[python-win32] Screenshot a given window instead of the whole desktop

[Michael C]

I solved that problem already, i sould have told everyone here, sorry


On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 11:13 PM Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:

> On Apr 28, 2017, at 5:40 PM, Michael C <mysecretrobotfactory at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> I have my own code that samples pixel colour,
> https://pastebin.com/4EMd765h
>
>  and now I am trying to add the feature of saving the Device Context to a
> .bmp file, so I found this code
>
> https://books.google.ca/books?id=9MS9BQAAQBAJ
>
> however there is one problem: The book example screenshots the whole
> desktop and I only want a screenshot of a given window. Is there a way to
> modify the black hat example into something that only screenshot a window
> given its handle?
>
>
> It would have been easier to help if you had showed us the code you're
> trying to modify.
>
> I assume the code you're copying does GetDC(0) to grab a DC for the
> desktop.  If you instead pass the window handle of the window you want to
> snapshot, just pass that to GetDC.  You'll want to use GetWindowRect to
> find the size of the window.
> —
> Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
>
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