Taking constant screenshots?

[krzyrice]

How would I make my script take constant screenshots? This is what i got so far but it overwrites the last one and I don't want that. I'd rather have it labeled from 1 2 3 and so forth. Please help me on this.

#include <ScreenCapture.au3>

_ScreenCapture_SetBMPFormat(0)

_ScreenCapture_Capture(@MyDocumentsDir & "\Screenshot1.bmp")

Edited May 29, 2008 by krzyrice

[JRowe]

#include <ScreenCapture.au3>
Global $NeverDie = 1
$i=0


While $NeverDie = 1 or i$ <= 1000
$i = i$ +1
_ScreenCapture_SetBMPFormat(0)
_ScreenCapture_Capture(@MyDocumentsDir & "\Screenshot"& $i & ".bmp")
Sleep(10); to minimize CPU overuse

HotKeySet ( ("^!s")  , "EndTheLoop")

WEnd

Func EndTheLoop()
$NeverDie = 0
EndFunc

Needs polishing, this should enter a loop and return bmps from Screenshot1.bmp to Screenshot1000.bmp, but it will exit on the hotkey event "CTRL+ALT+s"

I think. Untested, maybe it'll go over for ya

[krzyrice]

haha thanks for the reply and help man. How could I tweak it to make unlimited screenshots until I press the hotkey or close the program?

[JRowe]

just remove the "or $i<1000" part to make it unlimited (although, a full screenshot bmp takes up a sizable chunk of space, running it would probably fill your HD in a few minutes.)

[SxyfrG]

#include <ScreenCapture.au3>

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "ExitScreenie")

Global $i = 1, $Ext = '.bmp'
_ScreenCapture_SetBMPFormat(0)
$sFile = @MyDocumentsDir & "\Screenshot"

While 1
    _ScreenCapture_Capture($sFile & $i & $Ext)
    $i += 1
    Sleep(100)
WEnd

Func ExitScreenie()
    Exit
EndFunc

[krzyrice]

thank you so much SxyfrG. You've got what I needed perfectly! Also I reconsidered and changed to jpeg. Thanks for the heads up Jrowe!