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Advanced Screen Snap-Shots

Introduction This program introduces some interesting concepts behind screen-capturing. It allows the user to define the area of the screen that they wish to capture and then captures it to a standard VB picture box. This is a VB5 project (should also work in VB6 and possibly VB4 32bit), which will run under Windows 9x. […]

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Jan 29, 2004
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Introduction

Capture Hooks

This program introduces some interesting concepts behind screen-capturing. It allows the user to define the area of the screen that they wish to capture and then captures it to a standard VB picture box.

Capture Window

This is a VB5 project (should also work in VB6 and possibly VB4 32bit), which will run under Windows 9x. No other than basic VB-controls are used.

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COPYRIGHT: None. I made the code myself and everybody is free
           to use it.

RUNTIME FILES: snapshot.exe

CODE FILES: snapshot.vbp/.vbw

            frmFullScr.frm
            frmSnap.frm/.frx

            CD_File.bas
            snap.bas

            snap.ico
            save.bmp
            size.bmp
            copy.bmp

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