Saving monochromatic BMPs with ScreenCapture

[frankzappa]

Hey all,

i need to save a monochromatic BMP file. I've been using ScreenCapture for these kind of tasks, so i was trying to stick with it. The problem is that ScreenCapture doesn't save monochromatic files normally.

I checked the code and GDIPLus (called by ScreenCapture) does have the possibility to save these kind of files:

CODE

; Pixel Format constants

Global Const $GDIP_PXF01INDEXED = 0x00030101 ; 1 bpp, indexed

So i changed the code for ScreenCapture.au3 (had to save it somewhere else and change its name) to allow me save monochromatic BMPs. The problem is that the file is not created, so i think this may be a bug from GDIPlus.

The code edited in ScreenCapture:

CODE

Func _ScreenCapture_SetBMPFormat($iFormat)

Switch $iFormat

Case 0

$giBMPFormat = $GDIP_PXF16RGB555

Case 1

$giBMPFormat = $GDIP_PXF16RGB565

Case 2

$giBMPFormat = $GDIP_PXF24RGB

Case 3

$giBMPFormat = $GDIP_PXF32RGB

Case 4

$giBMPFormat = $GDIP_PXF32ARGB

Case 5

$giBMPFormat = $GDIP_PXF01INDEXED ;edited

Case Else

$giBMPFormat = $GDIP_PXF24RGB

EndSwitch

EndFunc ;==>_ScreenCapture_SetBMPFormat

I've checked if saving BMP in the normal formats was working, everythings fine as long as i stick to case 2 ($GDIP_PXF24RGB).

So, does anyone had this problem oneday?

cheers.

[frankzappa]

hoho, i think this one must be a bug....

Anyway, i found a way to work the thing around.

cheers.

[ChrisL]

Anyway, i found a way to work the thing around.

cheers.

Maybe you'd like to share your method in case others need to do the same

[AdmiralAlkex]

EDIT: forget what I said, it's not working

Edited May 9, 2008 by AdmiralAlkex