screen capture

[mountainictbka57]

hi, I want to use screen capture in c# but autoitx3.dll not include this function. help me to solve my problem. thanks very much.

[TheAutomator]

mountainictbka57,

There are a few other com dll's you can use maybe? like JSdraw.dll.

autoitx3.dll does not include this function but you can easily do this in AutoIT:

#include <ScreenCapture.au3>

; Capture full screen
_ScreenCapture_Capture(@MyDocumentsDir & "\GDIPlus_Image1.jpg")

ShellExecute(@MyDocumentsDir & "\GDIPlus_Image1.jpg")

; Capture region
_ScreenCapture_Capture(@MyDocumentsDir & "\GDIPlus_Image2.jpg", 0, 0, 796, 596)

ShellExecute(@MyDocumentsDir & "\GDIPlus_Image2.jpg")

Best regards,

TheAutomator.

[mountainictbka57]

I write a c# program, I use autoit on it. but I not found a function like _ScreenCapture_Capture in c#. can you help me?

[TheAutomator]

mountainictbka57,

 

I write a c# program, I use autoit on it. but I not found a function like _ScreenCapture_Capture in c#. can you help me?

 

There is no function like _ScreenCapture_Capture in c#

so i guess you have to use a 3rd party dll or make some autoit script and compile it to exe, then call it with your arguments..

but that will be a serious workaround..

I'm not a C# programmer but you can always use a popular search engine to find an answer...

Your making a C# program and you want to implement some autoit functions right?

The autoit activeX dll ha's no screen capture functions in it, but the dll "JSdraw" does, so why can't you use that?

Regards,

TheAutomator.

[JohnOne]

You know there is no screencapture in autoitx dll, so logic says code one in C#.

[mountainictbka57]

ok, I will try. Thanks you very much, The Automator.

[Richard Robertson]

A really cheap way to do it in C# is this. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.clipboard.getimage%28v=vs.110%29.aspx

If you just use AutoItX or anything else to send a PrintScreen keypress, you can get the image from the clipboard.

[Muzaiyan]

if you know less about Dll call then you can use command line option.
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Compile this code and run it with desired arguments.

#cs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    AutoIt Version: 3.3.10.2
    Author:         Muzaiyan
    
    Script Function:
    Screen Capture using command lines.
    
#ce ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


#include <ScreenCapture.au3>
If $cmdline[0] < 1 Then Exit -1

; capture whole screen
If $cmdline[0] = 1 Then
    _ScreenCapture_Capture($cmdline[1])
    If FileExists($cmdline[1]) Then Exit 1
EndIf

; capture region
If $cmdline[0] = 5 Then
    _ScreenCapture_Capture($cmdline[1], $cmdline[2], $cmdline[3], $cmdline[4], $cmdline[5])
    If FileExists($cmdline[1]) Then Exit 1
EndIf
Exit -1

It will return exit code 1 on success.

Exit code will be -1 on error.

(Convert this code into Executable to make it accept arguments.)