Copy the Desktop?

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William Drescher (Posted 2008) [#1]

I cannot figure out how to take the image of the desktop and copy it to a newly created image. Could someone please help me?

TomToad (Posted 2008) [#2]

http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=1725

d-bug (Posted 2008) [#3]

...or desktopext.mod (see my signature)! And remember to grab the desktop before intialising graphics mode.

slenkar (Posted 2008) [#4]

The only reason you would want to do that is for...... shenanigans!

William Drescher (Posted 2008) [#5]

Just for Jeremy's sake, I'm making a paint program and I want the option to take a snapshot of the desktop.

slenkar (Posted 2008) [#6]

aha! so you are not planning on making a prank program where you cant click on the desktop icons then

TaskMaster (Posted 2008) [#7]

Most OS's can do that natively. In Windows you just press the Print Screen key then do a paste into your paint program.

William Drescher (Posted 2008) [#8]

Where is the fun in using a native program? I like to learn about the functions of my own computer by making programs and such that do the same thing. I better understand a system that way. Besides, it's fun to make your own program anyway, and everyone here knows that.