Error while reading clipboard from Adobe Reader (error -2147221040: openClipboard Failed)..any ideas?

This boilerplate code is usually ample to read stuff from the clipboard:

            if wx.TheClipboard.Open():
                success = wx.TheClipboard.GetData(data)
                wx.TheClipboard.Close()

However, when I copy paste from Adobe reader I get the error “Failed to get data from the clipboard (error -2147221040: openClipboard Failed)”. From my diagnosis, Adobe Reader opens/closes the three times when whenever something is copy/paste. The question is, what do I add to the above code to withstand that issue? I’ve ignoring the messages via an else after the open but that doesn’t help. Any one has any ideas?