I want to paint the whole form including its caption bar and frame on a TBitmap object.
TBitmap
GetFormImage is cool, but it has two problems:
GetFormImage
About capturing form image when hidden, use
AlphaBlend := true; AlphaBlendValue := 0;
while form is shown. The user will not see the form but GetFormImage() will capture its canvas. I think this can work with "OnTheFly" suggestion too.