Copy and Paste image to clipboard-- color & size adjustments

Question

Hello,
I wrote a small program (JDK 1.4.1) which enables the user to copy an image (gif or png) to the clipboard.
- when this image is pasted into Microsoft Words, the size is not respected (much bigger),
- when it is pasted into Lotus Notes, the colors are all sort of green (but the size is correct this time)..
- when it is pasted into Excell: no problems! Copying it back in the clipboard from Excell, and pasting it into Words and Lotus Notes gives good results.
I do not know where the problem comes from (Windows or Java?), but I would be very glad if someone could point me out some ways of debugging this.
Thanks very much in advance for any help!
Best regards,
Yannick
Relevant pieces of code:
if (source.getText().equals("Copy to clipboard")) {
try {
cs = (ClipboardService)ServiceManager.lookup
("javax.jnlp.ClipboardService");
} catch (UnavailableServiceException use) {
cs = null;
if (cs != null) {
ImageSelection contents = new ImageSelection(image);
cs.setContents(contents);
public class ImageSelection implements Transferable, ClipboardOwner {
static public DataFlavor imageFlavor;
private DataFlavor [] supportedFlavors = {imageFlavor};
private Image picture;
public ImageSelection (Image parPicture) {
picture = parPicture;
imageFlavor = DataFlavor.imageFlavor;
public synchronized DataFlavor [] getTransferDataFlavors () {
return (supportedFlavors);
public boolean isDataFlavorSupported (DataFlavor parFlavor) {
return (parFlavor.equals (imageFlavor));
public synchronized Object getTransferData (DataFlavor parFlavor)
throws UnsupportedFlavorException {
if (parFlavor.equals (imageFlavor))
return (picture);
else
throw new UnsupportedFlavorException (imageFlavor);
public void lostOwnership (Clipboard parClipboard, Transferable parTransferable) {
System.out.println ("Lost ownership");

Answer 1

Hi,
try to read this SUN article.
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/releases/data/
Hope this help you.
Bye
Ste