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LiquidCode · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 1:45 pm Post subject: Screen Capture

Is there a way to screen capture and save to a file without a DLL in vds5?

Thanks

jules · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 3:20 pm Post subject:

You can capture the screen to the clipboard using window send,@key(print). After that you'd have to paste it into Windows Paint and save it using other window send commands, I reckon. I can't think of any way of doing it without some external program.

LiquidCode · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 3:22 pm Post subject:

Humm..

Ok,Thanks.

Skit3000 · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 4:20 pm Post subject:

It should be possible by doing the first thing Julian said (window send,@key(print)), and by using some clipboard APIs. That way you can get the binary value of the contents of the clipboard (don't ask me how Smile

) and write it to a file with the binfile command.

CodeScript · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 5:09 pm Post subject:

It should be possible to capture even a window or a dialog element e.g a vds bmp picture enclosed by a line dialog element to a EMF enhanced metafile by creating a compatible DC (device context) all with API and no dlls at all . I tried lot but some error is causing the file saved to zero bytes so I gave up.

jules · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 8:24 am Post subject:

CodeScript · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 9:54 am Post subject:

Thank you very much Jules. Very Happy

It adds around 40 more API's to VDS compatable ones.
Eagely waiting for the update

Serge · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:46 pm Post subject:

hi jules,

would it be possible, and allowable, for you to let us know what the update will include...fixes? new features?...if you have the time and the inclination Smile

serge

jules · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 3:45 pm Post subject:

Not really, because I'm not an employee of Commercial Research and they are somewaht touchy about anyone releasing information unofficially as Garrett also knows. Most if not all of the bugs that have been mentioned here have been fixed if they could be fixed, but it wasn't the intention to add new features.

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Serge · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 10:03 am Post subject:

ok thanks jules Smile

serge