Hi there,

I have a PictureBox that contains an image I created from
a file thus:

pictureBix1.Image = new Bitmap("Image.gif");

Now I want to place that same image on the PPC clipboard
so it can be pasted into other applications like Pocket
Word or Notes.

I can successfully paste text into the clipboard using
DllImports but do not know how to access the underlying
hBitmap (or whatever) to pass to SetClipboardData().

Any suggestions?

Thank you...

Robert

OpenNETCF.Clipboard class offers a complete clipboard interface, but you
won't be able to extract bitmap bits from a picture box other than by
reading it pixel-by-pixel. I suggest writing a small C++ DLL that would use
imgdecmp.dll (http://www.unsupportedsoftware.com/ce/dev/imgdecmp.htm) to
unpack your gif file and return a bitmap handle

"Robert Crago" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:05d201c3a59b$b265b630$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi there,
>
> I have a PictureBox that contains an image I created from
> a file thus:
>
> pictureBix1.Image = new Bitmap("Image.gif");
>
> Now I want to place that same image on the PPC clipboard
> so it can be pasted into other applications like Pocket
> Word or Notes.
>
> I can successfully paste text into the clipboard using
> DllImports but do not know how to access the underlying
> hBitmap (or whatever) to pass to SetClipboardData().
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thank you...
>
> Robert

Thanks Alex - I suspected as much, just hoped there was something simple I
had missed.

In fact I'll probably write a dll to not only read the file but also copy it
to the clipboard as well while I'm at it.

Thanks again

--
Robert Crago