Simulate a Print Screen keyboard press

[PaulF]

I would like to simulate a Print Screen keyboard button press in the code so a screen shot is pasted to the system clipboard. 

Any input would be appreciated.

[Wim S]

Hello Paul,

This piece of code works for me:

 keybd_event (VK_SNAPSHOT, 0, 0, 0);                                             // Simulate button press.
 keybd_event (VK_SNAPSHOT, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);           // Simulate button release.

Check the MSDN Library for more information on the keybd_event function.

Almost forgot this: don't forget to add the "#include <windows.h> " line on top of your code!

Success,

Wim

Message Edited by Wim S on 03-14-2007 06:22 PM

[PaulF]

Thank you, the commands worked beautifully.