how do i take screenshots in windows

[diwakar09]

how do i take screenshots in windows by using winapi's and c++

just tell me the aproach how to start it
will i have to use MFC's for doing this.?
i am not comfortable with MFC, i haven't use it,
i know i will have to use createbitmap, bitblt function
but how to proceed ?

help me out...

thanx

[weaknessforcats]

Please avoid learning MFC.

It was Microsoft's first crack at C++ design and it's terrible. So terrible that they had to disable virtual functions dues to the size of the vtables. They replaced it with a system of macros called MESSAGE_MAP. You use the macros to hard-code your virtual functionality. Just like in C.

Check out the Windows Media SDK.

[oler1s]

Try learning C# and .NET instead. Not that you can't make do with C, but all the new APIs are part of the .NET framework or make use of it...

[diwakar09]

Please avoid learning MFC.

It was Microsoft's first crack at C++ design and it's terrible. So terrible that they had to disable virtual functions dues to the size of the vtables. They replaced it with a system of macros called MESSAGE_MAP. You use the macros to hard-code your virtual functionality. Just like in C.

Check out the Windows Media SDK.

Thanx for your rply i am familiar with winapi so i will try