Scrolling Window Exception Settings

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IMPORTANT: Scrolling Window Exception Settings are an advanced feature not for use by normal users.

They are available mainly for advanced experimenters to try to figure out special settings which can then be posted on our forum for others to copy and paste.

 

It lets you specify explicit margins for scrolling window captures which try to avoid scrollbars, and let's you tweak the method used to scroll windows.

 

The exception strings can be found in the Screenshot Captor Red Box Capture options tab. in the AutoScroll Capture Exceptions box:

options_redbox

 

 

Each line of this box contains an exception string;  an Exception string takes this form:

CONTROLNAME;leftmargin;topmargin.rightmargin,bottommargin;SPECIALS

 

For example:

EditControl;19;4;0;4;blankstop

 

The CONTROLNAME can be found in the label of the Red Box Capture caption while you move over a window.

 

The leftmargin,topmargin,rightmargin,bottommargin values are pixel measurements from the given side, and are design to skip over scrollbars.  So if you find that a scrolling capture is including the scrollbars erroneously when stiching an image, you would increase these values until the scrollbar is skipped.

 

SPECIALS can be empty or from:

bylines        - scrolls by lines instead of pages; shouldn't be needed

sendkeys        - send keys instead of windows messages to scoll; try this if Screenshot Captor doesn't seem to be able to scroll the window

blankstop        - some applications dont refresh their contents in a way that Screenshot Captor can tell when scrolling is complete; try this if Screenshot Captor doesn't seem to be able to tell when to stop scrolling.