Hi list I been developing of JAVA SERVER. I'm using java.awt.Robot class to capture the screen image .. But i'm getting few problem . Following is a simple Frame Java program to capture the screen . The problem is well stated in the program .. I'll be very much glad if anyone can solve the problem or give me a alternative for this problem... Thx Raj I have used win2k and jdk1.3 -----------------------------------screencapture.java--------------------------------------- import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.awt.image.*; import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.Robot; public class capturescreen2 extends JFrame { BufferedImage img = null; Robot r = null; Toolkit ct = null; public capturescreen2() { getContentPane().setLayout(null); r = new Robot(); ct = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(); } JButton button = new JButton("Capture"); button.setBounds(10,10,100,25); button.addActionListener ( new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { /************************************READ ME ******************************** the main problem is with BufferedImage img = r.createScreenCapture(new Rectangle(x,y,w,h)); But if u write this then compiler gives a error as to the comversion is not appropriate i.e. you have to convert a Image " r.createScreenCapture(new Rectangle(x,y,w,h))" into BufferedImage "img". there are two soluction for this 1. Explicit casting BufferedImage img = (BufferedImage)r.createScreenCapture(new Rectangle(x,y,w,h)); it gives -------------error-------------- # # HotSpot Virtual Machine Error, EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION # # Error ID: 4F533F57494E13120E43505002B0 # -------------------------------- 2.To cast it with constructor BufferedImage(width,height,imagetype) for this i been using a tempimg ( a obj of Image) and then creating the 'img' obj using this constructor. again the problem is that according to java1.3 help doc the predefined image types: TYPE_BYTE_BINARY or TYPE_BYTE_INDEXED to get this we can use getType(). i have assumed imagetype = 2 . This time it runs but with nothing to show inside the frame :( ***********************************READ ME ********************************/ // this is 1 option img = (BufferedImage) r.createScreenCapture(x,y,w,h); /* this is 2nd option Image tempimg = null; tempimg = r.createScreenCapture(x,y,w,h); *******> tempimp.getType() = 2 ( or 1 ) but not 0 assume; img = new BufferedImage(w-x,h-y,2); */ repaint(); } } ); getContentPane().add(button); addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0);} }); } public void paint(Graphics g) { super.paint(g); if (img != null) g.drawImage(img,10,70,(int)ct.getScreenSize().getWidth(),(int)ct.getScreenSize().getHeight(),this ); } public static void main(String argv[]) { capturescreen2 frame = new capturescreen2(); frame.setBounds(50,50,300,300); frame.setVisible(true); } } -----------------------------------------end screencapture.java-------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send a message with the line: unsubscribe vnc-list to [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------