PowerPoint losing Shape Tags in "Art::GVML ClipFormat" when using Clipboard.GetData() / Clipboard.SetData()

Bopibaer 1

I have a picture in PowerPoint with several shape tags on it. If I copy this picture to the clipboard, save the available data formats with Clipboard.GetData() and later try to restore it with Clipboard.SetData() I seem to lose the tags associated with the picture when pasting into PowerPoint (I can paste special as SVG or Microsoft Office Graphics Object).

I compared 1) clipboard data when copying the picture from PowerPoint and 2) clipboard data after my save and restore of the clipboard data and all the dataformats are the same and the sizes are also the same.

So why am I losing the tags and what can I do about it?
Thanks

Emi Zhang-MSFT 22,011 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-07-13T01:38:01.48+00:00

Hi @Bopibaer ,
Your problem is related to PowerPoint for developer, I changed the tag to office-vba-dev, the reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us. Thank you for your understanding.
Bopibaer 1 Reputation point

2021-07-14T10:57:06.817+00:00

Hi @Emi Zhang-MSFT unfortunately I still haven't received any reply. Is there anywhere else I can ask my question or send it to MS PowerPoint Team directly?