Screenshot to Pictureobject

[Razzle]

How can I put a screenshot to a pictureobject? I tried the following (took parts of the code from an example how to extract icons from files) but it did not work

Public Type PicBmp
   Size As Long
   tType As Long
   hBMP As Long
   hPal As Long
   Reserved As Long
End Type

Public Type GUID
   Data1 As Long
   Data2 As Integer
   Data3 As Integer
   Data4(7) As Byte
End Type

Public Declare Function OleCreatePictureIndirect _
Lib "olepro32.dll" (PicDesc As PicBmp, RefIID As GUID, _
ByVal fPictureOwnsHandle As Long, IPic As IPicture) As Long

Public Declare Function CreateDC Lib "gdi32" Alias "CreateDCA" (ByVal lpDriverName As String, ByVal lpDeviceName As String, ByVal lpOutput As String, lpInitData As Any) As Long
Public Declare Function CreateCompatibleBitmap Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function CreateCompatibleDC Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function DeleteDC Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function DeleteObject Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function SelectObject Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Public 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



Public Function ScreenshotToBitmap() As Picture
Dim pic As PicBmp
Dim IPic As IPicture
Dim IID_IDispatch As GUID
Dim hBM&, hSourceDC&, hDestDC&, h&
Dim dx&, dy&
dx = Screen.Width / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
dy = Screen.Height / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY

hSourceDC = CreateDC("DISPLAY", "0", "0", 0)
hDestDC = CreateCompatibleDC(hSourceDC)
hBM = CreateCompatibleBitmap(hDestDC, dx, dy)
h = SelectObject(hDestDC, hBM)
Call BitBlt(hDestDC, 0, 0, dx, dy, hSourceDC, 0, 0, vbSrcCopy)

'Fill in with IDispatch Interface ID.
With IID_IDispatch
.Data1 = &H20400
.Data4(0) = &HC0
.Data4(7) = &H46
End With
'Fill Pic with necessary parts.
With pic
.Size = Len(pic) 'Length of structure.
.tType = vbPicTypeBitmap 'Type of Picture (bitmap).
.hBMP = hBM 'Handle to bitmap.
End With
'Create Picture object.
Call OleCreatePictureIndirect(pic, IID_IDispatch, 1, IPic)

'Return the new Picture object.
Set ScreenshotToBitmap = IPic
DeleteDC hSourceDC
DeleteDC hDestDC
DeleteObject h
DeleteObject hBM
End Function

[Fox]

You only have to blit the screen to your picture box. Do this:

dim Temp as Long

Temp = GetWindowDC( GetDesktopWindow)

BitBlt Picture.hDC, 0, 0, Screen.Width / Screen.TwipsPerPixelX, Screen.Height / Screen.TwipsPerPixelY, Temp, 0, 0, vbSrcCopy

I have no VB here so maybe you don't have to scale the size (Just remove the TwipsPerPixel parts). If you need there's also a demo project on my website...

[Razzle]

But this way i can't access the picture with Picture1.Picture

[Fox]

...but with Picture1.Image