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I am wondering how hard it would be to write a c++ program that would print the screen of a web page. Just a simple program that would take a snap shot of the page.

Posted 22-May-11 4:06am

JD1980

Updated 22-May-11 5:01am

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NuttingCDEF 22-May-11 10:20am

Are you talking about something a user runs so that if they open a page in their favourite browser they can run an app to snap a copy and print it? In which case you need a way to automate control of Internet Explorer / Firefox / Safari / . . .

Or an app that will take a URL, download the web page and generate an image to print? In which case you need to write a web browser / rendering engine that understands HTML, CSS, probably JavaScript, maybe Flash . . .

Or something else entirely . . .

A bit more info on exactly what you want to achieve would be useful.

JD1980 22-May-11 11:06am

Sorry I'm new to this forum. I'm just looking for something simple that would just take a screen shot of the page. I am not very good at this and dont understand it very well.

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Espen Harlinn · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-22T04:22:00

Start of with capturing the contents of the browser window:
Screen capture, window resizing utility with source code[^]

Send page down to the browser until the captured image does not change anymore:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646310(VS.85).aspx[^]

Stich the resulting images into a single image.
CBitmapEx - Free C++ Bitmap Manipulation Class[^] - should get you of to a fair start ...

Print the resulting image
Printing tips and tricks from the trenches[^] - good info on printing from C++

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Espen Harlinn