R help - Feb 2013 - Write a dataframe or table to clipboard as an image to paste into an email

Hi,

Is there a way to write a dataframe or table  to the clipboard as an image? I
want to paste into an email. I use snagit or print screen to do this today but
want to know if there is a way to do this through R.

For example I know how to write to clipboard for copy and pasting into
Excel:
> write.table(df,"clipboard",sep="\t"
But what's the equivalent for .png or other image format? I can't seem
to find it in the help file.

Note: I also tried using png()...print(df)...device.off() which I normally use
for plots but doesn't seem to work for dataframes and tables

Dan


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On Feb 12, 2013, at 2:51 PM, Lopez, Dan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to write a dataframe or table  to the clipboard as an image?
I want to paste into an email. I use snagit or print screen to do this today but
want to know if there is a way to do this through R.
> 
> For example I know how to write to clipboard for copy and pasting into
Excel:
>> write.table(df,"clipboard",sep="\t"
> 
> But what's the equivalent for .png or other image format? I can't
seem to find it in the help file.
> 
> Note: I also tried using png()...print(df)...device.off() which I normally
use for plots but doesn't seem to work for dataframes and tables
The latex function in Hmisc will produce dvi output that can be then samed as
pdf.

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David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA