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Magnifying The Desktop With Visual Basic - Conclusion

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Conclusion

In this article we've seen how we can use a couple of API calls, a timer and a scroll bar to dynamically capture and magnify a portion of the Windows desktop just the same way as the built-in Windows magnifier application does.

If you've worked with the Windows API before, you might want to look at adding new features to our app, and maybe even turning it into a shareware app that you can distribute to the masses using CNet or Tucows.

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Comments

  • could u find out

    Posted by eligetiv on 06 Mar 2005

    i am solving similar kind of problem...

    But i doing that in c++. well i found something in msdn. Using GetCursorInfo() one can get the cursor info. and then one can use the drawIcon() to draw. but ...

  • Great

    Posted by guck on 02 Jan 2003

    Great but plz help me how to capture screen include cursor picture

  • capture screen

    Posted by guck on 02 Jan 2003

    plz help me how to capture screen include cursor picture

  • Cool...

    Posted by Michael H on 29 Mar 2002

    I learn't alot about using API by trying this code.

    Pretty cool. works great!