If you do this:

1) Display an email using WLM
2) Press alt-PrintScreen (to capture active window only)
3) Paste into an image viewer (or, easiest, into a new email message)
(thanks for that ability in WLM -- if only it pasted with PNG compression
instead of BMP!)

Expected is an image of just the active window, but I get the active window
PLUS a strip of background from around the active window, especially at the
top.



This could be a Vista bug. If so, Microsoft, please pass this on to Vista
people.

This happens with up to date WLM and Vista Home Premium. It's a
long-standing bug. Not a big deal, but it makes Microsoft look sloppy.

If you're from MS and see this, please post a reply with advice on how to
best report bugs. (If you're not from MS, please don't speculate on what MS
would reply -- I'd like to hear from them.)

"Baffin" <Baffin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:293CCF45-9064-4C59-BA13-FF362B572F6F@xxxxxx

> If you do this:
>
> 1) Display an email using WLM
> 2) Press alt-PrintScreen (to capture active window only)
> 3) Paste into an image viewer (or, easiest, into a new email message)
> (thanks for that ability in WLM -- if only it pasted with PNG compression
> instead of BMP!)
>
> Expected is an image of just the active window, but I get the active
> window
> PLUS a strip of background from around the active window, especially at
> the
> top.
>
> This could be a Vista bug. If so, Microsoft, please pass this on to Vista
> people.
>
> This happens with up to date WLM and Vista Home Premium. It's a
> long-standing bug. Not a big deal, but it makes Microsoft look sloppy.
>
> If you're from MS and see this, please post a reply with advice on how to
> best report bugs. (If you're not from MS, please don't speculate on what
> MS
> would reply -- I'd like to hear from them.)

I'm not from Microsoft, but one way to request improvements is here:

<https://feedback.windowsvista.microsoft.com/eform.aspx?productkey=winvista&mkt=en-us&backurl=http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_vista_master>

I wouldn't regard this as a bug; if you maximize the window (in XP), the
extra bits get filled. I understand that the title bar and so on are
rendered transparent in an unmaximized window in an effort to replicate a
Vista-type appearance in XP to save having to code different UIs for the two
OSs. Your screenshot captures the whole window, including the transparent
bits.
--
Noel

"Baffin" <Baffin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:293CCF45-9064-4C59-BA13-FF362B572F6F@xxxxxx

> If you do this:
>
> 1) Display an email using WLM
> 2) Press alt-PrintScreen (to capture active window only)
> 3) Paste into an image viewer (or, easiest, into a new email message)
> (thanks for that ability in WLM -- if only it pasted with PNG compression
> instead of BMP!)
>
> Expected is an image of just the active window, but I get the active
> window
> PLUS a strip of background from around the active window, especially at
> the
> top.
>
> This could be a Vista bug. If so, Microsoft, please pass this on to Vista
> people.
>
> This happens with up to date WLM and Vista Home Premium. It's a
> long-standing bug. Not a big deal, but it makes Microsoft look sloppy.
>
> If you're from MS and see this, please post a reply with advice on how to
> best report bugs. (If you're not from MS, please don't speculate on what
> MS
> would reply -- I'd like to hear from them.)

nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop/
<nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop/
<8BA5DDE2FA3B4FD7898AA0FDB4C7D294@xxxxxx>>
<8BA5DDE2FA3B4FD7898AA0FDB4C7D294@xxxxxx>

nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop/
<nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop/
<9CBF2C25-71E6-429D-B890-27A15392498E@xxxxxx>>
<9CBF2C25-71E6-429D-B890-27A15392498E@xxxxxx>


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I wouldn't regard this as a bug; if you maximize the window (in XP), the

extra bits get filled. I understand that the title bar and so on are
rendered transparent in an unmaximized window in an effort to replicate
a
Vista-type appearance in XP to save having to code different UIs for the
two
OSs. Your screenshot captures the whole window, including the
transparent
bits.
--
Noel

"Baffin" <Baffin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:293CCF45-9064-4C59-BA13-FF362B572F6F@xxxxxx

> If you do this:
>
> 1) Display an email using WLM
> 2) Press alt-PrintScreen (to capture active window only)
> 3) Paste into an image viewer (or, easiest, into a new email message)
> (thanks for that ability in WLM -- if only it pasted with PNG

compression

> instead of BMP!)
>
> Expected is an image of just the active window, but I get the active
> window
> PLUS a strip of background from around the active window, especially

at

> the
> top.
>
> This could be a Vista bug. If so, Microsoft, please pass this on to

Vista

> people.
>
> This happens with up to date WLM and Vista Home Premium. It's a
> long-standing bug. Not a big deal, but it makes Microsoft look sloppy.
>
> If you're from MS and see this, please post a reply with advice on how

to

> best report bugs. (If you're not from MS, please don't speculate on

what

> MS
> would reply -- I'd like to hear from them.)

<http://services.newsgator.com/subscr...url=nntp%3a%2f
%2fmsnews.microsoft.com%2fmicrosoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop%2f%
3c9CBF2C25-71E6-429D-B890-27A15392498E%40microsoft.com%3e%0d> Related...





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I've also seen the prefix as news:// so you might try that instead.
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I wouldn't regard this as a bug; if you maximize the window (in XP), the
extra bits get filled. I understand that the title bar and so on are
rendered transparent in an unmaximized window in an effort to replicate a
Vista-type appearance in XP to save having to code different UIs for the two
OSs. Your screenshot captures the whole window, including the transparent
bits.
--
Noel

"Baffin" <Baffin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:293CCF45-9064-4C59-BA13-FF362B572F6F@xxxxxx

> If you do this:
>
> 1) Display an email using WLM
> 2) Press alt-PrintScreen (to capture active window only)
> 3) Paste into an image viewer (or, easiest, into a new email message)
> (thanks for that ability in WLM -- if only it pasted with PNG compression
> instead of BMP!)
>
> Expected is an image of just the active window, but I get the active
> window
> PLUS a strip of background from around the active window, especially at
> the
> top.
>
> This could be a Vista bug. If so, Microsoft, please pass this on to Vista
> people.
>
> This happens with up to date WLM and Vista Home Premium. It's a
> long-standing bug. Not a big deal, but it makes Microsoft look sloppy.
>
> If you're from MS and see this, please post a reply with advice on how to
> best report bugs. (If you're not from MS, please don't speculate on what
> MS
> would reply -- I'd like to hear from them.)

Related...

I too get this behavior. It doesn't include the entire screen, but it grabs
a small area around the active window.


"Baffin" <Baffin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:293CCF45-9064-4C59-BA13-FF362B572F6F@xxxxxx

> If you do this:
>
> 1) Display an email using WLM
> 2) Press alt-PrintScreen (to capture active window only)
> 3) Paste into an image viewer (or, easiest, into a new email message)
> (thanks for that ability in WLM -- if only it pasted with PNG compression
> instead of BMP!)
>
> Expected is an image of just the active window, but I get the active
> window
> PLUS a strip of background from around the active window, especially at
> the
> top.
>
> This could be a Vista bug. If so, Microsoft, please pass this on to Vista
> people.
>
> This happens with up to date WLM and Vista Home Premium. It's a
> long-standing bug. Not a big deal, but it makes Microsoft look sloppy.
>
> If you're from MS and see this, please post a reply with advice on how to
> best report bugs. (If you're not from MS, please don't speculate on what
> MS
> would reply -- I'd like to hear from them.)