Timings get incremented when using sleep()

[hutralospi]

For the purpose of taking consecutive 3 screenshots at specific intervals of time, I wrote this script:

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#include <Constants.au3>

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

HotKeySet("^g", "Take3Screenshots") ; Ctrl+g
HotKeySet("^+g", "RegularIntervalsSS") ; Ctrl+Shift+g

While 1
 Sleep(100)
WEnd

Func Take3Screenshots()

Sleep(500)
Send("^+s")

Sleep(500)
Send("^+s")

Sleep(500)
Send("^+s")

Sleep(500)

EndFunc   ;==>Take3Screenshots

Func RegularIntervalsSS()

While 1
Send("^g")
Sleep(60000)        ;60 seconds =1 minute
WEnd

EndFunc   ;==>RegularIntervalsSS

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When I execute the above script, the screenshots taken are at the times:  

034931, 034932, 034933, 035035, 035036, 035037, 035138, 035139, 035140

As can be seen, the time for the screenshot at the next minute is automatically incremented. ie., instead of the screenshots being taken at 035031 and 035131, they are taken at 035035 and 035138.

As I need to take continual screenshots, these time differences increment every minute which doesn't hence serve the purpose of taking consecutive 3 screenshots at specific intervals of time.

How can this be solved?

Any help is welcome.  Thanks in advance.

 

[hutralospi]

By the way, Ctrl+Shift+S is the (customizable) shortcut key for taking screenshot in a screen-capture program I use.

[caramen]

I guess i got your problem. 

You have to change your options.

I explain you, If you are in any software. If a key is used to do somthing. You have to let this key free in your script. I always had problem doing this. when i had that problem it is ofen becose i attach hotkey before testing them.

 

Let's make is easy:

If you are in a software using A B C as shordcut key. 

If autoIT use A B C It wont play your function but it will do software action or both or conflict. Becose they aren't free.

To make this work you have to make autoIT use D E F to send the command A B C but not as a duplicated shordcut.

 

This could work better.

#include <Constants.au3>

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

HotKeySet("A", "Take3Screenshots") ; Ctrl+g But now Ctrl+g is free in your script.
HotKeySet("B", "RegularIntervalsSS") ; Ctrl+Shift+g But now Ctrl+Shift+g is free in your script.

While 1
 Sleep(100)
WEnd

Func Take3Screenshots()

Sleep(500)
Send("^+s")

Sleep(500)
Send("^+s")

Sleep(500)
Send("^+s")

Sleep(500)

EndFunc   ;==>Take3Screenshots

Func RegularIntervalsSS()

While 1
Send("^g")
Sleep(60000)        ;60 seconds =1 minute
WEnd

EndFunc   ;==>RegularIntervalsSS

Let me know.

And i whould change this:

While 1
Send("^g")
Sleep(60000)        ;60 seconds =1 minute
WEnd

By this (But in this case rethink the script a bit ;p ):

AdlibRegister ("MyScreen", 60000 ) 

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func MyScreen ()
    Send("^g")
EndFunc

And even improve

HotKeySet("C", "UnregisterMyScreen")

Func UnregisterMyScreen ()
    AdlibUnRegister ("MyScreen") 
EndFunc

 

Edited October 6, 2018 by caramen

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@hutralospi @caramen

_ScreenCapture_Capture should do the trick too

[caramen]

1 minute ago, FrancescoDiMuro said:

@hutralospi @caramen

_ScreenCapture_Capture should do the trick too

But the udf wont implement screens inside the software bro ?

Personally i use screencapture too  

[FrancescoDiMuro]

2 hours ago, caramen said:

But the udf wont implement screens inside the software bro ?

Are you talking about take a screen of a window instead of all the screen or... ?

[caramen]

Just noticing you he is using a software to take screens and not an udf so... may he got some code with that already. But who knwo; 

[hutralospi]

@ caramen

Thanks a LOT for taking efforts to explain the details.

@ FrancescoDiMuro

Thanks for the suggestion.