Pixels

[cogman]

How would you go about finding the RGB Value of a pixel outside the forum? Like say I had it set up to display the RGB of the pixel my mouse is on, so I could move my mouse over anything and get the pixel value of it.

[jim mcnamara]

Here is sample code getting pixel under the mouse - inside the project. Partial solution to your problem.

'This project needs:
'- two picture boxes
'- a button
Private Type POINTAPI
    X As Long
    Y As Long
End Type

Private Declare Function GetPixel Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetPixel Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long, ByVal crColor As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function PaintDesktop Lib "user32" (ByVal hdc As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function StretchBlt Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc 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 nSrcWidth As Long, ByVal nSrcHeight As Long, ByVal dwRop As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetBkColor Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function MoveToEx Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long, lpPoint As POINTAPI) As Long
Private Declare Function LineTo Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long) As Long

Const ScrCopy = &HCC0020
Const Yellow = &HFFFF&
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 1998
    'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
    'E-Mail: [email protected]
    Dim Cnt1 As Byte, Cnt2 As Byte, Point As POINTAPI
    'Set the graphic mode to persistent
    Me.AutoRedraw = True
    'API uses pixels
    Me.ScaleMode = vbPixels
    Picture1.ScaleMode = vbPixels
    Picture2.ScaleMode = vbPixels
    'No borders
    Picture1.BorderStyle = 0: Picture2.BorderStyle = 0
    'Set the button's caption
    Command1.Caption = "Paint && Stretch"
    'Set the graphic mode to 'non persistent'
    Picture1.AutoRedraw = False: Picture2.AutoRedraw = False
    For Cnt1 = 0 To 100 Step 3
        For Cnt2 = 0 To 100 Step 3
            'Set the start-point's coördinates
            Point.X = Cnt1: Point.Y = Cnt2
            'Move the active point
            MoveToEx Me.hdc, Cnt1, Cnt2, Point
            'Draw a line from the active point to the given point
            LineTo Me.hdc, 200, 200
        Next Cnt2
    Next Cnt1
    For Cnt1 = 0 To 100 Step 5
        For Cnt2 = 0 To 100 Step 5
            'Draw a pixel
            SetPixel Me.hdc, Cnt1, Cnt2, Yellow
        Next Cnt2
    Next Cnt1
End Sub
Private Sub Picture1_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    Dim XX As Long, YY As Long, A As Long
    XX = X: YY = Y
    'Set the picturebox' backcolor
    Picture2.BackColor = GetPixel(Picture1.hdc, XX, YY)
End Sub
Private Sub Picture1_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    If Button = 1 Then
        Dim XX As Long, YY As Long, A As Long
        XX = X: YY = Y
        'Set the picturebox' backcolor
        Picture2.BackColor = GetPixel(Picture1.hdc, XX, YY)
    End If
End Sub
Private Sub Picture1_MouseUp(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    Dim XX As Long, YY As Long, A As Long
    XX = X: YY = Y
    'Set the picturebox' backcolor
    Picture2.BackColor = GetPixel(Picture1.hdc, XX, YY)
End Sub
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    'Set the width and height
    Picture2.Width = 100: Picture2.Height = 100
    Picture1.Width = 50: Picture1.Height = 50
    'No pictures
    Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture("")
    DoEvents
    Copy the desktop to our picturebox
    PaintDesktop Picture1.hdc
    'Stretch the picture
    StretchBlt Picture2.hdc, 0, 0, 100, 100, Picture1.hdc, 0, 0, 50, 50, ScrCopy
End Sub

[cogman]

that helps but is there any way to use this outside the project?

[jim mcnamara]

The SetCapture api lets you grab all mouse input, but you have to be careful using it. It will capture mouse input from anywhere on the screen.

This link has sample code links that show setcapture

http://www.allapi.net/apilist/apifun...ion=SetCapture

[cogman]

Using the getdc function I Remember a function that would find the hwnd of a window. this will return the hdc of a window allowing me to say GetPixal getdc(windowiwant), mouse x, mouse y mouse x and y might not work but the getdc funtion is all i need. thnx for the help

[cogman]

Now I really got it figured out. lol All I had to do is go dadc = getdc(0) then use the getpixel function on that. And it works