Saving picture with text overlaid

Hi,
Is there a way to save a picture with text overlaid on top of it (perhaps using SavePicture)?
For Example...If I load a photo in a picture box which has a label in the corner, and in that label I display a bit of text about the photo, can I then save the photo with the text on top of it as a bitmap? (at the moment it just keeps saving the photo and not display the text!)

Any help would be appreciated

Cheers, Shaun.

First, you must draw it's Image on to it's picture. Then you can save it.

Code:

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Private Sub Command1_Click()

    Picture1.Picture = Picture1.Image
    SavePicture Picture1.Picture, "C:\Windows\Desktop\Testing.bmp"
   
End Sub

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Hi Megatron,
Sorry, but I still cant get it to work. Are there any properties that I have to set either for the picture box or the label? I currently have the labels background set to transparent to show the picture underneath the text.

Cheers,
Shaun

If you use the Print statement instead of a Label, the above example will work, however, if you want to stick with the Label, use the BitBlt API.

Make a Form and add 2 PictureBoxes, a CommandButtons and a Label. Make sure that there is a Picture loaded into Picture1 and make sure that the Label in/on top of it.

Code:

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Private Declare Function BitBlt Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hDestDC As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long, ByVal hSrcDC As Long, ByVal xSrc As Long, ByVal ySrc As Long, ByVal dwRop As Long) As Long

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    'Copy the Image to Form2
    BitBlt Picture2.hDC, 0, 0, Picture1.Width, Picture1.Height, Picture1.hDC, 0, 0, vbSrcCopy
    'Transfer the Image and save the Picture
    Picture2.Picture = Picture2.Image
    SavePicture Picture2.Picture, "C:\Windows\Desktop\Mybitmap.bmp"
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Picture2.AutoRedraw = True
End Sub

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Cheers Megatron it works great now although I nearly posted another reply saying it didn't!! (realised I had to switch off autoredraw on picture1!)

Thanks

Shaun