copy image to clipboard and let it be pasted as file (vb.net)

Question

I have a picture box, and if I use snipet below:

Clipboard.SetImage(PictureBox.image)

Then I can only paste the image into things like Paint and MS word. I can't paste it as a file into a folder/desktop.

So how can I copy the image to the clipboard and if gets pasted to a folder then it becomes a file?

Answer 1

If you're using .net and your ultimate goal is to save the file, there's a LOT easier way,

Here the code in C#, porting it into VB.net won't be hard, I'm just too lazy to do that :) Anyway, you do have to save it somewhere before you can paste it so...

It loads the file to the Picture box and again saves it to a file, (lame, I know) and set the clipboard data as a copy operation

then when you paste (Ctrl+V) it, it gets pasted.

C#
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    Bitmap bmp;
    string fileName=@"C:\image.bmp";
    //here I assume you load it from a file, you might get the image from somewhere else, your code may differ

pictureBox1.Image=(Image) Bitmap.FromFile(fileName); bmp=(Bitmap)pictureBox1.Image; bmp.Save(@"c:\image2.bmp"); System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection st = new System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection(); st.Add(@"c:\image2.bmp"); System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.SetFileDropList(st); </pre>

and viola tries pasting in a folder the file image2.bmp will be pasted.