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Started by ManaStone October 01, 2006 04:41 PM

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ManaStone

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October 01, 2006 04:41 PM

Does anyone know how I can get the frame buffer for the entire screen and not just a particular window using C++ and Win32? Information on how to do this would help me out a lot.

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workingclass77

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October 01, 2006 05:39 PM

http://visl.technion.ac.il/projects/2000s11/documents/src/clients/copy.c

the function CopyScreenToBitmap() might be what you need, haven't tested it, just what google found.

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Anonymous

October 01, 2006 05:43 PM

HDC screen = CreateDC("DISPLAY", 0, 0, 0);