Well, thanks a lot. I had no idea that place existed. Thanks for that too.

>The following is a posting I found by searching on "screen capture print" at www.dejanews.com. HTH.
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>Re: print screen  more options
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>Author:   mary stickney
>Email: mstickne@rev.state.ne.us
>Date: 1997/12/23
>Forums: microsoft.public.fox.programmer.exchange
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>ok  here goes:
>1. set the desktop property of your form to .t.
>2. _msedit must be available
>3. type CREATE CURSOR screen_capture(SCREEN G)  in the comand window
>4. you need to make a report called printscr
>5.  Add the cursor to the Dataenvironment of the report.
>6. Add an OLE bound object to the report
>7. Set the field to Screen_capture.screen.
>8. in your command button:
>    ** CMDPRINT CLICK EVENT
>    set sysmenu on			&& so _msedit is available
>    MTOP = THISFORM.TOP		&& store top position of form (program moves form)
>    do printscrn				&& do program
>    set sysmenu off			&&  set menu back off if you want
>    THISFORM.TOP = (MTOP)		&& put form back where it was
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>*** print screen program
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>LOCAL calias,tabused
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>IF USED(ALIAS())
>	calias = ALIAS()
>	tabused = .T.
>ELSE
>	tabused = .F.
>ENDIF
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>** declare win32api command
>DECLARE INTEGER keybd_event IN win32api;
>INTEGER,INTEGER,INTEGER,INTEGER
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>** execute an alt-printscreen to capture window
>keybd_event(44,0,0,0)
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>** on report form we print a bitmap from a field so create a cursor
>CREATE CURSOR screen_capture(SCREEN G)
>APPEND BLANK
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>** copy bitmap outsideof visable work area
>DEFINE WINDOW screen_capture FROM 1,1 TO 100,100
>MODIFY GENERAL screen_capture.SCREEN NOWAIT WINDOW screen_capture
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>KEYBOARD "{ctrl+V}{ctrl+W}"
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>RELEASE WIND screen_capture
>DOEVENTS
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>IF !EMPTY(screen_capture.SCREEN)
>	SELECT screen_capture
>	REPORT FORM printscr.frx to print
>ELSE
>	WAIT WINDOW 'Sorry, you cannot do a print screen of this form'
>ENDIF
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>IF tabused
>	SELECT (calias)
>ENDIF
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>>I want to just the opposite. How do you let a user print a screen directly to a printer?