Screen Capture

[PC User]

Is there VBA code that will let the user choose a section of the screen and capture that screen portion as an image directly into an Access table?

 

[NigelShaw]

Hi

I made a module to do this. It took forever to get right and even now, it's not for the faint hearted. The elements I used were

Alpha blending to snap the window as an image
Rectangle to create the window
CaptureWindow to get the window from the rectangle.

I made 2 modules

Module 1 has a preset rectangle on a form and it snapshots that
Module 2 has a form with a cut out. You can move the firm anywhere on screen and whatever is in the window cutout is snapshot to an image (this is what the alpha blending is for)

So, yes it can be done and it can be quite versatile. I intend to make mine into a plugin for developers etc.


Thanks

Nigel

 

[PC User]

Thanks for the modules. I'll take a look at them this week.

 

[emax79]

Hi

I made a module to do this. It took forever to get right and even now, it's not for the faint hearted. The elements I used were

Alpha blending to snap the window as an image
Rectangle to create the window
CaptureWindow to get the window from the rectangle.

I made 2 modules

Module 1 has a preset rectangle on a form and it snapshots that
Module 2 has a form with a cut out. You can move the firm anywhere on screen and whatever is in the window cutout is snapshot to an image (this is what the alpha blending is for)

So, yes it can be done and it can be quite versatile. I intend to make mine into a plugin for developers etc.


Thanks

Nigel

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