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[UEZ]

AutoIt Windows Screenshooter

Key Features:

• takes easily a screenshot from any visible window
• capture any region of the desktop incl. freehand capturing
• capture GUI controls and GUI menus separately
• capture a marked area every x seconds for a duration of y seconds
• capture to AVI file
• takes a screenshot from web sites (available only on Vista+ os and when Aero is enabled)
• put images to clipboard to paste to other applications easily
• color picker
• save image in different formats and also to PDF!
• add timestamp to saved images
• simple image editing options: greyscale, b&w, invert, rotate +-90°
• send image to printer and default email client
• preview of captured screens incl. zoom option
• multi monitor support
• display pixel color under mouse
• ruler
• basic image editor (paint, highlight, ellipse, rectangle, text and some graphic FX
• watermark captured image
• no 3rd party tools or DLLs used - pure AutoIt!
• fully portable - no installation is needed

To do:

• capture content of scrollable window/control
• capture cascaded menus

Due to DllCall("User32.dll", "int", "PrintWindow", "hwnd", $hWnd, "handle", $hMemDC, "int", 0) limitation some windows cannot be captured properly (GDI+, ProgDVB, etc.) but can take screenshots of hidden windows. One workaround is to use full screen capturing (F11/F12) or "Grab Screen" function! Or try double click with rmb on listview items (beta).



Download source code (2494 downloads previously): AutoIt Windows Screenshooter (701kb)

You are not allowed to sell this code or just parts of it in a commercial project or modify it and distribute it with a different name!


Download compiled Exe only: 4shared.com / Media Fire / Softpedia (1.37mb)

Distributing copies of the program in compiled format (exe) must be free of any fee!


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It is designed for Vista+ operating systems with AERO enabled! E.g. on WinXP machines some functions are not working properly and might crash the application!


Be aware to deactivate DEP or add Windows Screenshooter exe to the exception list otherwise it will hard crash on some functions, e.g. About Intro, image editing functions. Further AV scanners may a negative impact the execution of compiled exe!



Main GUI:

 

 

About Intro:

 

 

Basic Image Editor:

 

 

Watermark:

 

 

Click link for an enhanced version of Watermark Image.



Credits:

• main code by UEZ
• additional code (alphabetical order) by AndyG, Authenticity, AutoItObject Team, Eemuli, eukalyptus, funkey, _Kurt, martin, monoceres, ProgAndy, taietel, TheShadowAE, trancexx, Ward, wolf9228 and Yashied!

Code is too long to post it here directly! Sorry.



Use following keys:

User your mouse to scroll preview window or

Numpad ↑ 8: Scroll preview window up
Numpad ↓ 2: Scroll preview window down
Numpad ← 4: Scroll preview window left
Numpad → 6: Scroll preview window right
Numpad +: zoom in preview window or mousewheel down
Numpad -: zoom out preview window or mousewheel up

F5: refresh Windows Name list
PRINTSCREEN: take screenshot from whole screen using PRINTSCREEN code
ALT+PRINTSCREEN:take a screenshot from active window using ALT+PRINTSCREEN build-in code
F10: Undo made changes with Image Editing function
F11: take screenshot from whole screen incl mouse cursor
F12: take screenshot from whole screen
Ctrl+Alt+F12: take a screenshot of active window using alternative screenshot functionality (beta). should work also for some games !

Only available on Vista+ os: double click with rmb on list items to use alternative screenshot functionality (beta)!

When 'Grab Screen' is clicked you can hold down the ctrl key to switch to 'grab controls' mode. Control under mouse will be framed red.
ctrl + shift will take the screenshot of appropriate control. To capture GUI menues you can press rmb which simulates the lmb. When a menu is opened press shift additionaly to capture it.
Press and hold only the shift key to capture any region on the desktop using freehand capturing - release it so capture marked regions!
Or just mark resizeable area which you want to grab. Press CTRL key to grab marked area or right mouse button to capture the marked area every x seconds for a duration of y seconds.

When saving the image just enter the extension you whish to use (*.jpg;*.png;*.bmp;*.gif;*.tif;*.pdf). Big thanks to taietel for his PDF UDF!


