Copy Data from Excel to Notepad

Question

I copy data from Excel to Notepad using the SendKeys Excel VBA function.

I'm looking to avoid using the sendkeys.

I have this code:

sub test()

    dim wb as Workbook
    set wb = "C:\Documents\test.xlsx"
    wb.Sheets(2).Range("C2:C" & lRow).Copy
    myApp = Shell("Notepad.exe", vbNormalFocus)
    SendKeys "^v"
    Application.CutCopyMode = False
    wb.Sheets(2).Range("C2:C" & lRow).NumberFormat = "@"
 end sub

This only copies the data from Excel to Notepad, but after doing some corrections in the Excel file, I want the data in Notepad to be copied to Excel starting from C2.

Answer 1

This is an alternative process to SendKeys:

• gets values from a range of cells on a worksheet

• copies to clipboard

• gets the clipboard content into a string

• saves that string to a temp file

• opens Notepad.exe with the content of the temp file

Code:

Option Explicit

Sub OpenNotepadWithTempFileWithClipboardContent()

    Dim rngData As Range
    Dim strData As String
    Dim strTempFile As String

    ' copy some range values
    Set rngData = Sheet3.Range("B1:B5")
    rngData.Copy

    ' get the clipboard data
    ' magic code for is for early binding to MSForms.DataObject
    With CreateObject("New:{1C3B4210-F441-11CE-B9EA-00AA006B1A69}")
        .GetFromClipBoard
        strData = .GetText
    End With

    ' write to temp file
    strTempFile = "D:\temp.txt"
    With CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
        ' true to overwrite existing temp file
        .CreateTextFile(strTempFile, True).Write strData
    End With

    ' open notepad with tempfile
    Shell "cmd /c ""notepad.exe """ & strTempFile & """", vbHide

End Sub