HOWTO: Print the Image of a Dialog Box

 Last reviewed: September 4, 1997
Article ID: Q83939

The information in this article applies to:
  • The App Studio included with: 

        - Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.5
    - Microsoft Visual C++ 32-bit Edition, versions 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 5.0

SUMMARY

App Studio does not support printing a dialog box, bitmap, icon, cursor, or other resource. However, you can copy the image of a resource and paste it into Microsoft Windows Paintbrush, Write, Word for Windows, or another Windows-based word processor or graphics program and print the image in that application.

MORE INFORMATION

To print the image of a dialog box you create in App Studio, perform the following four steps:

  1. Start App Studio and open or create a dialog box.

  2. Press ALT+PRINT SCRN to copy the image of the dialog box to the clipboard.

  3. Start Paintbrush (or another program) and choose Paste from the Edit menu.

  4. Choose Print from the File menu to print the dialog box.

Note that this process only captures the image of the dialog box that is currently open in the resource editor. You can use ALT+PRINT SCRN to copy to the clipboard the image of any dialog box or window in the Microsoft Windows environment. This feature is available in Windows NT and when 16- bit Windows runs in 386 enhanced mode. For more information, please refer to page 58 of the "Microsoft Windows User's Guide."

Windows captures the image of the dialog box in bitmap (.BMP) format. You can use Paintbrush to change any features of the dialog box image before you print it.

Additional query words: PBRUSH.EXE DLGEDIT.EXE
Keywords : AppStudioIss kbfasttip
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,1.5; WINDOWS NT:1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto

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Last reviewed: September 4, 1997
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