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Title: takeing a screen shot
Post by: chris on August 21, 2009, 01:08:27 PM

okay i was wondering is it possable to have a program take a screen shot and save it to a file? if so how would i go about doing it?

thanks for the help

Title: Re: takeing a screen shot
Post by: Duffer on August 21, 2009, 03:59:09 PM

Look at the "draw" example, in particular the "savebitmap.inc" file it utilizes. ;)

Title: Re: takeing a screen shot
Post by: chris on August 21, 2009, 05:09:43 PM

okay but from my quick look it just saves the window you tell it to unless i'm reading it worng, what i want is to take a pic of the entire sceen

Title: Re: takeing a screen shot
Post by: Duffer on August 21, 2009, 05:16:51 PM

Quote from: chris on August 21, 2009, 05:09:43 PM
okay but from my quick look it just saves the window you tell it to unless i'm reading it worng, what i want is to take a pic of the entire sceen

Are you meaning the desktop?

Title: Re: takeing a screen shot
Post by: chris on August 21, 2009, 05:58:56 PM

yah i gues thats the best way to descpibe it what i realy want is the pic that would be taken if i was to hit print screen at that moment

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IWBasic => General Questions => Topic started by: chris on August 21, 2009, 01:08:27 PM