PrintScreen function in VFP9 1

[randymce]

FAQ184-4912 works great for me. EXCEPT that (1) of my XP users can't get it to work. No error message, the print screen function just doesn't work for him. Nobody else is having the problem, and there are roughly (20) others.

I made sure he had the latest gdi32.dll, 12/28/05, v5.1.2600.2818, located in winnt\system32. Not sure what to try next.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

There are many examples of Print-screen functions that can be found on

http://www.news2news.com.

The warning I see on all of them is the the path of the file that is created must be a valid path. Have you check that the path is valid?

Storing screen shot of a form to enhanced metafile (*.emf)

http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?example=402

How to print FoxPro form

http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?example=158

How to print FoxPro form -- II

http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?example=406

Storing content of the Clipboard to a bitmap file

http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?example=189

GDI+: copying to the Clipboard (a) image of active FoxPro window/form, (b) image file

http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?example=457

http://www.foxite.com/downloads/default.aspx?id=&keyword=foxform&category=

Mike Gagnon

If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.
ReFox XI (www.mcrgsoftware.com)

 

[randymce]

That was it. The path wasn't valid - for some reason he deleted the c:\temp folder which is automatically created in our PC setup process. (I moved the temp file to the c: root) Thanks for your help!

 

[dbMark]

He must have administrator rights on his XP computer? As I recall, you have to be an administrator in order to write to or delete from the root level of the C: drive.

 

[Mike Lewis]

he deleted the c:\temp folder ... I moved the temp file to the c: root

A better approach might be write to the directory referenced by SYS(2023). That way, you will be immune to any attempts by the user to move, delete or otherwise screw up the designated temp folder.

Mike

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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk

 

[Mike Gagnon]

MikeLewis

A better approach might be write to the directory referenced by SYS(2023). That way, you will be immune to any attempts by the user to move, delete or otherwise screw up the designated temp folder.

Another approach might be to check if the directory exists first, and if it doesn't, create it.

Mike Gagnon

If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.
ReFox XI (www.mcrgsoftware.com)