>>Does anybody know of a decent, lightweight and re-distributable ActiveX control that can capture screen areas by selection (preferrably via manual selection and by selecting a specific window).
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>Rick,
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>Does it have to be an ActiveX control? You might want to take a look at my Obj2Bmp app in the downloads section. With your knowledge of C/C++, I would think it would be a breeze to create your own.

Thanks that looks promising.

Problem is that it'd be really nice to have a UI that allows selection of the form or area using an outline or such.

After looking around I don't think I'm going to find something like that.

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