Maybe it is useful for someone...


Any kind of comment is welcome.

Br,
UEZ


Change log:

Spoiler

2010-12-09: made some modifications to the code. GUIRegisterMsg($WM_PAINT, "Redraw") and GUIRegisterMsg($WM_NCPAINT, "Redraw") not working properly on os less than Vista, added About intro ;-), to test progDVB in progress, added clipboard button
2010-12-11: made some adjustments to some parts -> calling it now final
2010-12-15: added ♬ chip tune ♫ to About part. Now source code too large to post here in the window directly!
2010-12-16: switched from fmod.dll to bassmod.dll because bassmod.dll is much smaller. Also changed xm chip tune...
2010-12-18: made some adjustments to some parts
2010-12-20: removed GUIRegisterMsg($WM_PAINT, "Redraw") and added _GDIPlus_GraphicsDrawImageRect() do main While/Wend loop for a better GUICtrlCreateListView() selection (old one doing most time a drag'n'drop when selecting items in list view.
2011-01-07: added dancing gif animation to About intro part and changed selection code in ListView section (thanks Oscar for some help).
2011-01-12: added web screenshot feature which is working only on Vista+ os and fixed some bugs. To do: zooming of preview window.
2011-01-15: added zoom and scroll feature to preview screen.
2011-01-16: fixed a bug.
2011-01-17: forgot to reset movement of preview screen - should be ok now.
2011-01-18: added full screen capture feature, mousewheel functionality for zooming preview screen and some little changes in About intro part. I think I reached now the end of developing this tool.
2011-01-19: mouse wheel is not working properly with listviews when focus is set to an listview item. Changed code.
2011-01-22: added preview and JPG save quality settings, some minor code adjustments - thanks Raupi for the help of some GUI issues.
2011-01-23: fixed a bug when grabbing a region on screen (MouseCoordMode wrongly set) and added reset function to reset preview screen after zooming or/and moving.
2011-01-24: when taking a screenshot from a web site (e.g. chip.de) a new IE window will be opened for any reason. Should be fixed now. Some small adjustments made.
2011-01-25: fixed flickering with WinXP of preview screen. Added screenshot from whole screen incl. mouse cursor and a timeout when making a screenshot from websites.
2011-01-26: added feature to scroll preview screen with mouse and fixed some small bugs.
2011-01-28: fixed "Put to Clipboard" function, added image editing function (b/w & greyscale) and alternative windows capturing function (double rmb click on listview elements)
2011-01-29: added bitmap invert function
2011-02-06: added Undo Ctrl menu
2011-02-27: added a zoom preview window when selecting "Grab Screen" for a more precise screen grab possibility. Fixed memory leak issue.
2011-02-27: fixing the memory leak caused that the clipboard not worked when creating screenshots from web sites - should be fixed now. Made some small modifications to the zoom preview window.
2011-03-01: some small adjustments in intro section to display child gui properly.
2011-03-14: added sort functionality for listview control + pixel color display in tooltip when grabbing screen area
2011-03-22: limited web screenshot max. height to 8192 pixel when IE9 is used otherwise screen will be white only; added time stamp feature to saved images (right buttom corner the current date and time will be added)
2011-04-16: added zoom level control with mouse wheel when capturing desktop region + some small modifications
2011-05-09: small adjustments on ToolTip when grabbing area on desktop (clever positioning of ToolTip window still needed to be done) and added ctrl+alt+F12 key to take screenshot from active window (should work also for some games in fullscreen)
2011-05-19: modified tooltip position when capturing desktop not to leave visible area
2011-07-27: fixed the crash bug on WinXP os when selecting program's handle + added function to send image to printer and execute saved image with default app.
2011-07-28: added DllClose() for opened dlls via DLLOpen() functions
2011-07-31: integrated windows print and alt+print functionality
2011-08-05: added feature to grab controls directly
2011-08-11: added feature to capture GUI menues (little bit tricky to do it), added cross crosshair in zoom window for a more precise screen capture and added sound when capturing is done
2011-08-13: added export to PDF format (thanks to taietel for the PDF UDF), just save the image as filename.pdf
2011-08-15: added image rotate 90° to left and right and changed key to make screenhot of controls
2011-08-16: added online versions check
2011-08-26: some internal changes and bug fixes, added sound when capturing has finished, program update check, open default mail client to paste image and freehand capturing
2011-08-28: fixed some issues with WinXP display and non aero desktops
2011-08-30: memory leak bug fixed when doing freehand cpaturing
2011-09-05: GUI changed a little bit, added grab to AVI function (no compression available currently) and ruler, some bugs fixed
2011-09-06: fixed a bug when using ruler on multi monitor environment
2011-09-07: changed ruler function to work properly on WinXP and turned off blend effect when closing the tool for WinXP machines (maybe that is the reason for the crashes when pushing the X button
2011-09-09: some small adjustments to the ruler function
2011-09-12: fixed a bug when web page size is larger than 8192x8192, added option to recapture marked region
2011-09-17: added compression feature when grabbing to AVI. It will use only build-in codecs!
2011-09-27: some internal modifications and added URL string to the bottom of the image when Screenshot a Web Site is used!
2011-10-07: added DEP check to avoid hard crash
