>>>Is there a way to save an image of a form to a picture file for printing?
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>>>thanks in advance
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>>You can try a FREEware program called PrintKey by Alfred Bollinger that lets you capture entire screen or any part of it. You can save it to a BMP etc.
>>You can find it at - www.zdnet.com
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>>For documentation I use the (as others have suggested) the Print Screen key to capture the screen then paste it into MS Word where you can size/crop and doc it.
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>>If you need code that actually writes any part of the form to a 24 bit BMP - let me know. I'm just finishing a program that does that.
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>Actually I _am_ looking for a way code to do this from within a VFP program. The response from Cetin sounds promising, as does your program. Are you marketing this program? Is it finished yet?
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>Thanks

Larry,

The program I'm writing is not for print-screen purposes. It's function is to create different patterns (eg. grids, hlines, vlines etc.) on a test form with easy manipulation of spacing and colors (24 bit) and save it as a small seamless bitmap to disk. The bitmap can then be used as a background on forms/containers. I'll probably finish it next weekend.

Ernest