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From: "James ''Wez'' Weatherall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: May 25, 2001 11:50:45 AM GMT
Subject: Re: Video Memory
Window hooks are the method WinVNC uses. They give rough hints as to where
data may have changed on-screen.
Look up DDML on the
Microsoft site for details on driver level hooking for NT/2K.
> Does WinVNC use DDML for screen capturing.
> I am asking this becuase didnot get any detailed specification > of it
from Microsoft. Anyway If any book has good reference on > it . Kindly tell
me
> As for Win9x , I assume DDI ( Direct Draw ) helps in creating surfaces
> directly on videoMemory , I didnot get any idea about how to actually
> capture Video Data from Video Card before it goes to Device driver
No, DDI is the Direct Driver Interface, I think. It is a 16-bit API through
which you can get access to the graphics calls before they reach the video
driver. Again, there are details on Microsoft's site.
Cheers,
James "Wez" Weatherall
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