VBA Screen Capture

menor59

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Joined
Oct 3, 2008
Messages
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Office Version
  1. 2021
Platform
  1. Windows
Ok im lost...this should be working

Code:
Option Explicit


Private Declare Sub keybd_event Lib "user32" (ByVal bVk As Byte, ByVal _
 bScan As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwExtraInfo As Long)


Private Const KEYEVENTF_KEYUP = &H2
Private Const VK_SNAPSHOT = &H2C
Private Const VK_MENU = &H12




Sub Screen_Capture_VBA()
 Dim Sec3 As Date, PasteYes As Integer
 MsgBox "Three seconds after you click OK " & _
 "the active window will be copied to the clipboard."
 Sec3 = DateAdd("s", 2, Now)
 Do Until Now > Sec3
 DoEvents
 Loop
    ' Run ScreenCapture Sub Routine
 ScreenCapture
    '------------------------------------
 PasteYes = MsgBox("Click OK to paste the screen capture in VBA.", _
 vbOKCancel)
 If PasteYes = 1 Then


    'Paste Image in Chart and Export it to Image file.
    Charts.Add
    ThisWorkbook.Charts(1).AutoScaling = True
    ThisWorkbook.Charts(1).Paste
    ThisWorkbook.Charts(1).Export Filename:="C:\ScreenCapture\ClipBoardToPic.jpg", FilterName:="jpg"
 
    'Supress warning message and Delete the Chart
    Application.DisplayAlerts = False
    ThisWorkbook.Charts(1).Delete
    Application.DisplayAlerts = True
 
    'Attach the file to Excel
    Attach_File
    '----------------------------------
    ThisWorkbook.Activate
    ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1).Select
 End If
End Sub


Sub ScreenCapture()
 keybd_event VK_MENU, 0, 0, 0
 keybd_event VK_SNAPSHOT, 0, 0, 0
 keybd_event VK_SNAPSHOT, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0
 keybd_event VK_MENU, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0
End Sub
  
Sub Attach_File()
    ActiveCell.Select
    ActiveSheet.OLEObjects.Add(Filename:="C:\ScreenCapture\ClipBoardToPic.jpg", Link:=False, _
        DisplayAsIcon:=True, IconFileName:= _
        "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe", IconIndex:=10, IconLabel _
        :="ClipBoardToPic.jpg").Select
End Sub

When i run it it finishes but dosent create the image as an embeded object.. What am i doing wrong?? Please advice or Correct...
 

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