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[marselo]

is it possible to take a screenshot from a hidden / minimized window??

[AndyG]

No, because there exists no "window" which is only something visual what you can see only at your Monitor!

A "Window" is a collection of Controls, Forms, Lists, and many things more which looks only like a Picture at your Monitor. If the window is minimized or invisible, the graphical part doesnt exists. So it is not possible to work with that "not existing" thing. But you can send Messages to all these Controls, Forms and Lists, whether they are displayed on the screen or not. 

ciao

Andy

[Mat]

The current screen capture window function in the standard install set finds the window coordinates and passes those as arguments to the proper screen capture function. As a result it will give you the right sized rectangle, only filled with whatever happens to be there at that time.

I have not tried, but I will see what happens if you take a screenshot of a region outside of the monitor, if you could I would be amazed, but it would be a sort of workaround.

Mat

[marselo]

aha thx

[marselo]

is it possible to get a single pixel color from a mini/hidden window??

[Bert]

no. are you trying to bot a game?

[Mat]

No luck I'm afraid:

#Include<ScreenCapture.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate ("this is a test", 200, 200, @DesktopWidth + 100, @DesktopHeight + 100)
GUISetState ()

$ret = _ScreenCapture_CaptureWnd (@ScriptDir & "\Test.png", $hGUI)

GUICtrlCreateLabel ("return: " & $ret & @TAB & "Error: " & @ERROR, 2, 2, 200, 20)
GUICtrlCreatePic (@ScriptDir & "\Test.png", 2, 24, 496, 474)
WinMove ($hGUI, "", 200, 200, 500, 500)

While GUIGetMsg () <> -3
   Sleep (10)
Wend

Haven't tried any further than that. It just generates a black square.

Mat

Edited November 1, 2009 by Mat

[marselo]

tried that too, same result :/

[Authenticity]

You can still make the window completely transparent, the frame is a little tricky I guess but you're mostly interested in the window content:

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#include <GDIPlus.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
Opt("MustDeclareVars", 1)

Global Const $PRF_CHECKVISIBLE  = 1
Global Const $PRF_NONCLIENT     = 2
Global Const $PRF_CLIENT        = 4
Global Const $PRF_ERASEBKGND    = 8
Global Const $PRF_CHILDREN      = 16
Global Const $PRF_OWNED         = 32


_GDIPlus_Startup()

Local $hGUI = GUICreate("Title", 200, 200, -1, -1, -1, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW)
GUISetBkColor(0x2080CF)

Local $Label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Orange Label", 50, 50, 100, 100)
GUICtrlSetColor(-1, 0xFCAA24)
GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 15, 550)

WinSetTrans($hGUI, 0, 0)
GUISetState()

Sleep(1000)
Local $hDC_GUI = _WinAPI_GetDC($hGUI)
ConsoleWrite(_RGB(_GetPixel($hDC_GUI, 10, 10)) & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite(_RGB(_GetPixel($hDC_GUI, 63, 64)) & @CRLF)
_WinAPI_ReleaseDC($hGUI, $hDC_GUI)

Local $aPos = WinGetPos($hGUI)
Local $iWidth  = $aPos[2]
Local $iHeight = $aPos[3]

$hDC_GUI = _WinAPI_GetWindowDC($hGUI)
Local $hDC_Desk = _WinAPI_GetDC(0)
Local $hBitmap = _WinAPI_CreateCompatibleBitmap($hDC_GUI, $iWidth, $iHeight)

Local $hImage = _GDIPlus_BitmapCreateFromHBITMAP($hBitmap)
Local $hGraphics = _GDIPlus_ImageGetGraphicsContext($hImage)
Local $hDC = _GDIPlus_GraphicsGetDC($hGraphics)

_SendMessage($hGUI, $WM_PAINT, $hDC, BitOR($PRF_CLIENT, $PRF_NONCLIENT))

_GDIPlus_GraphicsReleaseDC($hGraphics, $hDC)
_GDIPlus_GraphicsDispose($hGraphics)
_WinAPI_BitBlt($hDC_Desk, 0, 0, $iWidth, $iHeight, $hDC_GUI, 0, 0, 0xCC0020)

_WinAPI_ReleaseDC(0, $hDC_Desk)
_WinAPI_ReleaseDC($hGUI, $hDC_GUI)
_GDIPlus_ImageDispose($hImage)
_WinAPI_DeleteObject($hBitmap)

Sleep(1000)
WinSetTrans($hGUI, 0, 255)

Do
Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

GUIDelete()
_GDIPlus_Shutdown()
Exit


Func _GetPixel($hDC, $iX, $iY)
    Local $aResult = DllCall("gdi32.dll", "int", "GetPixel", "hwnd", $hDC, "int", $iX, "int", $iY)
    
    If @error Or $aResult[0] = -1 Then Return SetError(1, 0, -1)
    Return $aResult[0]
EndFunc

Func _RGB($iGBR)
    Return "0x" & Hex(BitShift("0x" & Hex(Binary($iGBR)), 8), 6)
EndFunc

Manadar ran a topic about efficiently getting pixel from memory with included speed testings. It's not the same approach but priceless nonetheless.