Copy image to clipboard

[Robert Crago]

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

 

[Alex Feinman [MVP]]

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

 

[Michael Crago]

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