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Old 05-19-2008, 01:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Stefan View Post
Such a function would be complex for OpenGL/DirectX (taking a screenshot, getting the pixel from that), so it's not planned to be added anytime soon. It would however be simple for the new external windows.
Would you really need to take a screenshot? That was just an example of a bad way it could be done. I would think it would be better to do it however other programs do it. I'm guessing each operating system has some way to do it as well?
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