Merge pull request 'B2025-064 PROMS clears the windows clipboard when closing PROMS with tabs open.' (#717) from B2025-064_v2 into Development

good for testing

PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/dlgApproveProcedure.cs

@@ -1312,6 +1312,14 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 				pi.MyDocVersion.DocVersionConfig.SelectedSlave = 0;
 				if (si.IsApproved == 1)
 				{
+
+                    //B2026-016 - Fix error pulling Reference Object info into Export
+                    if (pi.MyDocVersion.DocVersionAssociationCount == 0)
+                    {
+                        MessageBox.Show("Prior to Approval you must set the Referenced Object Database", "No RO Database set", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
                     dlgExportImport dlg = new dlgExportImport("Export", pi, MyFrmVEPROMS, (selectedSlave)); // "true tell export to convert ROs and Transitions to text
 					dlg.DocReplace = frm.DocReplace;  // this tells approval to prepare an export file with resolved transitions and ROs, word sections are saved with resolved ROs during approval PDF creation and saved in DocReplace
 					System.Xml.XmlDocument xd = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();

PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/dlgExportImport.cs

@@ -1618,6 +1618,13 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 
 		public void ExportItem(XmlDocument xd, ItemInfo ii, string nodename)
 		{
+            //B2026-016 - Fix error pulling Reference Object info into Export
+            if (ii.MyDocVersion.DocVersionAssociationCount == 0)
+            {
+                MessageBox.Show("Prior to Exporting Procedures you must set the Referenced Object Database", "No RO Database set", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
+                return;
+            }
+
             XmlElement xe = xd.CreateElement(nodename);
             if (ii.IsProcedure)
 			{

PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepTabRibbon.cs

@@ -1668,8 +1668,18 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 						}
 						Clipboard.Clear();
 
+						//Try to update the data object to persist beyond PROMS life
+						//if can't, log it and use old method of scoping clipboard to PROMS life
+						try
+						{
+							Clipboard.SetDataObject(myDO, true); // this saves the cleaned up information to the Windows clipboard		
+						}
+						catch (Exception ex)
+						{
+                            _MyLog.Warn($"Error Setting Clipboard Object to Persist beyond PROMS. Clipboard will be scoped to PROMS. Error:{ex.Message}");
 							Clipboard.SetDataObject(myDO); // this saves the cleaned up information to the Windows clipboard
 						}
+					}
 					iData = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
 					bool noEquationData = true;
 					// part of bug B2017-117 we were running out of window handles when printing, found this similar use of