Can reports become images to be made into wallpaper or desktop image? 5

[Docpro777]

I realize this is probably not possible, but:

Can reports be made images to be made into wallpaper or a desktop (backround) image.

(I currently generate images in the main foxpro window via report writer)

Thanks in advance,

Phil

Philip M. Traynor, DPM

http://www.doctorprofessional.com

 

[Docpro777]

Brian,

I finally figured out James Kahn's dll and it truly is great.

Apparent Advantages I see are:
1) It gives directory option as to where to save the bmp (vs. default mypictures)
2) It snaps a (developer/user) controlled dimension of the screen.
3) It bypasses MSPaint altogether.
4) It seems to be able to work in a seemless non-shaky fast manner.

I'll work more with the dll and keep you posted.


Philip M. Traynor, DPM

http://www.doctorprofessional.com

 

[baltman]

We can only Bask in James' Reflected Glory

His dll would help to solve several questions that have been asked on TT in the past.

I've sent James an e-mail requesting he post a TT FAQ or to allow me to.

Brian

 

[Docpro777]

Brian (and all), this works spectacularly for me now: Here is my COMPLETE working prototype in just a few lines of code using James dll and your wallpaper resources:

_screen.WindowState= 2
_screen.backcolor=rgb(255,255,255) &&or whatever
report format 'reports\visit\schedmo' for visit.dos=date() && or whatever report you'd want on the desktop

Set DEFAULT TO (SUBSTR(SYS(16,1),AT(":",SYS(16,1)) - 1, RAT("\", SYS(16,1)) - (AT(":",SYS(16,1)) - 1))) &&this line may be redundant
Declare Integer formtobmpA IN "PCT_DLL.dll" string bmpfilename,integer nX,integer nY,integer nX2,integer nY2
retVal = formtobmpA("c:\schedule.bmp",10,50,1200,900) && Save screen to file c:\screen.bmp
lcBMPFile = "C:\schedule.bmp"
DECLARE INTEGER SystemParametersInfo IN user32 INTEGER uiAction, INTEGER uiParam, STRING @pvParam, INTEGER fWinIni
= SystemParametersInfo (20, 5, @lcBMPFile , 3)

Philip M. Traynor, DPM

http://www.doctorprofessional.com

 

[baltman]

Glad to hear it.

Brian

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

DocPro777

If you want to simply convert .bmp to .jpg, try topng.exe, 230KB, a freeware command line image converter which converts to and from a number of different image formats.

Run it through ShellExecute() with final parameter of 0 to run hidden, with :-

topng mybitmap.bmp jpg

and you end up with

mybitmap.jpg

FAQ184-2483 - the answer to getting answered.​

Chris

http://www.pdfcommander.com

http://www.pdfcommander.co.uk

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

Apologies - brain not working yet, the link is :-

http://bcheck.arsware.org/#topng

FAQ184-2483 - the answer to getting answered.​

Chris

http://www.pdfcommander.com

http://www.pdfcommander.co.uk