Saving the static control's HDC into bitmap

I'm trying to save into bitmap the contents of a static control:

Code:

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int SaveDCToBitmap(HDC hDc, const char *lpszFile, int w, int h) {
        HBITMAP hBitmap = CreateCompatibleBitmap(hDc, w, h);
        if (hBitmap) {
                HANDLE hFile = CreateFile(lpszFile, GENERIC_WRITE, NULL, NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
                if (hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
                        BITMAPFILEHEADER bfh = {0};
                        BITMAPINFOHEADER bih = {0};
                        DIBSECTION ds = {0};
                        DWORD dwResult = 0;
                        int nImageSize = w * h * 3;
                        bfh.bfType = MAKEWORD('B','M');
                        bfh.bfSize = sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER) + sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER) + nImageSize;
                        bfh.bfOffBits = sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER) + sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
                        WriteFile(hFile, &bfh, sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER), &dwResult, NULL);
                        bih.biSize = sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
                        bih.biWidth = w;
                        bih.biPlanes = 1;
                        bih.biHeight = h;
                        bih.biBitCount = 24;
                        bih.biSizeImage = nImageSize;
                        bih.biCompression = BI_RGB;
                        WriteFile(hFile, &bih, sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER), &dwResult, NULL);
                        GetObject(hBitmap, sizeof(DIBSECTION), &ds);
                        WriteFile(hFile, ds.dsBm.bmBits, nImageSize, &dwResult, NULL);
                        CloseHandle(hFile);
                        DeleteObject(hBitmap);
                }
        }
        return 0;
}

// later on a command event
case ID_ARCHIVO_GUARDAR:
                                {
                                        HDC hdc = GetWindowDC(hStatic);
                                        if (hdc) {
                                                RECT rc = {0};
                                                GetWindowRect(hStatic, &rc);
                                                SaveDCToBitmap(hdc, "G:\\files\\teta.bmp", rc.right-rc.left, rc.bottom-rc.top);
                                        }
                                        ReleaseDC(hStatic, hdc);
                                        break;
                                }
                        }

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Seems that the dimmensions are ok (in explorer status bar), but the image doesn't show...any ideas?

If you must use the device context (ie you can't/won't use the bitmap handle returned from an STM_GETIMAGE message sent to the static control) then:

1. Get the control dc.
2. Create a compatible bitmap with the same dimensions as the control.
3. Create a memory dc.
4. Select the previously created bitmap into the dc.
5. Send a WM_PRINTCLIENT message to the control with the memory dc as the WPARAM and the LPARAM set to PRF_CLIENT; this copies the static control contents into your bitmap.
6. Restore and release various dc's so that your memory bitmap is no longer selected.
7. Use GetDIBits to obtain the image bits from the bitmap, fill appropriate bitmap file/header structures and write image to file.

Alternatively, if you can use the bitmap handle returned from sending an STM_GETIMAGE to the static control you can just use GetObject to fill a DIBSECTION with everything and anything leaving you considerably less fiddling around to get the image bits.

ok..I'll try the steps one

/edit:
After googling around I came out with this:

Code:

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int SaveDCToBitmap(HWND hStatic, const char *pszFile) {
        BITMAPFILEHEADER bmfh = {0};
    BITMAPINFOHEADER bmih = {0};
        RECT rc = {0};
        HDC hdc1;
        HDC hdc2;
    HBITMAP aBmp;
    BITMAPINFO bi;
    HGDIOBJ OldObj;
    void *dibvalues;
    HANDLE fileHandle;
    DWORD bytes_write;
    DWORD bytes_written;
        int w;
        int h;

        hdc1 = GetWindowDC(hStatic);
        hdc2 = CreateCompatibleDC(hdc1);
        GetWindowRect(hStatic, &rc);
        w = rc.right-rc.left;
        h = rc.bottom-rc.top;

        bmih.biSize = sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
        bmih.biWidth = w;
        bmih.biHeight = h;
        bmih.biPlanes = 1;
        bmih.biBitCount = 24;
        bmih.biCompression = BI_RGB;
        bmih.biSizeImage = ((((bmih.biWidth * bmih.biBitCount) + 31) & ~31) >> 3) * bmih.biHeight;
        bi.bmiHeader = bmih;

        aBmp = CreateDIBSection(hdc1, &bi ,DIB_RGB_COLORS, (void**)&dibvalues, NULL, NULL);
        OldObj = SelectObject(hdc2, aBmp);
        BitBlt(hdc2, 0, 0, w, h, hdc1, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);
        bmfh.bfOffBits = sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER)+sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
        bmfh.bfSize = (3*bmih.biHeight*bmih.biWidth)+sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER)+sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
        bmfh.bfType = 0x4d42;

        fileHandle = CreateFile(pszFile, GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
        bytes_write = sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER);
        WriteFile(fileHandle, &bmfh, bytes_write, &bytes_written, NULL);
        bytes_write = sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER);
        WriteFile(fileHandle, &bmih, bytes_write, &bytes_written, NULL);
        bytes_write = bmih.biSizeImage;
        WriteFile(fileHandle, (void*)dibvalues, bytes_write, &bytes_written, NULL);

        CloseHandle(fileHandle);
    DeleteObject(SelectObject(hdc2,OldObj));
    DeleteDC(hdc2);
        ReleaseDC(hStatic, hdc1);
        return 0;
}

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Seems to be working.. what do you think?