>>Hi
>>
>>I am using dibapi32 to create an image from a form - it work beautifully with the following code but there is one problem it doesn't save the file automatically - the operator has to press save - that's not what i want - any ideas how to save the image automatically ?
>>
>>*FORM/SCREEN CAPTURE TO BMP FILE:
>>*!* make FoxTools available
>>SET LIBRARY TO c:\global\FoxTools.FLL ADDITIVE
>>*!* make the class library available
>>SET CLASSLIB TO scrnprnt.vcx ADDITIVE
>>oCap = NEWOBJECT("capturescreen", "scrnprnt") && Create instance of Screenprint
>>
>>
>>
>>*!* Capturing the active VFP form
>>lnRetVal = oCap.CaptureForm( "file.bmp" )
>>release oz2W
>>return
>>* calling
>>*=printscr()
>>
>>
>>function printscr()
>>
>> DECLARE INTEGER GetDesktopWindow IN Win32api
>>
>> DECLARE INTEGER PrintWindow IN DibApi32 ;
>> INTEGER HWnd, ;
>> INTEGER fPrintArea, ;
>> INTEGER fPrintOpt, ;
>> INTEGER wxScale, ;
>> INTEGER wyScale, ;
>> STRING @ szJobName
>>
>> LOCAL nRetVal,cJobName && title you want to show when printing
>>
>> cJobName = 'Current Screen' && or whatever - this could be passed in as a parameter, also.
>>
>> nRetVal = PrintWindow(GetDesktopWindow(),1,1,0,0,@cJobName)
>> IF nRetVal != 0
>> IF nRetVal != 6 && 6 = User canceled printing
>> MESSAGEBOX("Unable to print the window" + chr(10) + ;
>> "See System Administrator " + STR(nRetVal),48, ;
>> "")
>> ENDIF
>> ENDIF
>>
>>RETURN
>
>
>Hi Colin,
>
>You can use GDI+ to capture your sceens with absolutely no pain!
>Check these 2 links
>
>1 - Using GdiPlusX project from VFPX
>http://weblogs.foxite.com/vfpimaging/2007/01/17/capture-screens-with-gdiplus-x/
>
>2 - Using direct API calls, you can adapt that code to fit your needs
>http://weblogs.foxite.com/vfpimaging/2006/03/20/capture-screen-portions/

Thanks for the answer - I have found a way of creating a bmp image