IMAQ System Error using IMAQ Clipboard to Image

[unconventionalocelot]

Hi, 

I have a VI that prints screen and then uses the IMAQ Cliboard to Image function to get the image into something I can manipulate in LabVIEW. 

This works perfectly when I am in the LabVIEW environment. As soon as I select any other program LabVIEW throws the error below. I don't know if this is a LabVIEW error or something to do with the way the Window's clipboard works. 

Any help would be appreciated, or other ideas of how to take an image of what's on my computer screen to do analysis in LabVIEW. 

VI attached below - LV 2015

[Bob_Schor]

Depending on what version of Windows and what other accessories (such as SnagIt) you may have installed, there are Windows-centric ways to capture areas of the screen and save it to a file (either bitmap or .png).  Such files could be opened using LabVIEW and IMAQ functions.

Bob Schor

[NASmith · Accepted solution]

Hi, 

I can get the .VI to work in any active window if I change the second I8 from the call library function node from 0 to 1. 

Hope this helps. 

Regards, 

Nathan

[unconventionalocelot]

Thanks for your replies!

@Bob - unfortunately I need it to continuously monitor the screen so saving to file is not possible.

Nathan's suggestion works and my code is running okay now, thanks!