>>>I'm trying to add print screen capabilities to a VFP app. I understand that you can copy the contents of a screen to the clipboard with Alt-PrintScrn and that you can paste those contents into a general field in a database. I haven't been able to create a report that prints general fields, though. Is it possible?
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>>>Or, is there some command or API call that will dump the contents of the clipboard straight to the printer?
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>>>This app is targeted towards folks who are not necessariliy computer-literate, so I want to make this as simple as possible.
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>>> TIA,
>>> ROB
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>>OLEBound report field will print general field content.
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>Aha! So it will!
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>Now the question splits into two sub-questions...
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>1) What is the KeyCode for the PrintScrn button so that I can activate it programmatically with something like KEYB '{ALT+PRINTSCRN}'? I've tried most combinations of the letters PRINTSCRN and none seem to work.
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>2) How do you paste the image from the clipboard into a general field in a table programmatically?
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>TIA (again),
> Rob

Basically, you should use api call keybd_event to print screen programmatically. After this, modify general command with keyboard ctrl+v will do the job.