Region Capture

[Toady]

I noticed that people really like the way this program lets the user select the region so I wrote a separate script for easily selecting a region using a rubberband like style in your own scripts using your mouse.

[martin]

I noticed that people really like the way this program lets the user select the region so I wrote a separate script for easily selecting a region using a rubberband like style in your own scripts using your mouse.

I really like this Toady, good job!

For me it is much better when I use the mouse button rather than 's'.

I prefer that you don't have to start in the top left so I changed this

$lefts = Order($firstCoord[0],$currCoord[0]);added
        $tops = Order($firstCoord[1],$currCoord[1]);added
        _API_MoveWindow($SELECT_H,$lefts[0],$tops[0],$lefts[1],$tops[1]);changed line

;and added this

Func Order($a,$b)
    Dim $res[2]
    If $a < $b Then
        $res[0] = $a
        $res[1] = $b - $a
    Else
        $res[0] = $b
        $res[1] = $a - $b
    EndIf
    Return $res
    
EndFunc

[Toady]

Cool the reason that i didn't choose the mouse button is because if you are trying to select a region with text, the mouse highlights the text, screwing up your screenshot. I will add your code to fix the order.

[martin]

Cool the reason that i didn't choose the mouse button is because if you are trying to select a region with text, the mouse highlights the text, screwing up your screenshot.

Yes I noticed that. I think the way to fix it is to first take a screen shot of the whole desktop and show that as though it's the desktop, and then copy from the copy. (Easy to say of course.)

[Toady]

UPDATE:

Region_Capture and RubberbandSelect scripts.

You can now select a region in any direction you like. There is no top-left to bottom-right restriction anymore. Thanks Martin for the idea.

[Toady]

Noticed people where having trouble with certain scripts. Is this complete?

[gseller]

Here is my tribute to your great work.. Thanks to your help once again, It is working like I had hoped...

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...mp;#entry386290

I took your region capture and joined with ptrex ocr to make an awesome application.. Hope you guys don't mid I put my version on my signature but the whole thing has yours and ptrex names all over it.

Edited August 12, 2007 by gesller

[fuwi]

@Toady

thanks for this nice script!

I've noticed 2 minor problems:

1. runnig Region_Capture in AutoIt 3.2.4.9 - the blue selection box is shown, running in the latest public release (3.2.6.0) - no selection box is shown

2. if the Region_Capture-GUI is visible, then an other application starts and overlap the Region_Capture-GUI, then the other application close (or minimize)

the Region_Capture Preview-Window disappears. A click in the filelist (or minimize/maximize the Region_Capture-GUI) brings the Preview-Window back

(the second problem is independent to the AutoIt-Version)

fuwi

[Toady]

@Toady

thanks for this nice script!

I've noticed 2 minor problems:

1. runnig Region_Capture in AutoIt 3.2.4.9 - the blue selection box is shown, running in the latest public release (3.2.6.0) - no selection box is shown

2. if the Region_Capture-GUI is visible, then an other application starts and overlap the Region_Capture-GUI, then the other application close (or minimize)

the Region_Capture Preview-Window disappears. A click in the filelist (or minimize/maximize the Region_Capture-GUI) brings the Preview-Window back

(the second problem is independent to the AutoIt-Version)

fuwi

Thanks for the feedback.

Your answers in order.

1. I wrote this script before the 3.2.6.0 release. Every new release is going to break something. I can fix this in my own time.

2. I know about the disappearing preview box. I figured that its just a preview, not something crucial so I never attempted to fix that.