AutoIt Windows Screenshooter

[webfork]

Note: this was originally posted to the Discussion thread because I didn't have any way of testing it. It has since been merged into Baas' thread under Submission.

Windows Screenshooter - http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic ... -09-final/

Softpedia - http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia ... oter.shtml

Good:

* As there are many AutoIt fans here on the site and I'm always looking for a good OSS screenshot program.
* Advertises "no 3rd party tools or DLLs used - pure AutoIt!" which makes it likely portable.

Bad:

* Vista and above only
* May get confusing as we already have a program called "Screenshooter" in the database.
* License isn't clear

[I am Baas]

•takes easily a screenshot from any visible window

•capture any region of the desktop incl. freehand capturing

•capture GUI controls and GUI menus separately

•capture to AVI file

•takes a screenshot from web sites (available only on Vista+ OS and when Aero is enabled)

•put images to clipboard to paste to other applications easily

•color picker

•save image in different formats and also to PDF!

•add timestamp to saved images

•simple image editing options -> greyscale, b&w, invert, rotate 90°

•send image to printer and default email client

•preview of captured screens incl. zoom option

•multi monitor support

•display pixel color under mouse

•ruler

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic ... -20-final/

It is designed for Vista+ operating systems with AERO enabled!

[guinness]

The license 'issue' has been discussed a bit on AutoIt and the general conclusion is unless specified otherwise then the code is free to use, but a reference is always appreciated.

I too feel the same way when I post code there without specifying the license agreement.

[I am Baas]

Note: So this one is going in the Discussion thread because I don't have any way of testing it. I'll bump it over to Submission if anyone wishes.

* License isn't clear

http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/ ... =4&t=13660

Re. license (from the Windows Screenshooter.nfo):

AutoIt Windows Screenshooter is FREEWARE! For source code and more information please visit.

For German: http://www.autoit.de/index.php?page=Thr ... tID=199580
For English: http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index ... pic=122941

[guinness]

I can't seem to find that quote on AutoIt.

[I am Baas]

I can't seem to find that quote on AutoIt.

Download the application. The quote is from the Windows Screenshooter.nfo file.

[guinness]

Ah OK, I trust you.

[I am Baas]

AutoIt Windows Screenshooter is at version 1.65 Build 2013-02-22.

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic ... 013-02-22/

[guinness]

How do you know UEZ? Since he didn't post anything about the update apart from changing the first post.

[webfork]

To my surprise, this program is still seeing updates all these years later with the most recent update back in February. I'm usually suspicious of a screenshot program that doesn't have great screenshots, but I've had good experience with tools have been in development for a while. Unfortunately I didn't find a lot here to get excited about save for the very small download size.

Unfortunately I got an error running on my Win7 machine with Aero disabled:

This application is designed for Vista or higher operating systems with Aero feature enabled!

Despite this, the program seemed to run okay. Still, it wanted to save to JPEG format by default. The image addendum tool has most of the basics but well behind other, similar tools. I couldn't find a clear picture of the image addendum tool, so here's what I got on my machine: https://i.imgur.com/WbXJVU5.png ... it has

Resources: only 2 megs disk space, around 40 megs RAM
Home: https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topi ... 019-02-03/
Softpedia mirror: https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedi ... oter.shtml

[UEZ]

@webfork: thanks for your feedback and sorry that my program does not meet your expectations but I'm only a hobby coder.

Some information about my program.
It uses heavily the Windows API and thus some features are available only when Aero is enabled.
As you might know Autoit is a scripting language which interprets the code and thus is slow in execution except the assembler code for some image effects.
When you want to save in JPEG format by default, just type in the name and press save. It will save JPEG by default when no image format suffix is provided such as .png, .bmp, .gif which will be used otherwise.

Since I started to develop it 2010 the code has grown heavily and it's hard to find bugs and add more feature to the code meanwhile. I will probably discontinue this program...

[webfork]

@UEZ: I apologize for coming down so hard on your effort. A good percentage of our site is made up of hobby coders who produce unique and interesting programs. I was unfortunately testing a program after many years working with a host of different great options in the screen capture/addendum space.

Whatever the case, I'd be happy to give the program another go if you decide to continue work. Thanks for the note about image formats.

[UEZ]

@webfork: no problem for me for any constructive criticism which helps me to improve my program. I checked my program in a vm using Win7 without Aero and it looks different and especially the behavior how you control some feature such as marking desktop area is different compared to the default setting. It is not reacting as I expect...
I changed also the DPI (DPI awareness) and found several issues which I've fixed now. I need to test several scenarios using different os with different settings. If it looks good I will release it.