Attribute VB_Name = "modScreenCapture" Option Explicit '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ' Visual Basic 4.0 (32bit), 5.0, & 6.0 Capture Routines ' ' This module contains several routines for capturing windows into a picture. All the routines work on 32 bit ' Windows platforms only. The routines also have palette support. ' ' CreateBitmapPicture - Creates a picture object from a bitmap and palette ' CaptureWindow - Captures any window given a window handle ' CaptureActiveWindow - Captures the active window on the desktop ' CaptureForm - Captures the entire form ' CaptureClient - Captures the client area of a form ' CaptureScreen - Captures the entire screen ' PrintPictureToFitPage - Prints any picture as big as possible on the page ' ' NOTE: No error trapping is included in these routines ' NOTE: IPicture requires a reference to "Standard OLE Types." '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Type PicBmp Size As Long Type As Long hBmp As Long hPal As Long Reserved As Long End Type Public Type PALETTEENTRY peRed As Byte peGreen As Byte peBlue As Byte peFlags As Byte End Type Public Type LOGPALETTE palVersion As Integer palNumEntries As Integer palPalEntry(255) As PALETTEENTRY ' Enough for 256 colors. End Type Public Type GUID Data1 As Long Data2 As Integer Data3 As Integer Data4(7) As Byte End Type Public Type RECT Left As Long Top As Long Right As Long Bottom As Long End Type Public Const RASTERCAPS As Long = 38 Public Const RC_PALETTE As Long = &H100 Public Const SIZEPALETTE As Long = 104 Public Declare Function CreateCompatibleDC Lib "GDI32.DLL" (ByVal hDC As Long) As Long Public Declare Function CreateCompatibleBitmap Lib "GDI32.DLL" (ByVal hDC As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long) As Long Public Declare Function GetDeviceCaps Lib "GDI32.DLL" (ByVal hDC As Long, ByVal iCapabilitiy As Long) As Long Public Declare Function GetSystemPaletteEntries Lib "GDI32.DLL" (ByVal hDC As Long, ByVal wStartIndex As Long, ByVal wNumEntries As Long, lpPaletteEntries As PALETTEENTRY) As Long Public Declare Function CreatePalette Lib "GDI32.DLL" (lpLogPalette As LOGPALETTE) As Long Public Declare Function SelectObject Lib "GDI32.DLL" (ByVal hDC As Long, ByVal hObject As Long) As Long Public Declare Function BitBlt Lib "GDI32.DLL" (ByVal hDCDest As Long, ByVal XDest As Long, ByVal YDest As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long, ByVal hDCSrc As Long, ByVal xSrc As Long, ByVal ySrc As Long, ByVal dwRop As Long) As Long Public Declare Function DeleteDC Lib "GDI32.DLL" (ByVal hDC As Long) As Long Public Declare Function GetForegroundWindow Lib "USER32.DLL" () As Long Public Declare Function SelectPalette Lib "GDI32.DLL" (ByVal hDC As Long, ByVal hPalette As Long, ByVal bForceBackground As Long) As Long Public Declare Function RealizePalette Lib "GDI32.DLL" (ByVal hDC As Long) As Long Public Declare Function GetWindowDC Lib "USER32.DLL" (ByVal hWnd As Long) As Long Public Declare Function GetDC Lib "USER32.DLL" (ByVal hWnd As Long) As Long Public Declare Function GetWindowRect Lib "USER32.DLL" (ByVal hWnd As Long, lpRect As RECT) As Long Public Declare Function ReleaseDC Lib "USER32.DLL" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal hDC As Long) As Long Public Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "USER32.DLL" () As Long Public Declare Function OleCreatePictureIndirect Lib "olepro32.dll" (PicDesc As PicBmp, RefIID As GUID, ByVal fPictureOwnsHandle As Long, IPic As IPicture) As Long '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ' CreateBitmapPicture ' - Creates a bitmap type Picture object from a bitmap and ' palette. ' ' hBmp ' - Handle to a bitmap. ' ' hPal ' - Handle to a Palette. ' - Can be null if the bitmap doesn't use a palette. ' ' Returns ' - Returns a Picture object containing the bitmap. '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Function CreateBitmapPicture(ByVal hBmp As Long, ByVal hPal As Long) As Picture On Error Resume Next Dim Pic As PicBmp Dim IPic As IPicture Dim IID_IDispatch As GUID ' 