pixel color

[Pistof]

i was wondering if there is a way to read the colors of pixels outside of the active form, assuming the form is not covering the wanted area of the screen?

[Hack]

Welcome to the forums.

What do you mean by "outside of the active form"?

[Logophobic]

You can do that using various API calls. I'll leave it to someone more familiar with these to give an example. Perhaps a mod could move this to the API forum?

[naitsabes85]

Hey,
Is this what you are looking for?
declares:

Private Declare Function GetPixel Lib "gdi32" (ByVal Hdc As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetDC Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long

MsgBox GetPixel(GetDC(0), 1, 1)'0 = handle of desktop

[Pistof]

yeah its workin now thx