child app needs access to parent app via a screenshot

[dKeith322]

Some Windows 11 apps, like LookxAI, need to access a screenshot of a window in an app also running like Sketchup. This is common in CAD software, where companion programs, such as rendering packages, run simultaneously with the parent app. This allows the programs to sync, with data flowing between them. The LookxAI child app errors when trying to capture a window in the parent app Sketchup. Are there levers in Windows 11 that are blocking the capture of a screenshot from the parent app to the child app? Why is this not working?

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