bhil@ohs.UUCP (Brian T. Hill) (05/30/90)
I'm writing a program that incorporates graphics. It allows the user to paste them from the clipboard. Some of the higher-ups want to get a DA or an INIT that will allow the user to grab a graphic from the screen and stick it into either the clipboard or the scrapbook (or both). I've seen some INITs that do this (BlackBox did) and maybe even an FKEY that did it. Anyway, it was suggested that we write the package in-house. What's involved in doing this? I suppose I'd take a look at the environment (GetGDevice). Then a CopyBits call. But what port do I copy from? How do I convert the BitMap to a PICT? Would this be better as a DA, INIT, or FKEY? What problems would we run into trying to write a DA, INIT, or FKEY? (We're using THINK C 4.01). Are there any free (we can distribute for free) programs to do this already? Thanks, Brian T. Hill trACE(tm) Software Development bhil%ohs@iconsys.icon.com bhil@ohs.uunet.uu.net bhil@ohs.uucp