2011-10-11: fixed a bug when AVI compression window was canceled because AVI file handles weren't released. Embedded some icons instead loading them from a system DLL
2011-10-11: bug fixed for AVI creation (lenght wasn't correct)
2011-10-11: optimized avi capture loop for best performance (still slow because of AutoIt limitations!) and added manual screen area selection for creating avi file
2011-10-30: some internal changes
2011-11-04: added memory fonts to About intro ;-)
2011-11-09: forgot to disable context menu while playing About intro
2011-11-17: changed grab region code. Now you can mark an area and resize marked area to do a more precise capturing
2011-11-17: some bugs in Grab Screen function fixed
2011-11-18: fixed a lot of bugs in Grab Screen function
2011-11-20: still fixed some bugs in Grab Screen function (grrr)
2011-12-01: some bugs in Grab Screen function found and changed screen capture windows a little bit
2011-12-15: small modifications and some bugs fixed
2011-12-16: fixed clipboard bug after AVI movie has been taken
2012-02-09: fixed preview aspect ratio and some small changes
2012-02-16: fixed a bug when printscreen was pressed - program was closing on clipboard error
2012-04-18: fixed some bugs, memory leaks and added a Basic Image Editor
2012-04-19: made small modifications to the Basic Image Editor and some bugs fixed
2012-05-01: fixed some bugs in Basic Image Editor (e.g. scrollbar -> control positioning) and added some more feature to Basic Image Editor: some more gfx FX, text rotation, backbuffer for all painting apps to avoid flickering, changed code for highlighting
2012-05-03: fixed several compatibility issues with WindowsXP
2012-05-05: fixed several bugs in Basic Image Editor (probably there are still a lot of bugs)
2012-05-10: interim release until issue with asm codes are fixed
2012-05-18: speed up mark function and added option to put image to clipboard automatically which will suppress messagebox window. ASM functions still unstable
2012-05-20: forgot to close Basic Image Editor window when it has crashed unexpected after ASM gfx fx call
2012-05-21: forgot to release GDI+ handles when closing Basic Image Editor window and prepare bitmap from image editor to put to clipboard
2012-05-28: added Endless option to Grab Screen to Avi endless (ESC ends capturing), [i]Put image to clipboard automatically[i] option added, option to change width of captured web image (800, 1024, 1280 and width of desktop), web screenshot is working now properly also on Win8 and you can move marked screen now
2012-05-29: fixed small bug in About Intro, when intro ends automatically it will end after 2nd call immediately. Thanks to ISI360 for reporting it!
2012-06-01: add feature to abort video capturing with ESC key in each mode (thanks Tweaky for all your suggestions!) and removed 8190 pixel height limit for web screenshot
2012-06-02: activated again 8190 pixel height limit when IE9 is used for rendering the web site (web screenshot). Seems to be a problem with ActiveX control and IE9
2012-06-09: video capturing in endless mode didn't work (thanks Tweaky for all your testings and reports :-) !!!), removed ugly border for maximized windows, changed code for WinXP to draw in image editor when entered 2nd time the image editor, fixed a bug in grab screen mode (captured size and marked size differed), fixed a bug in function _WinAPI_SetWindowTitleIcon()
2012-06-21: changed bitmap undo function, fixed a bug in marking desktop area (grabbed size was not the same as marked area), pen size was not reset when entering image editor again, fix a bug when print or alt print was pressed and "Send current image via mail" was called (clipboard was overwritten with selected image from the listview), modified update check function
2012-07-04: some cosmetic changes only
2012-09-05: fixed a bug (crash) when 'Screenshot a Web Site' was started after the intro has been watched. Some more internal modifications
2012-10-05: changed describtion STRG to CTRL and fixed a bug in the clipboard function (thanks to wakillon for reporting it), small adjustment in alternative windows capturing function (double click the rmb in list view) and removed final from the name
2012-11-12: fixed some small bugs, added resize function to image editor and added watermark functionality as separate GUI (might be instable at the moment!)
2012-11-14: fixed some small bugs in Watermark sub functions, Watermark function should be more stable now
2012-11-16: fixed an issue in Watermark GUI when it is used on non aero desktops and moves the GUI off the screen and back the GUI got messed up
2012-12-07: added improved Watermark app which will be release soon as standalone tool, changed icons background in context menus (not transparent anymore) to avoid ugly behaviour when mouse is hovering it, small modifications to the clipboard and update check function
2012-12-08: fixed a bug in Watermark app (when enter key was pressed: executed last marked item although not actually selected)
2012-12-12: fixed a bug when screenshot was done via print key and bitmap was modified afterwards the clipboard button still stays disabled, added feature to rotate text in watermark app with right mouse button
2012-12-31: fixed some issues with WinXP (app crash)
2013-02-01: fixed a bug in undo function on main screen when returning from image editor / watermark app
2013-02-03: found and fixed a bug in watermark app when stamp image was loaded but the position on image was adjusted
2013-02-11: added donate menu item and button :-)
2013-02-22: added option to capture (Grab Screen) a marked area every x seconds for a duration of y seconds
2013-05-14: fixed a bug in Watermark function (app crash) when using stamp images and made some internal modifications

