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    Capture desktop and save it as 16 Color BMP format or JPG !

    Hellow..

    i have a small program that captures the desktop and save it as BMP but my problem is that the BMP files is too large (1.3 MB approx.)
    i want to save it any format like BMP 16 Color format or JPG or any other format

    any idea ?

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    Hi

    Have you got any more information or even some example code?

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    To save in JPG or GIF, you'd need some external DLLS or write the whole routine yourself, as VB doesn't come with any default method of saving in these formats.

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    Well save as a bitmap, and then visit this thread :
    http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...threadid=71256
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