putting a picture onto a userform without using the vba window.
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From: Roger on Excel on 27 Nov 2009 17:39 I have userforms which I activate to show text information. I would like to be able to paste a picture from the clipboard onto an opened userform so that there is a picture as well as text. The picture would be a copied picture from the web or a copied wmf from another application Traditionally the way to do this is through the vba window by using the image control and navigating it to a saved image or alternatively pasting the image into the picture line of the Image Properties box. This is too complicated for a user of my spreadsheet to do so I am looking for alternative way of pasting an image so that it becomes attached to a userform and shows when the user opens the form. Can anyone help?
From: Peter T on 28 Nov 2009 06:32 You asked about this before and I tried to ask you to clarify some things before proposing a solution, but you didn't get back. Is this something new or related to your previous question. Regards, Peter T "Roger on Excel" <RogeronExcel(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F1D4BB14-44A7-4E7E-961F-A1AF2A9C07FB(a)microsoft.com... >I have userforms which I activate to show text information. > > I would like to be able to paste a picture from the clipboard onto an > opened > userform so that there is a picture as well as text. > > The picture would be a copied picture from the web or a copied wmf from > another application > > Traditionally the way to do this is through the vba window by using the > image control and navigating it to a saved image or alternatively pasting > the > image into the picture line of the Image Properties box. > > This is too complicated for a user of my spreadsheet to do so I am looking > for alternative way of pasting an image so that it becomes attached to a > userform and shows when the user opens the form. > > Can anyone help?
From: Roger on Excel on 28 Nov 2009 19:09 Dear Peter, The steps are as follows 1) User creates chemical structure picture in ChemDraw 2) user draws a selection box around structure and presses ctrlC 3) user opens excel file 4) user activates form 5)user pastes (ctrlV) structure into some sort of dialog box/text box/other control?? on the form- such a control may not exist 6) Excel appends the copied image as a picture onto another predefined user form (or the same form) 7) when user opens the predefined userform the pasted image appears on the form Not sure if I can describe this any other way apart from the fact that my spreadsheet is effectively run using user forms with data displayed on userforms. I am trying to get away from the uder having to paste pictures directly into the sheets themselves since the spreadsheet is driven by userforms Best regards, Roger "Roger on Excel" wrote: > I have userforms which I activate to show text information. > > I would like to be able to paste a picture from the clipboard onto an opened > userform so that there is a picture as well as text. > > The picture would be a copied picture from the web or a copied wmf from > another application > > Traditionally the way to do this is through the vba window by using the > image control and navigating it to a saved image or alternatively pasting the > image into the picture line of the Image Properties box. > > This is too complicated for a user of my spreadsheet to do so I am looking > for alternative way of pasting an image so that it becomes attached to a > userform and shows when the user opens the form. > > Can anyone help?
From: Peter T on 29 Nov 2009 05:31 Have a go with the following. Put a button and and image control on a form. For testing suggest show the form modeless Sub ShowForm() UserForm1.Show vbModeless End Sub Run the form, activate Excel, select some cells, (in Excel97-2003) hold Shift and select Edit - CopyPicture, try both Picture and Bitmap. In Excel2007 click the arrow below Paste, As picture, Copy Picture (but note emf/picture does not work correctly in 2007 due a bug). For your eventual purposes I'm a bit concerned about your overal arrangement, in particular how do you know user has copied a suitable picture before opening your workbook (which could destroy the clipboard depending on other factors). To at least get some idea I've added an additional function WhatsInClipboard (see code) which will at least tell you a picture is available, although not if it is an appropriate one. I suspect you will only want 'bitmap' but if your ChemDraw app supports it the 'metafile' may give a better result. Either way eventually you probably won't want to be asking the user what type (as below). Obviously if you want the image to automatically appear when the form loads, call the PastePicture from the form's initialize event (be sure to pass the intended picture type). Finally, you will probably want to tinker with the Image controls picture properties, either at design or during runtime (see comments). '' In a UserForm with CommandButton1 and Image1 '' the image control's Autosize, PictureAlignment and PictureSizeMode '' can be fixed at design or during runtime Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() Dim lPicType As Long, lXlPicType As Long lPicType = WhatsInClipboard If lPicType = 1 Then lXlPicType = xlBitmap ElseIf lPicType = 2 Then lXlPicType = xlPicture If lPicType = 3 Then res = MsgBox("BMP & EMF available" & vbCr & _ "press Yes for BMP, No for EMF", vbYesNoCancel) If res = vbYes Then lXlPicType = xlBitmap ElseIf res = vbNo Then lXlPicType = xlPicture Else Exit Sub End If End If Else MsgBox "No picture on clipboard" Exit Sub End If Me.Image1.Picture = PastePicture(lXlPicType) End Sub '''' In a Normal Module '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '' Based almost entirely on Stephen Bullen's "PastePicture.Zip" '' available from http://www.oaltd.co.uk '' Code below is copied from modPastePicture with headers and some '' comments removed. Function fnOLEError in the original module '' is also removed but shold be added back for completion. '' '' An additional new function - WhatsInClipboard() is included '' '' Recommend obtain the original module and include WhatsInClipboard ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Option Explicit Option Compare Text ''' User-Defined Types for API Calls 'Declare a UDT to store a GUID for the IPicture OLE Interface Private Type GUID Data1 As Long Data2 As Integer Data3 As Integer Data4(0 To 7) As Byte End Type 'Declare a UDT to store the bitmap information Private Type uPicDesc Size As Long Type As Long hPic As Long hPal As Long End Type '''Windows API Function Declarations 'Does the clipboard contain a bitmap/metafile? Private Declare Function IsClipboardFormatAvailable Lib "user32" ( _ ByVal wFormat As Integer) As Long 'Open the clipboard to read Private Declare Function OpenClipboard Lib "user32" ( _ ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long 'Get a pointer to the bitmap/metafile Private Declare Function GetClipboardData Lib "user32" ( _ ByVal wFormat As Integer) As Long 'Close the clipboard Private Declare Function CloseClipboard Lib "user32" () As Long 'Convert the handle into an OLE IPicture interface. Private Declare Function OleCreatePictureIndirect Lib "olepro32.dll" ( _ PicDesc As uPicDesc, RefIID As GUID, _ ByVal fPictureOwnsHandle As Long, IPic As IPicture) As Long 'Create our own copy of the metafile, so it doesn't get _ 'wiped out by subsequent clipboard updates. Declare Function CopyEnhMetaFile Lib "gdi32" Alias "CopyEnhMetaFileA" ( _ ByVal hemfSrc As Long, ByVal lpszFile As String) As Long 'Create our own copy of the bitmap, so it doesn't get wiped out by subsequent 'clipboard updates. Declare Function CopyImage Lib "user32" (ByVal handle As Long, _ ByVal un1 As Long, ByVal n1 As Long, ByVal n2 As Long, _ ByVal un2 As Long) As Long 'The API format types we're interested in Const CF_BITMAP = 2 Const CF_PALETTE = 9 Const CF_ENHMETAFILE = 14 Const IMAGE_BITMAP = 0 Const LR_COPYRETURNORG = &H4 Function WhatsInClipboard() As Long ' This function is not included in PastePicture.zip ' Purpose is to learn which usable picture formats are in the ' clipboard, if any, before doing 'PastePicture' Dim hPicAvail As Long Dim picTypes As Long If IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_BITMAP) Then picTypes = 1 End If If IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_ENHMETAFILE) Then picTypes = picTypes Or 2 End If WhatsInClipboard = picTypes ' 1 got a bitmap ' 2 got a metafile ' 3 got both ' 0 got neither End Function Function PastePicture(Optional lXlPicType As Long = xlPicture) As IPicture 'Some pointers Dim h As Long, hPicAvail As Long, hPtr As Long, hPal As Long Dim lPicType As Long, hCopy As Long 'Convert xl piture-type constant to the API constant equivalent lPicType = IIf(lXlPicType = xlBitmap, CF_BITMAP, CF_ENHMETAFILE) 'Check if the clipboard contains the required format hPicAvail = IsClipboardFormatAvailable(lPicType) If hPicAvail <> 0 Then 'Get access to the clipboard h = OpenClipboard(0&) If h > 0 Then 'Get a handle to the image data hPtr = GetClipboardData(lPicType) 'Create our own copy of the image on the clipboard, in the appropriate format. If lPicType = CF_BITMAP Then hCopy = CopyImage(hPtr, IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_COPYRETURNORG) Else hCopy = CopyEnhMetaFile(hPtr, vbNullString) End If 'Release the clipboard to other programs h = CloseClipboard 'If we got a handle to the image, convert it into a Picture object and return it If hPtr <> 0 Then Set PastePicture = CreatePicture(hCopy, 0, lPicType) End If End If End Function Private Function CreatePicture(ByVal hPic As Long, ByVal hPal As Long, _ ByVal lPicType) As IPicture ' IPicture requires a reference to "OLE Automation" Dim r As Long, uPicInfo As uPicDesc, IID_IDispatch As GUID, IPic As IPicture 'OLE Picture types Const PICTYPE_BITMAP = 1 Const PICTYPE_ENHMETAFILE = 4 ' Create the Interface GUID (for the IPicture interface) With IID_IDispatch .Data1 = &H7BF80980 .Data2 = &HBF32 .Data3 = &H101A .Data4(0) = &H8B .Data4(1) = &HBB .Data4(2) = &H0 .Data4(3) = &HAA .Data4(4) = &H0 .Data4(5) = &H30 .Data4(6) = &HC .Data4(7) = &HAB End With ' Fill uPicInfo with necessary parts. With uPicInfo .Size = Len(uPicInfo) .Type = IIf(lPicType = CF_BITMAP, PICTYPE_BITMAP, PICTYPE_ENHMETAFILE) .hPic = hPic .hPal = IIf(lPicType = CF_BITMAP, hPal, 0) End With ' Create the Picture object. r = OleCreatePictureIndirect(uPicInfo, IID_IDispatch, True, IPic) ' If an error occured, show the description If r <> 0 Then 'Debug.Print "Create Picture: " & fnOLEError(r) Debug.Print "Error, call fnOLEError(r) here" ' fnOLEError from modPastePicture not posted End If ' Return the new Picture object. Set CreatePicture = IPic End Function '' end code Regards, Peter T "Roger on Excel" <RogeronExcel(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0C590A03-C101-40A9-98DC-3A1D878A1600(a)microsoft.com... > Dear Peter, > > The steps are as follows > > 1) User creates chemical structure picture in ChemDraw > 2) user draws a selection box around structure and presses ctrlC > 3) user opens excel file > 4) user activates form > 5)user pastes (ctrlV) structure into some sort of dialog box/text > box/other > control?? on the form- such a control may not exist > 6) Excel appends the copied image as a picture onto another predefined > user > form (or the same form) > 7) when user opens the predefined userform the pasted image appears on the > form > > Not sure if I can describe this any other way apart from the fact that my > spreadsheet is effectively run using user forms with data displayed on > userforms. I am trying to get away from the uder having to paste pictures > directly into the sheets themselves since the spreadsheet is driven by > userforms > > Best regards, > > Roger > > "Roger on Excel" wrote: > >> I have userforms which I activate to show text information. >> >> I would like to be able to paste a picture from the clipboard onto an >> opened >> userform so that there is a picture as well as text. >> >> The picture would be a copied picture from the web or a copied wmf from >> another application >> >> Traditionally the way to do this is through the vba window by using the >> image control and navigating it to a saved image or alternatively pasting >> the >> image into the picture line of the Image Properties box. >> >> This is too complicated for a user of my spreadsheet to do so I am >> looking >> for alternative way of pasting an image so that it becomes attached to a >> userform and shows when the user opens the form. >> >> Can anyone help?
From: Peter T on 29 Nov 2009 12:18 Code in the userform code as posted previously is incorrect (in the scenario of both bitmap and metafile image formats in the clipboard). Change the posted CommandButton1_Click() code as follows Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() Dim lPicType As Long, lXlPicType As Long lPicType = WhatsInClipboard If lPicType = 1 Then lXlPicType = xlBitmap ElseIf lPicType = 2 Then lXlPicType = xlPicture ElseIf lPicType = 3 Then res = MsgBox("BMP & EMF available" & vbCr & _ "press Yes for BMP, No for EMF", vbYesNoCancel) If res = vbYes Then lXlPicType = xlBitmap ElseIf res = vbNo Then lXlPicType = xlPicture Else Exit Sub End If Else MsgBox "No picture on clipboard" Exit Sub End If Me.Image1.Picture = PastePicture(lXlPicType) End Sub Peter T "Peter T" <peter_t(a)discussions> wrote in message news:%232C%23m8NcKHA.2160(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Have a go with the following. Put a button and and image control on a > form. For testing > suggest show the form modeless > > Sub ShowForm() > UserForm1.Show vbModeless > End Sub > > Run the form, activate Excel, select some cells, (in Excel97-2003) hold > Shift and select Edit - CopyPicture, try both Picture and Bitmap. In > Excel2007 click the arrow