Screenshot from within wxPython program?

wxPython Users
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Does anyone know a way for a wxPython app to grab a screenshot of the current screen or active window?

Thanks,
Michael Hipp
Heber Springs, Arkansas, USA

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Ed Leafe wrote:

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On Jan 9, 2006, at 9:26 PM, Michael Hipp wrote:

Does anyone know a way for a wxPython app to grab a screenshot of the current screen or active window?

    Dabo has a method to return the current state of every visual control, including the form (wx.Frame) object. Here's the code:

def getCaptureBitmap(self):
    """Returns a bitmap snapshot of self, as it appears in the
    UI at this moment.
    """
    rect = self.GetRect()
    bmp = wx.EmptyBitmap(rect.width, rect.height)
    memdc = wx.MemoryDC()
    memdc.SelectObject(bmp)
    if self.Parent is None:
        dc = wx.WindowDC(self)
    else:
        dc = wx.WindowDC(self.Parent)
    memdc.Blit(0,0, rect.width, rect.height, dc, rect.x, rect.y)
    memdc.SelectObject(wx.NullBitmap)
    return bmp

Looks like that ought to work. Thanks, Ed.

Michael