Hi,<br/><br/>When I&nbsp;copy&nbsp;-&nbsp;paste&nbsp;text&nbsp;from&nbsp;my&nbsp;grid&nbsp;to&nbsp;excel&nbsp;i&nbsp;get&nbsp;-&quot;invalid&nbsp;FORMATETC&nbsp;error&quot;.&nbsp;<br/><br/>On&nbsp;pasting&nbsp;to&nbsp;Notepad,&nbsp;no&nbsp;such&nbsp;error&nbsp;comes.&nbsp;<br/><br/>Why&nbsp;does&nbsp;this&nbsp;happen&nbsp;and&nbsp;how&nbsp;Can&nbsp;I&nbsp;avoid&nbsp;this,&nbsp;without&nbsp;disabling&nbsp;copy&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;grid?<br/><br/>Thanks,&nbsp;<br/>Yash© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:20:31 Z96e96e8a-a758-4bf2-8c9a-27efd7003959http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformsdatacontrols/thread/96e96e8a-a758-4bf2-8c9a-27efd7003959#96e96e8a-a758-4bf2-8c9a-27efd7003959http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformsdatacontrols/thread/96e96e8a-a758-4bf2-8c9a-27efd7003959#96e96e8a-a758-4bf2-8c9a-27efd7003959MigrationUser 1http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=MigrationUser%201Hi,<br/><br/>When I&nbsp;copy&nbsp;-&nbsp;paste&nbsp;text&nbsp;from&nbsp;my&nbsp;grid&nbsp;to&nbsp;excel&nbsp;i&nbsp;get&nbsp;-&quot;invalid&nbsp;FORMATETC&nbsp;error&quot;.&nbsp;<br/><br/>On&nbsp;pasting&nbsp;to&nbsp;Notepad,&nbsp;no&nbsp;such&nbsp;error&nbsp;comes.&nbsp;<br/><br/>Why&nbsp;does&nbsp;this&nbsp;happen&nbsp;and&nbsp;how&nbsp;Can&nbsp;I&nbsp;avoid&nbsp;this,&nbsp;without&nbsp;disabling&nbsp;copy&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;grid?<br/><br/>Thanks,&nbsp;<br/>YashFri, 20 May 2005 08:56:02 Z2005-05-20T08:56:02Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformsdatacontrols/thread/96e96e8a-a758-4bf2-8c9a-27efd7003959#a0a93e30-62a9-4590-a7c0-ee52846b83dchttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformsdatacontrols/thread/96e96e8a-a758-4bf2-8c9a-27efd7003959#a0a93e30-62a9-4590-a7c0-ee52846b83dcMigrationUser 1http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=MigrationUser%201Forgot to&nbsp;mention&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;using&nbsp;a&nbsp;DataGridView.&nbsp;<br/>Fri, 20 May 2005 10:09:22 Z2005-05-20T10:09:22Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformsdatacontrols/thread/96e96e8a-a758-4bf2-8c9a-27efd7003959#0dbfaf65-3fef-474f-b899-43fa03efb052http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformsdatacontrols/thread/96e96e8a-a758-4bf2-8c9a-27efd7003959#0dbfaf65-3fef-474f-b899-43fa03efb052MigrationUser 1http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=MigrationUser%201Yes we&nbsp;have&nbsp;noticed&nbsp;this&nbsp;bug&nbsp;and&nbsp;have&nbsp;it&nbsp;tracked&nbsp;to&nbsp;fixed.<br/><br/>thanks,<br/>-mark<br/>Program&nbsp;Manager<br/>Microsoft<br/>This&nbsp;post&nbsp;is&nbsp;provided&nbsp;&quot;as-is&quot;Sat, 21 May 2005 21:40:38 Z2005-05-21T21:40:38Z