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Print Screen

I want Current window programmes screen to be printed, if user cleicks/presses a button. My idea was to presss ALT+Print Screnn (which will save the current window into clip board) and then use printer.paintpicture method to print it.

Can we save the current window in clip board using any API of DLL functions ? (i.e without pressing ALT+print Screen)

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Erick37

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John Sobiranski

snayaks:
I think you will find the answer you are looking for in one of these two articles:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q161/2/99.ASP?LNG=ENG&SA=ALLKB&FR=0

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q140/8/85.asp?LNG=ENG&SA=ALLKB&FR=0

Hope this helps.

John

John Sobiranski

Erik37:
It seems as though you beat me by a few minutes while I was searching for the same links as you.

Brian Mulder

they're not all the same :O)

and for some extra sourcecode for exact this question

http://www.thescarms.com/vbasic/Capture.htm

"Capture the entire contents of a form.
Capture the client area of a form.
Capture the entire screen.
Capture the active window.
Capture any portion of any window.
Create a Picture object from a bitmap and a palette.
Print a Picture object as large as possible on the page. "

that should work

HTH:O)Bruintje

snayaks

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Hi Erick37

I tried with

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q161/2/99.ASP

example and it worked fine

Thanks a lot

snayaks

snayaks

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Erick37

You're welcome.
Glad to help.
:-)