Tests Copying, Pasting, API Cliipboard issues. and Rough notes on Advanced API stuff

[DocAElstein]

Some notes related to these posts
https://excelfox.com/forum/showthrea...ll=1#post13318
http://www.eileenslounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=34610
http://www.eileenslounge.com/viewtop...267706#p267706


.csv file before
http://www.eileenslounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=34497
After downloading the
ALERT.xlsx
file at that post , I navigsted to it using Windows file explorer and physically changed it in the explorer window without opening it to
Alert29Apr..csv

Double clicking that gives this
_____ Workbook: Alert29Apr..csv ( Using Excel 2007 32 bit )

Row\Col	A	B	C
1		22
2		25
3		15083
4		17388
5

Worksheet: ALERT

The string of thet file has 9096 Characters!! : https://pastebin.com/Ptk0f7S8
Share ‘9096Characters29Apr.xls’ : https://app.box.com/s/8g72lokzoil9fe6j645xcg8hej82gcn7

This is how it opens in Notepads
9096Characters29AprTextNotepads.JPG : https://imgur.com/USuCebF
Attachment 2928
One of the few things I can see of any sense is towards the start is a "[Content_Types].xml" : -
"Content" & "_" & "Types" & Chr(93) & "." & "xml"
[Content_Types].xml

_____ Workbook: 9096Characters29Apr.xls ( Using Excel 2007 32 bit )

30	2
31 [	91
32 C	67
33 o	111
34 n	110
35 t	116
36 e	101
37 n	110
38 t	116
39 _	95
40 T	84
41 y	121
42 p	112
43 e	101
44 s	115
45 ]	93
46 .	46
47 x	120
48 m	109
49 l	108
50	32

This sort of macro gets the long file string.

Sub WhatStringIsInAlertDotCSV() ' http://www.eileenslounge.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=34497
Dim FileNum As Long: Let FileNum = FreeFile(1) ' https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vba/language-reference-vba/articles/freefile-function
Dim PathAndFileName As String, TotalFile As String
 Let PathAndFileName = ThisWorkbook.Path & "\At Eileen\" & "Alert29Apr..csv" ' This  would be made  if not existing and we would have a zero lenf string
Open PathAndFileName For Binary As #FileNum 'Open Route to data. Binary is a fundemental type data input...
Dim Lenf As Long: Let Lenf = LOF(FileNum)
TotalFile = Space(Lenf) '....and wot recives it hs to be a string of exactly the right length
Get #FileNum, , TotalFile
Close #FileNum
' What the fuck is in this string?
Call WtchaGot_Unic_NotMuchIfYaChoppedItOff(TotalFile)  '   ' https://excelfox.com/forum/showthread.php/2302-quot-What%E2%80%99s-in-a-String-quot-VBA-break-down-Loop-through-character-contents-of-a-string?p=11015&viewfull=1#post11015
End Sub

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There are no issues with the file format changing or in not getting the required format if this file is opened saved closed etc.. manually or using the below macro.
Further we see that we can change things, and even add worksheets, save and reopen... All changes and any added worksheets are still there!!
We are beginig to see the problem, or rather another twist in the confusion that is Avinash

Sub OpenEileensAlertDotCSV() ' https://excelfox.com/forum/showthread.php/2345-Appendix-Thread-(-Codes-for-other-Threads-HTML-Tables-etc-)?p=13343&viewfull=1#post13343
Dim PathAndFileName As String
' The  following file was uploaded as  ALERT.xlsx   I dowloaded it and I navigsted to it using Windows file explorer and physically changed it in the explorer window without opening it to    Alert29Apr..csv
 Let PathAndFileName = ThisWorkbook.Path & "\At Eileen\" & "Alert29Apr..csv"
Dim Wb As Workbook, WbSaveSimp As Workbook, WbSaveComp As Workbook '  Ws1 As Worksheet
 Set Wb = Workbooks.Open(PathAndFileName)
 Set WbSaveSimp = Wb: Set WbSaveComp = Wb
Wb.Close: Set Wb = Workbooks.Open(PathAndFileName)
 Call WhatStringIsInAlertDotCSV
Wb.Save: Wb.Close
 Call WhatStringIsInAlertDotCSV
' ' No issues so far



End Sub

We are beginig to see the problem, or rather another twist in the confusion that is Avinash. We do not always have a .csv file!!!!! - I can see this for example if I manually try to open the file that typically "works" for Avinash Trying to open Alert when it is not a csv.JPG : https://imgur.com/sS2vnw0Attachment 2927
( Note: This warning does not appear when opening the file by a macro, such as in the macro above! )
If I try to do a simple Save on such a file either manually or with coding as in the above macro , then ir is done OK. If I attempt a SaveAs then it will want to save it as an Excel File: Wants to SaveAs xlsx file.JPG : https://imgur.com/RAH3E9T Attachment 2929

Furthermore , there is not an issue if I SaveAs manually with a Filename of "Alert29Apr..csv" ,
Save Alert with doubledot csv as xlsx Excel File.JPG
But , it will end up as a new file "Alert29Apr..csv.xlsx
There are not issues with SaveAs saving it with coding: These will give us our Excel file masquerading as a .csv file
Wb.SaveAs Filename:=ThisWorkbook.Path & "\At Eileen" & "Alert29Apr..csv"
Wb.SaveAs Filename:=ThisWorkbook.Path & "\At Eileen" & "Alert29AprRemove a dot.csv"
There are no issues in reopening these files in coding, and also manually if the warning, ( about the file not being the type of the extension ) is ignored