Printing from inside a game

[juhuwoorps]

Does someone know if there is a chance to print a picture or text during playing an AM game?

[reneuend]

Do you mean printing what is shown on the screen? I think so...I believe I tried this a few years ago.

If you want to print something that is NOT on the screen, then you'll have to build a postscript file during runtime and then send it to the printer, which is also possible....its just that it has been a long time since I've written any postscript.

[Candle]

I wrote a program that did it when you hit some keys but not sure where it is right now with all the hard drive crashes I have had. lol
I'll see if I can find a copy.

[reneuend]

Worse case...I'd be willing to try to build this when I have some free time....probably this coming weekend.

[reneuend]

There is the AM functions online manual that shows how to do it. I tested this and it works in XP and in Win7. This prints the current frame.

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LoadControl PictureBoxObject(1)
PictureBoxObject(1).move 0,0,GetProjectWidth*15,GetProjectHeight*15
CaptureFrame(PictureBoxObject(1))
set PictureBoxObject(1).picture=PictureBoxObject(1).image
PrinterObject.paintpicture PictureBoxObject(1).picture,1000,1000
PrinterObject.enddoc