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. .Type = vbPicTypeBitmap ' Type of Picture (bitmap). .hBmp = hBmp ' Handle to bitmap. .hPal = hPal ' Handle to palette (may be null). End With ' Create Picture object. OleCreatePictureIndirect Pic, IID_IDispatch, 1, IPic ' Return the new Picture object. Set CreateBitmapPicture = IPic End Function '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ' CaptureWindow ' - Captures any portion of a window. ' ' hWndSrc ' - Handle to the window to be captured. ' ' Client ' - If True CaptureWindow captures from the client area of the ' window. ' - If False CaptureWindow captures from the entire window. ' ' LeftSrc, TopSrc, WidthSrc, HeightSrc ' - Specify the portion of the window to capture. ' - Dimensions need to be specified in pixels. ' ' Returns ' - Returns a Picture object containing a bitmap of the specified ' portion of the window that was captured. '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Function CaptureWindow(ByVal hWndSrc As Long, ByVal Client As Boolean, ByVal LeftSrc As Long, ByVal TopSrc As Long, ByVal WidthSrc As Long, ByVal HeightSrc As Long) As Picture On Error Resume Next Dim hDCMemory As Long Dim hBmp As Long Dim hBmpPrev As Long Dim hDCSrc As Long Dim hPal As Long Dim hPalPrev As Long Dim RasterCapsScrn As Long Dim HasPaletteScrn As Long Dim PaletteSizeScrn As Long Dim LogPal As LOGPALETTE ' Depending on the value of Client get the proper device context. If Client Then hDCSrc = GetDC(hWndSrc) ' Get device context for client area. Else hDCSrc = GetWindowDC(hWndSrc) ' Get device context for entire window. End If ' Create a memory device context for the copy process. hDCMemory = CreateCompatibleDC(hDCSrc) ' Create a bitmap and place it in the memory DC. hBmp = CreateCompatibleBitmap(hDCSrc, WidthSrc, HeightSrc) hBmpPrev = SelectObject(hDCMemory, hBmp) ' Get screen properties. RasterCapsScrn = GetDeviceCaps(hDCSrc, RASTERCAPS) ' Raster capabilities. HasPaletteScrn = RasterCapsScrn And RC_PALETTE ' Palette support. PaletteSizeScrn = GetDeviceCaps(hDCSrc, SIZEPALETTE) ' Size of palette. ' If the screen has a palette make a copy and realize it. If HasPaletteScrn And (PaletteSizeScrn = 256) Then ' Create a copy of the system palette. LogPal.palVersion = &H300 LogPal.palNumEntries = 256 GetSystemPaletteEntries hDCSrc, 0, 256, LogPal.palPalEntry(0) hPal = CreatePalette(LogPal) ' Select the new palette into the memory DC and realize it. hPalPrev = SelectPalette(hDCMemory, hPal, 0) RealizePalette hDCMemory End If ' Copy the on-screen image into the memory DC. BitBlt hDCMemory, 0, 0, WidthSrc, HeightSrc, hDCSrc, LeftSrc, TopSrc, vbSrcCopy ' Remove the new copy of the on-screen image. hBmp = SelectObject(hDCMemory, hBmpPrev) ' If the screen has a palette get back the palette that was ' selected in previously. If HasPaletteScrn And (PaletteSizeScrn = 256) Then hPal = SelectPalette(hDCMemory, hPalPrev, 0) End If ' Release the device context resources back to the system. DeleteDC hDCMemory ReleaseDC hWndSrc, hDCSrc ' Call CreateBitmapPicture to create a picture object from the bitmap ' and palette handles. Then return the resulting picture object. Set CaptureWindow = CreateBitmapPicture(hBmp, hPal) End Function '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ' CaptureScreen ' - Captures the entire screen. ' ' Returns ' - Returns a Picture object containing a bitmap of the screen. '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Function CaptureScreen() As Picture On Error Resume Next Dim hWndScreen As Long ' Get a handle to the desktop window. hWndScreen = GetDesktopWindow() ' Call CaptureWindow to capture the entire desktop give the handle ' and return the resulting Picture object. Set CaptureScreen = CaptureWindow(hWndScreen, False, 0, 0, Screen.Width \ Screen.TwipsPerPixelX, Screen.Height \ Screen.TwipsPerPixelY) End Function '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ' CaptureForm ' - Captures an entire form including title bar and border. ' ' frmSrc ' - The Form object to capture. ' ' Returns ' - Returns a Picture object containing