Replace the line
AccessHwnd = GetActiveWindow()
with
AccessHwnd = Screen.ActiveForm.Hwnd
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Terry Kreft
MVP Microsoft Access
"MLH" <CRCI@NorthState.net> wrote in message
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>
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;100973
> shows Function Screendump(). It is code that effectively does the
> same thing as pressing SHIFT-PRTSCR on your keyboard. I am
> trying to modify that code to copy only the screen image of the
> current form to the clipboard, rather than the entire Access window.
>
> Here is a small snippet from the function...
> '---------------------------------------------------
> ' Get window handle to Windows and Microsoft Access
> '---------------------------------------------------
> DeskHwnd = GetDesktopWindow()
> AccessHwnd = GetActiveWindow()
>
> '---------------------------------------------------
> ' Get screen coordinates of Microsoft Access
> '---------------------------------------------------
> Call GetWindowRect(AccessHwnd, rect)
> fwidth = rect.right - rect.left
> fheight = rect.bottom - rect.top
>
> '---------------------------------------------------
> ' Get the device context of Desktop and allocate memory
> '---------------------------------------------------
> hdc = GetDC(DeskHwnd)
> hdcMem = CreateCompatibleDC(hdc)
> hBitmap = CreateCompatibleBitmap(hdc, fwidth, fheight)
>
> If its possible to drill down the "Get window handle to Windows
> and Microsoft Access" operation and do the same sort of thing
> for a specific form displayed in the MS Access window, I would
> like to do so. That way, when I paste the clipboard contents into
> PBrush.exe, only the subject form's image appears - none of the
> surrounding image data.
>
> I need read coordinates and make assignments to rect.right,
> rect.left, rect.bottom & rect.top for form in the window rather than
> the window itself. Suggestions anyone?[/color]
