Screen Print Directly 2

[lashwarj]

Is there any quick code I could write to make a print screen button.

 

[ramani]

HI

Look into this for capturing a screen to clipboard. This could help you to print the clipboard to a printer port.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q153003

I am also interested in this topic ramani
(Subramanian.G),FoxAcc, ramani_g@yahoo.com

 

[lashwarj]

Sweet worked great thank you Ramani

 

[rgbean]

If you want a fuller implementation that sends the screen shot directly to the printer, go to the UT (

http://www.universalthread.com/),

click on the Download
picture on the right, and choose the Visual FoxPro area. Next enter 'capture' (without the quotes) in the Description area and press Enter. You should get back (at least) an entry for:
Print Screens from VFP November 15, 2000 22:56
Print screens and forms directly from VFP using custom classes and DibApi32.dll.

Go to the full information page, and download it by clicking on the hyperlink.

Rick

 

[lashwarj]

Rick, the one that ramani recommended does do that, I am just trying to pla around with being able to select the printer now

 

[rgbean]

No, I believe his link provides code that simply places the snapshot into the clipboard. You'd then have to paste it into a document and print the document.

Rick

 

[lashwarj]

It prints for me directly to the printer

 

[lashwarj]

I am so sorry Rick you are correct, I had another program running in my system tray called Hardcopy which is used for screen capturing, i am sorry

 

[ramani]

Hi
Rick is right. My pointed thread helps to only copy to clip board.

This is also equivalent to Pressing Alt+PrintScreen key which copies the form or screen into the clipboard. Then you have to find the way to copy the ClipBoard content to an appropriate variable or memo field or general field and then send that to printer. As i mentioned, I am interested also in seeing any simple method to get a screen printout. This will help to make documentation easy. I also have elaborate method to capture screen from Web sites and save it to file etc. which in principle should work for this also. But I am also looking for a very simple method.

ramani
(Subramanian.G),FoxAcc, ramani_g@yahoo.com

 

[lashwarj]

ramani, in your code what is storing the screen shot image is it the keybd_event or is it the system. I mean would it be as easy as setting the screen capture as the control source of an image thats it isometric

 

[lashwarj]

ok i have got a form that when you open it has a richtext control, you can then do a paste event on that, so if you could automate the ctrl + v command you are half way there