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Sane · Jan 4th, 2006, 1:13 AM

I've made a topic about this earlier, that really didn't help.

I've been searching the question on google for 1 and a half hours now, that really didn't help.

Please help me!! @_@

All I need is a method of saving a freaking picture of the screen to the hard drive.

Everything I find either has to be compiled in Visual Studio, or I need to download ImageMagick (which is freaking confusing to figure out). Or I get so much business crap trying to sell me "Snapshot Pro 2000 Extreme v1239.1".

All I want is the raw solution to saving the clipboard contents as a bmp/png or whatever is necessary!! In whatever format, may it be a call in the operating system or plain Python code. As long as my client doesn't need to install a bunch of programs on his computer...

coldDeath · Jan 4th, 2006, 2:25 AM

Are you looking for a program to do it? Or a way to do it in python?

You could just press that big fat button labeled "print screen" and then open an image editor like paint, and press ctrl+v to paste.

Nebula · Jan 4th, 2006, 2:35 AM

Just search Google for "Screenshot Utility" the first of second hit is a nice lil proggy that comes up with a 30 day trial. Very easy to use.

http://www.screenshot-utility.com/ <----I'm assuming your using Windows.

If this dosn't help then i'm not sure what your talking about.

Navid · Jan 4th, 2006, 3:22 AM

I found this coding, have no idea if it works.

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win32api.keybd_event(win32con.VK_PRINT, 0)

win32clipboard.OpenClipboard(0)

data = win32clipboard.GetClipboardData(win32clipboard.CF_BITMAP)

win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()

tempest · Jan 4th, 2006, 7:32 AM

All that code is doing is pressing the "Print Scrn" key and saving the Bitmap data from the clipboard...

InfoGeek · Jan 4th, 2006, 7:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tempest

All that code is doing is pressing the "Print Scrn" key and saving the Bitmap data from the clipboard...

I think this is what sane wants!

Indigno · Jan 4th, 2006, 11:43 AM

print screen, ctr + v in paint (you need support patches for whatever format you want paint to download in) file> save as> PNG

coldDeath · Jan 4th, 2006, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Indigno

print screen, ctr + v in paint (you need support patches for whatever format you want paint to download in) file> save as> PNG

I said that in post #2.

a thing · Jan 4th, 2006, 1:36 PM

KDE has a builtin hotkey that you can configure in kcmshell keys (search screens and you'll see it). Paste it in an image editor (like KolourPaint) and save.

The GIMP has something under File>Aquire>Screen Shot...

There's also KSnapShot and GNOME's thing somewhere in the menu.

Sane · Jan 4th, 2006, 1:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coldDeath

Are you looking for a program to do it? Or a way to do it in python?

You could just press that big fat button labeled "print screen" and then open an image editor like paint, and press ctrl+v to paste.

You really think I'm that uninformed? When did we learn this, grade 6? :o

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nebula

Just search Google for "Screenshot Utility" the first of second hit is a nice lil proggy that comes up with a 30 day trial. Very easy to use.

http://www.screenshot-utility.com/ <----I'm assuming your using Windows.

If this dosn't help then i'm not sure what your talking about.

I said I don't want my clients having to download a bunch of programs, especially if it only lasts 30 days. And if someone can make a program to do it, so can't I?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Navid

I found this coding, have no idea if it works.

(Toggle Plain Text)

win32api.keybd_event(win32con.VK_PRINT, 0)

win32clipboard.OpenClipboard(0)

data = win32clipboard.GetClipboardData(win32clipboard.CF_BITMAP)

win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()

Yay! That's exactly what I wanted. But I was trying it in C++ so I had to declare data as a global and then do some funky locks and unlocks and it wasn't workin.

Maybe if I did it in Python though, if Python's win modules have GetClipboardData.

I think in my last topic for this question It ended with me saying Python's win32modules doesn't support GetBlipboardData.

I'll look for pywin32 for python 2.4, thanks.

EDIT:

Okay, when I tried it in Pyhon 2.4 (with the correct pywin modules), I got this error:

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>>> data = win32clipboard.GetClipboardData(2)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#5>", line 1, in -toplevel-
    data = win32clipboard.GetClipboardData(2)
error: (6, 'GetClipboardData:GlobalLock', 'The handle is invalid.')

(CF_BITMAP is 2) And yes of course I had taken a screenshot directly before running that command.

Jan 4th, 2006, 1:13 AM	#1
Sane Banned Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 2,101 Rep Power: 6	Save print screen to file OMG GAH I've made a topic about this earlier, that really didn't help. I've been searching the question on google for 1 and a half hours now, that really didn't help. Please help me!! @_@ All I need is a method of saving a freaking picture of the screen to the hard drive. Everything I find either has to be compiled in Visual Studio, or I need to download ImageMagick (which is freaking confusing to figure out). Or I get so much business crap trying to sell me "Snapshot Pro 2000 Extreme v1239.1". All I want is the raw solution to saving the clipboard contents as a bmp/png or whatever is necessary!! In whatever format, may it be a call in the operating system or plain Python code. As long as my client doesn't need to install a bunch of programs on his computer...

Jan 4th, 2006, 2:35 AM	#3
Nebula Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 206 Rep Power: 4	Just search Google for "Screenshot Utility" the first of second hit is a nice lil proggy that comes up with a 30 day trial. Very easy to use. http://www.screenshot-utility.com/ <----I'm assuming your using Windows. If this dosn't help then i'm not sure what your talking about. __________________ When will Jesus bring the porkchops?

Jan 4th, 2006, 3:22 AM	#4
Navid Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 187 Rep Power: 4	I found this coding, have no idea if it works. (Toggle Plain Text) win32api.keybd_event(win32con.VK_PRINT, 0) win32clipboard.OpenClipboard(0) data = win32clipboard.GetClipboardData(win32clipboard.CF_BITMAP) win32clipboard.CloseClipboard() win32api.keybd_event(win32con.VK_PRINT, 0) win32clipboard.OpenClipboard(0) data = win32clipboard.GetClipboardData(win32clipboard.CF_BITMAP) win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()

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a thing Unverified User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: none Posts: 146 Rep Power: 0	KDE has a builtin hotkey that you can configure in kcmshell keys (search screens and you'll see it). Paste it in an image editor (like KolourPaint) and save. The GIMP has something under File>Aquire>Screen Shot... There's also KSnapShot and GNOME's thing somewhere in the menu. __________________ Warning: My posts may change (dramatically) within the first 15 minutes they're posted. Got 'Nux?�GNU/Linux and other free software support. It's GNU/Linux, not just Linux.

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