Save Screenshot with randome name

[laolas]

i would like to have a timer how long the program was opened, so i figured out a easy way to make it by making screenshots form the desktop where the time is in the right corner... but my problem is that when i make a screen only one is made because the file name allready exist, how i mage it to save the screenshot with a random generated name ? like "1232asd2.jpg"

 

#include <ScreenCapture.au3>
_ScreenCapture_Capture(@DesktopDir & "\GDIPlus_Image1.jpg")

[BrewManNH]

Is this an AutoIt program you're talking about, or just some random program? Either way, look in the help file for TimerInit and TimerDiff, or use something like the @HOUR/MIN/SEC macros. Screenshotting the clock is very rube goldberg.

[laolas]

Yes its autoit, but i hav no clue how to make it work with @HOUR?

[JLogan3o13]

What have you tried based on the suggestion given?

[laolas]

#include <ScreenCapture.au3>

 

 

_ScreenCapture_Capture(@DesktopDir & "/@HOUR.jpg")

 

dont be mean i have no clue what i do

 

[JLogan3o13]

No one is being mean, but this forum is dedicated to helping people with their own scripts, not just writing them for you. Have you tried it with a different name rather than the @HOUR macro? And are you sure it should be a / and not a \ ?

[BrewManNH]

My suggestion had nothing to do with screen capturing.

If all you're using the screenshot for is to note the time, there's a heck of a lot of ways that are better than that to get the information.

[Belini]

To sort you can use Random () and to take time you can use _NowCalc () and _DateDiff ()

#include <ScreenCapture.au3>
#include <Date.au3>

local $initial_date = _NowCalc()
sleep(3000)
$Time_seconds = _DateDiff('s', $initial_date, _NowCalc())
MsgBox(4096, 'Finished', "The computer has been: " & $Time_seconds & " seconds")


Local $name = ''
For $i = 1 To 6
    $name &= Chr(Random(97, 122, 1))
Next
_ScreenCapture_Capture(@DesktopDir & "\" & $name & ".jpg"); name = randomized
_ScreenCapture_Capture(@DesktopDir & "\" & @hour & "_" & @min & "_" & @sec & ".jpg"); name = Hour, minute, and second

 

[laolas]

Thanks  belini, this solved my problem <3