CLIPBOARD
The purpose of this program is to copy the contents of a graphics window to the clipboard for subsequent pasting into applications such as Photoshop or Powerpoint.
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Graphics.
CLIPBOARD, window_index
window_index: The window index number of the graphics window to copy. If absent, the current graphics window is used by default.
All COLOR_QUAN keywords are allowed. In particular, if you are taking snapshots of line plots with few colors in them, you may get better results by calling the program with the CUBE=6 keyword set. Otherwise, white colors can sometimes be a bit gray.
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Uses the IDLgrClipboard object introduced in IDL 5.2(?).
Copies the window contents to a clipboard object.
IDL> Window IDL> Plot, Findgen(11) IDL> CLIPBOARD
May not work for all applications. Applications tested successfully include: Framemaker, Powerpoint, Photoshop, Excel, Microsoft Word. Converts 24-bit images to 2D images with color tables.
Written by: David W. Fanning, 24 October 2001. Added _EXTRA keyword to pass COLOR_QUAN keywords along. 28 Oct 2002. DWF.