Script to copy an image to clipboard

copytoclipboard.py

import win32api, sys
import Image
import win32clipboard
from cStringIO import StringIO

def send_to_clipboard(clip_type, data):
    win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
    win32clipboard.EmptyClipboard()
    win32clipboard.SetClipboardData(clip_type, data)
    win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()


if __name__ == '__main__':
	# get the file and verify PIL can open it
	try:
		image = Image.open(sys.argv[1])
	except IOError, e:
		win32api.MessageBox(0, 'Cannot open %s: %s' % 
								(sys.argv[1], str(e)),
								'Copy Image to Clipboard')
	output = StringIO()
	# convert the file
	try:
		image.convert("RGB").save(output, "BMP")
	except Exception, e:
		win32api.MessageBox(0, 'Cannot convert %s to Bitmap: %s' % 
								(sys.argv[1], str(e)),
								'Copy Image to Clipboard')
	data = output.getvalue()[14:]
	output.close()

	send_to_clipboard(win32clipboard.CF_DIB, data)