Edited by UEZ, Yesterday, 02:25 PM.

[ValeryVal]

Here a small tool I wrote to make screenshots from non minimized windows and selectable regions on desktop!

Thank you.
BTW. I can't get screenshot by this from ProgDVB window and use My Scripts in this case.

[UEZ]

I don't have a ProgDVB card to test it yet only an USB DVB-T card! I will test it for DVB-T and when it is not working I will have a look to your code!

Thanks for the hint!


Br,
UEZ

[ValeryVal]

I don't have a ProgDVB card

ProgDVB is "Universelle und leistungsfähige Software für digitales Fernsehen und zum Hören von Radioprogrammen."
See here - progDVB
ProgDVB works with DVB-S,DVB-S2,DVB-T & DVB-C
This pic was created by my script now from France 24.

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[UEZ]

I update the code a little bit.


Although the interest is rather low have a look to post#1 if you like.

Br,
UEZ

Edited by UEZ, 09 December 2010 - 06:44 PM.

[UEZ]

Made some updates.

Maybe your are interested maybe not - you decide!

Last update for now!

Br,
UEZ

[taietel]

Thanks UEZ!

[UEZ]

@taietel: your are welcome and here an updated version for you!

Br,
UEZ

[taietel]

Thanks again UEZ! I'm still studying your GDI+ scripts . I have made a game for my son (with numbers on the buttons) and now I'm trying to somehow split a given image into small ones (a matrix) and then randomly put them on the buttons (like a shuffled puzzle). DON'T TELL ME THE SOLUTION! When I'll give up, I'll shout.

M.I.

[UEZ]

Another update. Read change log and additional information on 1st post if you like for more information.

