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skuffle:
I'm using the portable version of Captor, and would rather not run it constantly in the background. Would it be possible to use a command-line switch to launch captor straight into 'selected region' mode?

I use another portable app called Quick Cliq, and this shows a fast-launch menu when I press a particular mouse button. I was hoping to put a shortcut to Captor on this menu, so if I want to capture something I can just launch this link - straight to drawing the region for capture - then close it again when I have printed or saved the screengrab.

Would this be possible? Any help would be appreciated :)

mouser:
Give this a try and let me know how it works for you:

you can specify some commandline options for Screenshot Captor:
-maximize  -- maximizes window
-minimize  -- minimized window
-show  -- shows window if minimized
-scan -- initiates a scan
-capture CAPTURETYPE  -- initiates a screen capture (CAPTURETYPE = workspace|screen|activewindow|region|object|scanner)
-dir "FULLPATH"  -- switches screenshot directory to this page
-file "FULLPATH" -- switches to containing directory and opens specified file
-printnext  -- says to print the next capture/scan

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ps.
If you don't want to leave Screenshot Captor running in the background you might try using its little brother, MiniCap instead of Screenshot Captor; MiniCap is all about commandline invocation.

skuffle:
Thank you for the reply and info!

This *almost* works perfectly - the only thing missing is I would prefer the application to cleanly Exit when I have printed (or saved) the screencap, rather than minimising to tray. Although subsequent command-line calls appear to work - even when the app minimises itself - I would prefer a full exit as I would only use this once every few weeks.

Is there another option I am missing? Or can I request it?

mouser:
Sounds like you want MiniCap.
It's much more focused on starting quickly then exiting and not remaining running.

skuffle:
I've just given Minicap a go. There were a few things I noticed:

1) There's no portable version I could see available for download. So I installed it, copied the directory and uninstalled it - and it worked - but it would be nice to have a native portable download for such a tiny useful app :)

2) The default savefile format is GIF. Really?! It seems to remember JPG when changed, but this is a strange choice for default, I thought!

3) I don't think I can live without the advanced print layout options in Captor - the full-page screendump you get is a bit much, and a waste of ink for me. Unless I'm missing the option somewhere?

Otherwise, it almost works great - and I can see this would be the better app to launch 'on demand' - it's just a bit *too* cut back at present in terms of printing.

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