below Paste, As picture, Copy Picture (but note > emf/picture does not work correctly in 2007 due a bug). > > For your eventual purposes I'm a bit concerned about your overal > arrangement, in particular how do you know user has copied a suitable > picture before opening your workbook (which could destroy the clipboard > depending on other factors). To at least get some idea I've added an > additional function WhatsInClipboard (see code) which will at least tell > you a picture is available, although not if it is an appropriate one. I > suspect you will only want 'bitmap' but if your ChemDraw app supports it > the 'metafile' may give a better result. Either way eventually you > probably won't want to be asking the user what type (as below). > > Obviously if you want the image to automatically appear when the form > loads, call the PastePicture from the form's initialize event (be sure to > pass the intended picture type). > > Finally, you will probably want to tinker with the Image controls picture > properties, either at design or during runtime (see comments). > > '' In a UserForm with CommandButton1 and Image1 > '' the image control's Autosize, PictureAlignment and PictureSizeMode > '' can be fixed at design or during runtime > > Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() > Dim lPicType As Long, lXlPicType As Long > lPicType = WhatsInClipboard > > If lPicType = 1 Then > lXlPicType = xlBitmap > > ElseIf lPicType = 2 Then > lXlPicType = xlPicture > > If lPicType = 3 Then > res = MsgBox("BMP & EMF available" & vbCr & _ > "press Yes for BMP, No for EMF", vbYesNoCancel) > If res = vbYes Then > lXlPicType = xlBitmap > ElseIf res = vbNo Then > lXlPicType = xlPicture > Else > Exit Sub > End If > End If > Else > MsgBox "No picture on clipboard" > Exit Sub > End If > > Me.Image1.Picture = PastePicture(lXlPicType) > End Sub > > '''' In a Normal Module > > '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > '' Based almost entirely on Stephen Bullen's "PastePicture.Zip" > '' available from http://www.oaltd.co.uk > '' Code below is copied from modPastePicture with headers and some > '' comments removed. Function fnOLEError in the original module > '' is also removed but shold be added back for completion. > '' > '' An additional new function - WhatsInClipboard() is included > '' > '' Recommend obtain the original module and include WhatsInClipboard > ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > > Option Explicit > Option Compare Text > > ''' User-Defined Types for API Calls > > 'Declare a UDT to store a GUID for the IPicture OLE Interface > Private Type GUID > Data1 As Long > Data2 As Integer > Data3 As Integer > Data4(0 To 7) As Byte > End Type > > 'Declare a UDT to store the bitmap information > Private Type uPicDesc > Size As Long > Type As Long > hPic As Long > hPal As Long > End Type > > '''Windows API Function Declarations > > 'Does the clipboard contain a bitmap/metafile? > Private Declare Function IsClipboardFormatAvailable Lib "user32" ( _ > ByVal wFormat As Integer) As Long > > 'Open the clipboard to read > Private Declare Function OpenClipboard Lib "user32" ( _ > ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long > > 'Get a pointer to the bitmap/metafile > Private Declare Function GetClipboardData Lib "user32" ( _ > ByVal wFormat As Integer) As Long > > 'Close the clipboard > Private Declare Function CloseClipboard Lib "user32" () As Long > > 'Convert the handle into an OLE IPicture interface. > Private Declare Function OleCreatePictureIndirect Lib "olepro32.dll" ( _ > PicDesc As uPicDesc, RefIID As GUID, _ > ByVal fPictureOwnsHandle As Long, IPic As IPicture) As Long > > 'Create our own copy of the metafile, so it doesn't get _ > 'wiped out by subsequent clipboard updates. > Declare Function CopyEnhMetaFile Lib "gdi32" Alias "CopyEnhMetaFileA" ( _ > ByVal hemfSrc As Long, ByVal lpszFile As String) As Long > > 'Create our own copy of the bitmap, so it doesn't get wiped out by > subsequent > 'clipboard updates. > Declare Function CopyImage Lib "user32" (ByVal handle As Long, _ > ByVal un1 As Long, ByVal n1 As Long, ByVal n2 As Long, _ > ByVal un2 As Long) As Long > > 'The API format types we're interested in > Const CF_BITMAP = 2 > Const CF_PALETTE = 9 > Const CF_ENHMETAFILE = 14 > Const IMAGE_BITMAP = 0 > Const LR_COPYRETURNORG = &H4 > > Function WhatsInClipboard() As Long > ' This function is not included in PastePicture.zip > ' Purpose is to learn which usable picture formats are in the > ' clipboard, if any, before doing 'PastePicture' > > Dim hPicAvail As Long > Dim picTypes As Long > > If IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_BITMAP) Then > picTypes = 1 > End If > If IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_ENHMETAFILE) Then > picTypes = picTypes Or 2 > End If > > WhatsInClipboard = picTypes > ' 1 got a bitmap > ' 2 got a metafile > ' 3 got both > ' 0 got neither > > End Function > > > Function PastePicture(Optional lXlPicType As Long = xlPicture) As IPicture > 'Some pointers > Dim h As Long, hPicAvail As Long, hPtr As Long, hPal As Long > Dim lPicType As Long, hCopy As Long > > 'Convert xl piture-type constant to the API constant equivalent > lPicType = IIf(lXlPicType = xlBitmap, CF_BITMAP, CF_ENHMETAFILE) > > 'Check if the clipboard contains the required format > hPicAvail = IsClipboardFormatAvailable(lPicType) > > If hPicAvail <> 0 Then > 'Get access to the clipboard > h = OpenClipboard(0&) > > If h > 0 Then > 'Get a handle to the image data > hPtr = GetClipboardData(lPicType) > > 'Create our own copy of the image on the clipboard, in the appropriate > format. > If lPicType = CF_BITMAP Then > hCopy = CopyImage(hPtr, IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_COPYRETURNORG) > Else > hCopy = CopyEnhMetaFile(hPtr, vbNullString) > End If > > 'Release the clipboard to other programs > h = CloseClipboard > > 'If we got a handle to the image, convert it into a Picture object and > return it > If hPtr <> 0 Then Set PastePicture = CreatePicture(hCopy, 0, > lPicType) > End If > End If > > End Function > > > Private Function CreatePicture(ByVal hPic As Long, ByVal hPal As Long, _ > ByVal lPicType) As IPicture > > ' IPicture requires a reference to "OLE Automation" > Dim r As Long, uPicInfo As uPicDesc, IID_IDispatch As GUID, IPic As > IPicture > > 'OLE Picture types > Const PICTYPE_BITMAP = 1 > Const PICTYPE_ENHMETAFILE = 4 > > ' Create the Interface GUID (for the IPicture interface) > With IID_IDispatch > .Data1 = &H7BF80980 > .Data2 = &HBF32 > .Data3 = &H101A > .Data4(0) = &H8B > .Data4(1) = &HBB > .Data4(2) = &H0 > .Data4(3) = &HAA > .Data4(4) = &H0 > .Data4(5) = &H30 > .Data4(6) = &HC > .Data4(7) = &HAB > End With > > ' Fill uPicInfo with necessary parts. > With uPicInfo > .Size = Len(uPicInfo) > .Type = IIf(lPicType = CF_BITMAP, PICTYPE_BITMAP, PICTYPE_ENHMETAFILE) > .hPic = hPic > .hPal = IIf(lPicType = CF_BITMAP, hPal, 0) > End With > > ' Create the Picture object. > r = OleCreatePictureIndirect(uPicInfo, IID_IDispatch, True, IPic) > > ' If an error occured, show the description > If r <> 0 Then > 'Debug.Print "Create Picture: " & fnOLEError(r) > Debug.Print "Error, call fnOLEError(r) here" > ' fnOLEError from modPastePicture not posted > End If > > ' Return the new Picture object. > Set CreatePicture = IPic > > End Function > > '' end code > > Regards, > Peter T > > > > "Roger on Excel" <RogeronExcel(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:0C590A03-C101-40A9-98DC-3A1D878A1600(a)microsoft.com... >> Dear Peter, >> >> The steps are as follows >> >> 1) User creates chemical structure picture in ChemDraw >> 2) user draws a selection box around structure and presses ctrlC >> 3) user opens excel file >> 4) user activates form >> 5)user pastes (ctrlV) structure into some sort of dialog box/text >> box/other >> control?? on the form- such a control may not exist >> 6) Excel appends the copied image as a picture onto another predefined >> user >> form (or the same form) >> 7) when user opens the predefined userform the pasted image appears on >> the >> form >> >> Not sure if I can describe this any other way apart from the fact that my >> spreadsheet is effectively run using user forms with data displayed on >> userforms. I am trying to get away from the uder having to paste pictures >> directly into the sheets themselves since the spreadsheet is driven by >> userforms >> >> Best regards, >> >> Roger >> >> "Roger on Excel" wrote: >> >>> I have userforms which I activate to show text information. >>> >>> I would like to be able to paste a picture from the clipboard onto an >>> opened >>> userform so that there is a picture as well as text. >>> >>> The picture would be a copied picture from the web or a copied wmf from >>> another application >>> >>> Traditionally the way to do this is through the vba window by using the >>> image control and navigating it to a saved image or alternatively >>> pasting the >>> image into the picture line of the Image Properties box. >>> >>> This is too complicated for a user of my spreadsheet to do so I am >>> looking >>> for alternative way of pasting an image so that it becomes attached to a >>> userform and shows when the user opens the form. >>> >>> Can anyone help? > >
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