Grabbing desktop contents?

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WeZzy(Posted 2006) [#1]
Hey all,

Is there any way to grab the desktop iamge contents in Bmax? In B+ I would use the desktopbuffer to copy stuff out of.. Ive read in the forums that desktopbuffer doesnt exist in Bmax so i was wondering if anyone might have a solution to this any other way.

I would like to be able to gather pixel-colour information from a window of another app. Or otherwise from part of the desktop. Both options would work.

Would appreciate it if anyone has a good starting point for me to get me going in my first Bmax project.

Thanks!

Regards,

WeZzy


mk2y10(Posted 2008) [#2]
idk how to, but i want to find out how to read the desktop buffer too

no posts in like years :-\


GfK(Posted 2008) [#3]
Two year old thread, but anyway....

http://www.chaos-interactive.de/index.php?show=12


H&K(Posted 2008) [#4]
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=58824

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