can autoit access the clipboard?

[johngreen2000]

I am attempting to make a script so that when pressing a hotkey a screenshot will be taken and saved to a file automatically.

My plan was

set up a hot key to press print screen

open mspaint hidden

paste to mspaint

save as filexxx where xxx can either be a random number or ascending number.

I believe I can do everything except figure out how to paste what I have on my clipboard to the mspaint program.

[SmOke_N]

I am attempting to make a script so that when pressing a hotkey a screenshot will be taken and saved to a file automatically.

My plan was

set up a hot key to press print screen

open mspaint hidden

paste to mspaint

save as filexxx where xxx can either be a random number or ascending number.

I believe I can do everything except figure out how to paste what I have on my clipboard to the mspaint program.

Send('^v') doesn't work?

[johngreen2000]

Send('^v') doesn't work?

Well I want to have mspaint hidden using the @SW_HIDDEN command. I figured '^v' wouldnt be able to touch the process. Maybe im wrong Ill give that a shot.

[trids]

If you're open to a lateral solution ..

Download FastStone's Screen Capture utility (free) , which you can configure to automatically save a screenshot with a hotkey. Then all your script has to do is execute the hotkey

http://www.faststone.org/

HTH

[SmOke_N]

You can do what Trids say, or try and use ControlSend() so it will work even if it's hidden.

[johngreen2000]

You can do what Trids say, or try and use ControlSend() so it will work even if it's hidden.

Thanks I am experimenting with ControlSend() right now

One other problem. Ok just for ease I made a simple script to open mspaint, press printscreen and paste it. But I ran into saving the file. I found Filesavedialog() but I really am trying to avoid having to type the name in. I looked around some, and cant seem to find a way to give it a default name to save as and not make the dialog box come up.

Thanks for both of your helps, they are pushing me in the right direction.

[rambo3889]

U could also use Lazycats dll capture screen which can be found here http://www.autoitscript.com/fileman/users/Lazycat/dlls.html or a direct download link http://www.autoitscript.com/fileman/users/Lazycat/files/captdll_v2.zip

And use this code

Local $dllopen=DllOpen("captdll.dll")
Global $place=@ScriptDir&"\"
HotKeySet("{F3}","take")
HotKeySet("{F2}","exiter")
While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd
FUnc exiter()
DllClose($dllopen)
Exit
EndFunc
Func take()
For $1=0 to 100000
if  FileExists($place&"image"&$1&".jpg") Then
; Dont do anything
Else
DllCall($dllopen, "int", "CaptureScreen", "str", "image"&$1&".jpg", "int", 85)
ExitLoop
EndIf
Next

EndFunc

[Confuzzled]

You could always make the file name unique by using the timestamp as part of the name.

eg: ScreenShotYYYYMMDDHHMMSS.jpg

[raedts]

Why reinvent the wheel?

http://www.faststone.org/