gistfile1.py

	def screengrab(self):
		# Change the line below depending on whether you want the whole window
		# or just the client area. 
		#left, top, right, bot = win32gui.GetClientRect(hwnd)
		hwnd = self.aoe_window
		left, top, right, bot = win32gui.GetClientRect(hwnd)
		w = right - left
		h = bot - top
		#returns the device context (DC) for the entire window, including title bar, menus, and scroll bars.
		hwndDC = win32gui.GetWindowDC(hwnd)
		#Creates a DC object from an integer handle.
		mfcDC  = win32ui.CreateDCFromHandle(hwndDC)
		#Creates a memory device context (DC) compatible with the specified device.
		saveDC = mfcDC.CreateCompatibleDC()
		saveDC.SetWindowOrg((w - self.map_w,h - self.map_h))
		#Creates bitmap Object
		saveBitMap = win32ui.CreateBitmap()
		#Creates a bitmap object from a HBITMAP.
		saveBitMap.CreateCompatibleBitmap(mfcDC, self.map_w, self.map_h)

		saveDC.SelectObject(saveBitMap)

		# Change the line below depending on whether you want the whole window
		# or just the client area. 
		#result = windll.user32.PrintWindow(hwnd, saveDC.GetSafeHdc(), 1)
		result = windll.user32.PrintWindow(hwnd, saveDC.GetSafeHdc(), 1)

		bmpinfo = saveBitMap.GetInfo()
		bmpstr = saveBitMap.GetBitmapBits(True)
		im = Image.frombuffer(
			'RGB',
			(bmpinfo['bmWidth'], bmpinfo['bmHeight']),
			bmpstr, 'raw', 'BGRX', 0, 1)

		win32gui.DeleteObject(saveBitMap.GetHandle())
		saveDC.DeleteDC()
		mfcDC.DeleteDC()
		win32gui.ReleaseDC(hwnd, hwndDC)
		if result == 1:
			tmp = cStringIO.StringIO()
			im = im.resize(self.window_size)
			im.save(tmp, "bmp")
			tmp.seek(0)
			return tmp

		# # Create cStringIO file object
		# tmp = cStringIO.StringIO()
		# # Grab image, save to temp file object
		# screengrab = ImageGrab.grab(bbox=self.map_bbox).resize(self.window_size)
		# screengrab.save(tmp, "bmp")
		# # Seeking tells the file object to start at byte 0
		# tmp.seek(0)
		# return tmp