How to create bitmap of a window form.

[Melisa]

Hi,

How can i create bitmap of a window form with all its child controls
without showing this form?
1. I am trying to create bitmap image of a window form.
2. I am creating a new instance of Form at runtime.
3. Then adding several controls like Button, RadioButton,CheckBox etc
to it.
4. Now i want to create bitmap with all controls showing on it which
are added to this form.

I am trying it by Control.DrawToBitmap().But in this way i am not
getting the controls in that bitmap of the form which are added to
it.But when i am showing the form , all controls appears in the
bitmap.But i want such bitmap without showing form or being visible.

How can i make it possible? Kindly reply ASAP.

 

[Rick B]

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[John Nurick]

Hi Melisa,

AIUI DrawToBitmap is a method of controls in .Net Windows forms. This
newsgroup is for questions about Microsoft Access forms, which are different
beasts entirely. Microsoft Access controls do not have a DrawToBitmap
method.