a bitmap of the entire ' form. '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Function CaptureForm(frmSrc As Form) As Picture On Error Resume Next ' Call CaptureWindow to capture the entire form given its window ' handle and then return the resulting Picture object. Set CaptureForm = CaptureWindow(frmSrc.hWnd, False, 0, 0, frmSrc.ScaleX(frmSrc.Width, vbTwips, vbPixels), frmSrc.ScaleY(frmSrc.Height, vbTwips, vbPixels)) End Function '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ' CaptureClient ' - Captures the client area of a form. ' ' frmSrc ' - The Form object to capture. ' ' Returns ' - Returns a Picture object containing a bitmap of the form's ' client area. '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Function CaptureClient(frmSrc As Form) As Picture On Error Resume Next ' Call CaptureWindow to capture the client area of the form given ' its window handle and return the resulting Picture object. Set CaptureClient = CaptureWindow(frmSrc.hWnd, True, 0, 0, frmSrc.ScaleX(frmSrc.ScaleWidth, frmSrc.ScaleMode, vbPixels), frmSrc.ScaleY(frmSrc.ScaleHeight, frmSrc.ScaleMode, vbPixels)) End Function '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ' CaptureArea ' - Captures the specified coordinates on a form ' ' frmSrc ' - The Form object to capture. ' ' Returns ' - Returns a Picture object containing a bitmap of the form's ' client area. '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Function CaptureArea(frmSrc As Form, Left As Long, Top As Long, Width As Long, Height As Long) As Picture On Error Resume Next ' Call CaptureWindow to capture the client area of the form given ' its window handle and return the resulting Picture object. Set CaptureArea = CaptureWindow(frmSrc.hWnd, True, Left, Top, Width, Height) End Function '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ' CaptureActiveWindow ' - Captures the currently active window on the screen. ' ' Returns ' - Returns a Picture object containing a bitmap of the active ' window. '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Function CaptureActiveWindow() As Picture On Error Resume Next Dim hWndActive As Long Dim RectActive As RECT ' Get a handle to the active/foreground window. hWndActive = GetForegroundWindow() ' Get the dimensions of the window. GetWindowRect hWndActive, RectActive ' Call CaptureWindow to capture the active window given its ' handle and return the Resulting Picture object. Set CaptureActiveWindow = CaptureWindow(hWndActive, False, 0, 0, RectActive.Right - RectActive.Left, RectActive.Bottom - RectActive.Top) End Function '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ' PrintPictureToFitPage ' - Prints a Picture object as big as possible. ' ' Prn ' - Destination Printer object. ' ' Pic ' - Source Picture object. '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Sub PrintPictureToFitPage(Prn As Printer, Pic As Picture) On Error Resume Next Const vbHiMetric As Integer = 8 Dim PicRatio As Double Dim PrnWidth As Double Dim PrnHeight As Double Dim PrnRatio As Double Dim PrnPicWidth As Double Dim PrnPicHeight As Double ' Calculate device independent Width-to-Height ratio for picture. PicRatio = Pic.Width / Pic.Height ' Calculate the dimentions of the printable area in HiMetric. PrnWidth = Prn.ScaleX(Prn.ScaleWidth, Prn.ScaleMode, vbHiMetric) PrnHeight = Prn.ScaleY(Prn.ScaleHeight, Prn.ScaleMode, vbHiMetric) ' Calculate device independent Width to Height ratio for printer. PrnRatio = PrnWidth / PrnHeight ' Scale the output to the printable area. If PicRatio >= PrnRatio Then ' Scale picture to fit full width of printable area. PrnPicWidth = Prn.ScaleX(PrnWidth, vbHiMetric, Prn.ScaleMode) PrnPicHeight = Prn.ScaleY(PrnWidth / PicRatio, vbHiMetric, Prn.ScaleMode) Else ' Scale picture to fit full height of printable area. PrnPicHeight = Prn.ScaleY(PrnHeight, vbHiMetric, Prn.ScaleMode) PrnPicWidth = Prn.ScaleX(PrnHeight * PicRatio, vbHiMetric, Prn.ScaleMode) End If ' Print the picture using the PaintPicture method. Prn.PaintPicture Pic, 0, 0, PrnPicWidth, PrnPicHeight DoEvents Prn.EndDoc End Sub