Are you sure it doesn't copy to the clipboard. It is only copied as a
bitmap. Therefore internet groovy programs turn up their nose at this. EG In
Outlook Express it will appear (to you) that there is nothing on the
clipboard because OE went through the list of formats it understands and
couldn't find one on the clipboard.
You should have mentioned what program. Technical accuracy is important.
If that is the case paste into Paint or Word, Cut it and it will paste
nearly everywhere with Word (especially if you use Paste Special) and to
anything you are likely to see with Paint. You can view what formats are on
the clipboard that your program understands by viewing the options in the
Edit menu - Paste Special. Because Word converts different formats to a
different set of other formats so pasting it back into word in a different
format to what you cut it from word will will result in a different set of
formats on the clipboard next time you copy or cut it.
When something is placed on the clipboard the program putting it there puts
the data in as many formats as it can putting the best format (in its
opinion) for that data first and the worse format last. This is why word is
a great converter as it puts lots of formats up. The program being pasted
then asks the clipboard "do you have anything", then if yes, "Do you have it
in my favourite format", then if no, "Do you have it in my second favourite
format", and so on. The clipboard also does conversions of traditional
windows data formats (so for text, bmp, wmf, emf). Apart from emf (wmf with
extra features and compatible with each other), I don't think GDI+ formats
are converted. So if a program ask for unicode but there is only ansi text
available to clipboard will convert it automatically. Ditto for wmf and bmp
files.
OE's excuse for not supporting a core dataformat of windows is that it isn't
a web standard. I'd like to meet him in a dark street.
