStrBld.Append(vbTab & "")
End If
Next
mStrBld.Append(vbCrLf)
' Copying Data
If mGrid.Rows.Count > 0 Then
'Display progress in Progress Bar if rows are more
'ProgressBar1.Minimum = 0 : ProgressBar1.Value = 0 : ProgressBar1.Maximum = mGrid.Rows.Count : ProgressBar1.Step = 1 : ProgressBar1.Visible = True
For Each mRow In mGrid.Rows
For Each mCell In mRow.Cells
If mCell IsNot Nothing AndAlso mCell.Value IsNot Nothing Then
mStrBld.Append(vbTab & mCell.Value.ToString)
Else
mStrBld.Append(vbTab & "")
End If
Next
mStrBld.Append(vbCrLf)
'ProgressBar1.PerformStep()
Next
' sending data to clipboard, so we can safely past the same
My.Computer.Clipboard.SetText(mStrBld.ToString)
'ProgressBar1.Visible = False
Else
MsgBox("No Data...1", MsgBoxStyle.Critical)
End If
End If
e.Handled = True
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox("Error:" & ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub