A GUI camera

[Achilles]

This is a camera I made and it save you the trouble of cropping.

;Thanks to LazyCat for the .dll

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

$gui = GuiCreate('Camera', 400, 400, '', '', Bitand($WS_THICKFRAME, $WS_SIZEBOX))
WinSetTrans('Camera', '', 140)

$capture = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Capture Screen (within the 'camera' window)", 20, 340,250,30)
GUICtrlSetResizing ($capture,$GUI_DOCKBOTTOM+$GUI_DOCKSIZE+$GUI_DOCKHCENTER)
$exit = GUICtrlCreateButton ("Exit", 290, 340, 90, 30)
GUICtrlSetResizing ($exit,$GUI_DOCKBOTTOM+$GUI_DOCKSIZE+$GUI_DOCKHCENTER)
GuiSetState()

While 1 
    $msg = GuiGetMsg()
        If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE or $msg = $exit then Exit                    
        If $msg = $capture then 
            $pos = WinGetPos('Camera')
            $time = @Hour & "-" & @MIN & "-" & @SEC
            DllCall("captdll.dll", "int", "CaptureRegion", "Str", "Picture" & $time & ".bmp", "int", $pos[0]+ 2 , "int", $pos[1] + 22, "int", $pos[2] - 2, "int", $pos[3] - 21, "int", -1)
        Endif
Wend

Let me know what you think

captdll.dll

Edited December 30, 2006 by Piano_Man

[Snarg]

Lazycat created it. Here is the link.

[NELyon]

Cool. I was thinking of making something like this.

[Thatsgreat2345]

Where is the picture output as?

[Achilles]

Where is the picture output as?

It goes to the ScriptDir...

RE to D-Generation X: Thanks

RE to Snarg: Ok, thanks I'll mention him in the script

Edited December 30, 2006 by Piano_Man

[James]

Cool thats simple..

D-Generation X what happened to ur pic thing? Suck it?

[theguy0000]

thats one way to do it....or you could just alt+printscreen

[Achilles]

thats one way to do it....or you could just alt+printscreen

That would be the simpler... but that just saves it to the clipboard, not as an actual file....

[James]

Use Paint then XD

[Achilles]

Use Paint then XD

That would require unnecessary work, and that's always a negative! This saves you the trouble of opening paint and saving your picture....

[dandymcgee]

Yeah and you can only have on thing on the clipboard at a time, this would allow very fast picture taking/saving. Great work!

EDIT: couldn't figure out why it wasn't working... hmmm maybe I should've downloaded the .dll... lol

Edited December 31, 2006 by dandymcgee

[Thatsgreat2345]

you should make it completely transparent and make it set itself to the size of the currently active window and then when you press a hotkey itll save it to your desktop or wherever

[Achilles]

you should make it completely transparent and make it set itself to the size of the currently active window and then when you press a hotkey itll save it to your desktop or wherever

Well, the point of the program isn't really to just take a picture of a window, it's more for easier cropping or taking pictures of internet. But I think I'll try 'cause it could be useful too... I'll post the code if I get it working.

[Thatsgreat2345]

Helpful hint , WinGetClientSize, WinGetPos, and GuiSetCoord

[James]

Well then you could make it open paint and press ^V

[Achilles]

Well then you could make it open paint and press ^V

That's one of the whole points of the program... It saves you from having to open paint and pasting and saving...

Helpful hint , WinGetClientSize, WinGetPos, and GuiSetCoord

Thanks, those look helpful... Edited December 31, 2006 by Piano_Man

[James]

Ahh right. So then thats why they said make it save the file automatically via the program.

Sorry I mis-read.