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dblay
Apr 5th, 2000, 03:07 AM
does anyone know how to get a bitmap of a form (of what the form should look like), from a form. I have a program where I want to blend the image of the form with another picture. for now, i have a image of the form staticaly put into a picturebox. the problem is if the form has data that can visibly change, my imaged doesn't work. i'd like to be able to get a picture of the form on the fly.
any ideas?

Thanks
don blay

RavenCrow
Apr 5th, 2000, 04:01 PM
Try this example...
http://www.vb-world.net/graphics/tip101.html

It's applicable to the desktop but you can play around with it to be applicable to your form then just use a timer to refresh it every now and then. If you need any help with the api's just give me a shout. tielman@icon.co.za