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    take screenshot

    I've done some searching on these boards and elsewhere and haven'tbeen able to find much. Could someone lead me to a tutorial or some sample code on how to take a screenshot and save it to a BMP. Thank you.

    EDIT: My bad, I found an answer.
    Last edited by MeGaBiTe1; 09-02-2004 at 07:16 PM.

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    Allow others to find an answer in this thread

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    TO take screen shot
    U can use
    GetDesktopWindow(); it will give u HWND of desktop ...Now use GetDC() to get the dc then bitblt the required part of dc on ur own dc.... You are done ...
    I don`t know how to save it
    Software is like sex it is good when it is free

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