[colin9876]

Neil, looks like its Xmas for u as dzt has released a new library today that does everything u want, including

ScreenCapture: Captures the whole screen.
ScreenCapture2(x,y,width,Height): Captures part of the screen.
ControlCapture(ControlName,x,y,width,Height): Captures part of a control. x,y are relatives to control upper left corner. The control can be a form or any other control
SaveImageBMP(Image, FileName): Saves the Image as BMP to a file with filename Filename.
SaveImageJPEG(Image, FileName): Saves the Image as JPG to a file with filename Filename.
SaveImageGIF(Image, FileName): Saves the Image as GIF to a file with filename Filename.
CopyImage(sourceImage, x,y,width, height): Copies a part of an image. Returns the new cropped Image (part of the source)
RotateImage(sourceImage, angle): Rotates an image. Angle can be one of 0, 90, 180, 270. Returns the rotated Image

See the posts today under the dzImage thread