Sending an image to the system clipboard

Question

I've been trying to figure out how I can send an image to the system clipboard. At this state I'm beginning to think it's just not possible. This is the case:
I've got an applet running in a browser which creates a new window. I now want to copy the contents of this window to the system clipboard. So far I can only transfer text to the clipboard, but what I need is to copy a screenshot of the new window to the system clipboard.
Does anybody know how this can be done with Java or any kind of scripting language?

Answer 1

Since I already found the answer I rewarded 2 people for there help. This is the answer I found. Some code was found on the JDC Forum, but I can't remember who posted it or where I found it. So sorry that I can't give him credit...
Using JDK 1.4 the code could look like this:
-> This is how the policy file should look like:
grant
{ permission java.awt.AWTPermission "accessClipboard";
permission java.awt.AWTPermission "createRobot";
permission java.awt.AWTPermission "readDisplayPixels";
-> This is the code for the applet:
import java.awt.*;
public class ClipboardTest extends java.applet.Applet {
public void init() {
initComponents();
initialiseer();
private void initComponents() {
setLayout(new java.awt.BorderLayout());
public void initialiseer() {
     // Here I create the actual frame that I can send to the clipboard
MySystemClipboard cb = new MySystemClipboard();
cb.setBounds(200,200,200,200);
cb.setVisible(true);
-> And here is the code for MySystemClipboard:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.awt.datatransfer.*;
public class MySystemClipboard extends Frame implements ActionListener,
ClipboardOwner
private Button myButton;
private Clipboard myClipboard;
private PrettyPicture myPicture;
public MySystemClipboard()
add(myButton = new Button("Clip"), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
add(myPicture = new PrettyPicture(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
myButton.addActionListener(this);
myClipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent anEvent)
try
ClipImage ci = new ClipImage(new Robot().createScreenCapture(getBounds()));
myClipboard.setContents(ci, this);
catch (AWTException ae){}
public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents)
private class ClipImage implements Transferable
private DataFlavor[] myFlavors;
private BufferedImage myImage;
public ClipImage(BufferedImage theImage)
myFlavors = new DataFlavor[]{DataFlavor.imageFlavor};
myImage = theImage;
public Object getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor) throws UnsupportedFlavorException
if (flavor != DataFlavor.imageFlavor)
throw new UnsupportedFlavorException(flavor);
return myImage;
public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors()
return myFlavors;
public boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor)
return (flavor == DataFlavor.imageFlavor);
private class PrettyPicture extends Panel
public PrettyPicture()
setBackground(Color.gray);
add(new Button("Button1"), BorderLayout.NORTH);
add(new Button("Button2"), BorderLayout.CENTER);
add(new Button("Button3"), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
Hope this can help some other people