How to save a VB form in GIF or JPEG while withing VB, so that it can be emailed on the net for others to view.  Or can we transfer whole VB form data including images on it into MS word  so that it can be emailed. Actually we are making some images on the form dynamically and also adding some gif images on it. We can save it within VB itself as well take print outs. But how to save this form as GIF or JPEG so while working within VB so that it can be emailed for othres to view. We can take print outs but how to save it as JPEG or GIF.

Baljeet Singh Vaseer
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Hello. Do you mean like I did in this old thread (rather toward the bottom)? The image there is saved as JPEG, and you can right-click it and choose "Save image as..." in order to save it on your hard disk. In poor words, it is a normal image. Is it what you mean?

If so, I obtained it by the Print key. In Windows compliant keyboards it is located on the upper row, in a three keys group rightside of the last Function keys (F1, F2 ... F11, F12). The Print key is the first of the three, above the Ins key.
You can use it to get a screenshot of your desktop into the Clipboard, then open an empty document by an image editor, even the bare Windows' Paint and press Ctrl+V to paste it into. Then you can edit the image, then save the bitmap in the format you prefer.

The Print key executes a Copy (Ctrl+C) action on the desktop, but with the Alt key (Alt+Print) it does a copy only of the active window. You can try by yourself.

Of course, with this method you get an image, a picture of your form, so it is not a working form. You better tell users not to try filling the fields in the form (you say "What a stupid suggestion!", don't you? Well, I found many people who thought they could really fill an image and click a button on it...)

Hope it helps.

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