Have a look to the About intro part - maybe you will like it

Br,
UEZ

Edited by UEZ, 15 January 2011 - 10:30 PM.

[taietel]

... maybe you will like it

Are you kidding me?! I'm speechless... Man, you're a G(diplus)enius!

[UEZ]

Here an update with some small improvement.

I'm not happy with the method to make screenshots of maximized windows because of the black frame!

Maybe somebody knows a better way to do it...


Br,
UEZ

PS: for the Intro part press on the left upper icon from the window and select About...

[UEZ]

Here an update with some small improvements.

I'm not happy with the method to make screenshots of maximized windows because of the black frame and not taking screenshots properly from GDI+ windows!
DllCall("User32.dll", "int", "PrintWindow", "hwnd", $hWnd, "handle", $hMemDC, "int", 0) ist not the best choice...

Maybe somebody knows a better way to do it...


Br,
UEZ

PS: for the Intro part press on the left upper icon from the window and select About...

Edited by UEZ, 24 January 2011 - 09:57 AM.

[UEZ]

This is the last update for this code, unless I or you find some bugs, etc.

Read the change log (history) on 1st post for more details.

Br,
UEZ

Edited by UEZ, 26 January 2011 - 03:57 PM.

[UEZ]

Actually I didn't want to post an update but I detected a memory leak. If you display any screenshot the memory of the bitmap wasn't freed up.

It should be fixed now.

Further I added a zoom preview window when you want to grab the screen more precisely.

Br,
UEZ

[JohnOne]

I like this, Great work, only thing I see causing a problem is that, (for me at least) it freezes and crashes, if you do not use the exit button.

AMD Athlon II
32 bit Win 7

[UEZ]

I like this, Great work, only thing I see causing a problem is that, (for me at least) it freezes and crashes, if you do not use the exit button.

AMD Athlon II
32 bit Win 7

Thanks for your feedback!

Hmm, odd. I cannot reproduce the freezes and/or crashes. Does it crash/freeze after or before fade out when you close the program?

Exit button and X button calling the same exit function.

Someone else with same problem?

Br,
UEZ

Edited by UEZ, 28 February 2011 - 06:29 PM.

[JohnOne]

When using the window close x it imediately freezes the screen for a while (between 5 and 30 seconds I've observed) then fades out and I get the windows notice that its stopped working, and should I debug, look online for solution, or close the program.

[UEZ]

This is the exit function from line 1489:

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Func _Exit()
;g1
    DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "UnhookWindowsHookEx", "hwnd", $hM_Hook[0])
    $hM_Hook[0] = 0
    DllCallbackFree($hKey_Proc)
    $hKey_Proc = 0
;g2
    GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_PRIMARYDOWN, "")
    DllClose($dll)
;g3
    _WinAPI_DeleteObject ($hBitmap_s)
    _WinAPI_DeleteDC($hMemDC)
    _WinAPI_DeleteObject($memBitmap)
    _WinAPI_ReleaseDC(0, $hDC_Region)
    _WinAPI_DeleteDC($hDC_Region)
;g4
    _GDIPlus_GraphicsDispose($hImageContext)
    _GDIPlus_BitmapDispose($hBackImage)
    _GDIPlus_BitmapDispose($vBitmap)
    _GDIPlus_BitmapDispose($undo)
    _GDIPlus_MatrixDispose($hMatrix)
    _GDIPlus_BrushDispose($hBrush_Clear)
    _GDIPlus_BitmapDispose($hBmp)
    _GDIPlus_GraphicsDispose($hContext)
    _GDIPlus_BitmapDispose($hBuffer_Bmp)
    _GDIPlus_GraphicsDispose($hGraphic)
    _GDIPlus_Shutdown()
;g5
    _WinAPI_AnimateWindow($hGUI, BitOR($AW_BLEND,  $AW_HIDE), 750)
;g6
    GUIDelete($hGUI)
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>_Exit

Can you uncomment g1 and g3 block and try again?


Btw, I update the code again.

Thanks,
UEZ

Edited by UEZ, 28 February 2011 - 01:34 PM.

[Aktonius]

wonderful job, ty