BitBliiting and Save

[merlinkk]

Puzzle:
U have a picturebox, then BitBlt' something in it.
How do u save the picture in file?
(pleez dont tell me to use savepicture, it doesnt work cuz (i think so) bitblt'ed images are not considered 'picture' or 'image' property of control)
Thx

[Fox]

You need to enable AutoRedraw of your picture box. And yes, you need to use the .image method:

SavePicture Picture1.Image, "C:\test.bmp"

[merlinkk]

No way.
Enabling AutoRedraw wont even let me to bitblitt anything in picturebox...
Any more ideas?

[Fox]

Sure it does... put a DoEvents after your blitting operation. AutoRedraw lets the picture box hold the picture in memory even if another windows moves over it. SavePicture needs this memory picture to store it It works

[merlinkk]

Woops... It worked, Thx Fox =)

Once you draw on it's DC, you can convert the image to the picture using the following statement

Picture1.Picture = Picture1.Image
'Now you can save it using SavePicture
SavePicture Picture1.Picture, "C:\MyBitmap.bmp"