Thank you very much.

Copying the whole form as a picture won't do in this case, because I am trying to make the copy editable by Word, but it is a very interesting capability, so I'll keep at it. Have a hunch George Tasker's class does a single bitmap too.

Thanks.

Alex


>Check FoxPro examples (members area):
>
>Copying picture of the active form to the Clipboard using Bitmap API functions
>http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?example=91&function=42
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>Copying picture of the active form to the Clipboard using Enhanced Metafile API functions
>http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?example=404
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>Storing content of the Clipboard to a bitmap file
>http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?example=189&function=42
>
>How to print a FoxPro form
>http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?example=158
>
>This is how to copy a form to the clipboard step by step:
>- obtain form's window handle and device context
>- create compatible device context
>- create compatible bitmap using form's width and height
>- select compatible bitmap into compatible device context
>- use BitBlt to copy image from form's device context to compatible device context
>- open Clipboard
>- empty Clipboard
>- set Clipboard content using the handle to compatible bitmap
>- close Clipboard
>- release objects: compatible bitmap, compatible device conmtext, form's device context
>
>API functions:
>BitBlt
>CloseClipboard
>CreateCompatibleBitmap
>CreateCompatibleDC
>DeleteDC
>DeleteObject
>EmptyClipboard
>GetFocus
>GetWindowDC
>GetWindowRect
>OpenClipboard
>ReleaseDC
>SelectObject
>SetClipboardData
>