Capture semitransparent forms

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Capture semitransparent forms

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In our application we use TAdvAlertWindow from TMSSoftware to inform customers on certain events. When I want to capture a picture for the manual, the alertwindow completely disappears from the picture. My guess is that this has something to do with the alphablending used by the component. Am I right and is there anything I can do in TNT to make it work?
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Anders,

Try using the "Free Region" option, does this work? This option actually makes a capture of the entire computer screen in the moment you select it, displays this screen image and allows you to cut a piece out of it with the selection tool. If it is "capturable" it should be possible with this method. Alpha Blending should not really be a problem unless the image is in an overlay and not actually in the video memory.
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Unread post by anders_g »

Unfortunately, no, the "free region" doesn't work at all. That might be something special - the advAlertWindow is completely hidden the very moment I press the PrintScreen button. Tried it with lots of combinations of positioning the mouse pointer, pressing ctrl key and so on...

Thanks for the suggestion anyway!

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Anders,

What is probably happening is that any event, including the event initiated to make the capture, is clearing the alert box from the screen before the capture is made.
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