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[Remo1075]

I can't get my script to paste to the body of an e-mail (outlook) or to mspaint. Other applications like Word and Powerpoint seem to accept the contents of the clipboard just fine. I am currently using bmp format to maybe make things a bit easier but would chnage it to png in the end for e-mail and compression reasons.

$sBMP_Path = @DesktopDir & "\ScreenCapture.bmp"
        _ScreenCapture_Capture($sBMP_Path, $iX1, $iY1, $iX2, $iY2, False)

    _ClipBoard_Open(0)
        _ClipBoard_SetData($sBMP_Path,$CF_BITMAP)
        _ClipPutFile($sBMP_Path)
    _ClipBoard_Close()




;This also seems to work just as well, meaning it still won't paste to mspaint or to the body of an e-mail in Outlook. ( adds it as an attachment)
$sBMP_Path = @DesktopDir & "\ScreenCapture.bmp"
        _ScreenCapture_Capture($sBMP_Path, $iX1, $iY1, $iX2, $iY2, False)
                 _ClipPutFile($sBMP_Path)

Thanks for any insight

Edited January 3, 2010 by Remo10

[bogQ]

you can use forum search "clipboard paint" and something interesting will happen

For your paint

#Include <Clipboard.au3>
#Include <ScreenCapture.au3>
$a = _ScreenCapture_Capture() 
_ClipBoard_Open("")
_ClipBoard_Empty()
_ClipBoard_SetDataEx($a, $CF_BITMAP)
_ClipBoard_Close()

Edited January 3, 2010 by bogQ

[Remo1075]

you can use forum search "clipboard paint" and something interesting will happen

For your paint

#Include <Clipboard.au3>
#Include <ScreenCapture.au3>
$a = _ScreenCapture_Capture() 
_ClipBoard_Open("")
_ClipBoard_Empty()
_ClipBoard_SetDataEx($a, $CF_BITMAP)
_ClipBoard_Close()

As soon as I add co-ordinates to the _screencapture_capture() office clipboard does not capture it which is my whole point to use x y

#Include <Clipboard.au3>
#Include <ScreenCapture.au3>
$a = _ScreenCapture_Capture("c:\out.bmp", 0, 0, 796, 596)
_ClipBoard_Open("")
_ClipBoard_Empty()
_ClipBoard_SetDataEx($a, $CF_BITMAP)
_ClipBoard_Close()

This results in the following attached error from mspaint.

[bogQ]

$a = _ScreenCapture_Capture("", 0, 0, 796, 596)

"" is important part to work

Edit: from help file

If FileName is not blank this function will capture the screen and save it to file. If FileName is blank, this

function will capture the screen and return a HBITMAP handle to the bitmap image.

Edited January 3, 2010 by bogQ

[Remo1075]

OK, thanks alot, that did it. I actually read that bit but was concentrating too much on trying to output a hard copy of the file as well. Once again thanks for your help.