Running in portable mode, specifying the screenshots dir

[JoyrexJ9]

Hi there.
I'm a longtime user of Screenshot Captor, I'd firstly just like to say thanks for an excellent piece of software.

I've started using PortableApps and have got ScreenshotCaptor running off my USB stick fine (thanks to the PORTABLE=TRUE setting!)
PortableApps has a specific directory structure on the USB drive e.g.
\Documents
\Documents\Pictures
\PortableApps
\PortableApps\ScreenshotCaptorPortable

I'd like to set Screenshot Captor to save it's screens in the \Documents\Pictures directory, but I can't put the drive letter in the setting (FolderPathEdit.Text) as the drive letter could change!
I've tried ..\..\Documents\Pictures and %appdir%\..\..\Documents\Pictures neither of which it was happy with.

Any ideas on how I can do this?

Thanks!
Ben

[mouser]

Hi Joyrex --

I apologize for the delay in responding, last couple of weeks have been hectic.

Ok so what you are wanting to do *SHOULD* be easy.. but i see now from looking at the code that it's not, and that currently the program insists on the Screenshots folder being located either in an absolute location or a directory under the config directory.

I already have a fix for the issue and i just need to upload a new version for you -- let me just get a few more updates in this version before i upload in the next day or two.

[JoyrexJ9]

Thanks for the response!
I'm a coder myself so I appreciate these issues which "should be easy but aren't" ! 

No rush, just glad it's being looked at and I await the next release with interest!

Thanks

[lujomu]

Hey mouser,

I've been trying to do the same thing as the OP, namely using paths like \Temp\Screenshots or ..\..\Temp\Screenshots.

As this post is already quite old and I am still getting error messages using the above paths, I assume the fix never made it in an update ... or am I missing something / doing something wrong?

[mouser]

ok ive put this to the top of my list, should have new version this week with the ability to specify relative paths and use environment paths in screenshot folder specification.

[lujomu]

Thanks for your consideration and your effort!

No need to rush though, just thought I had missed something...  

[lujomu]

[...] ability to specify relative paths and use environment paths in screenshot folder specification.

-mouser (July 05, 2010, 07:18 AM)

Have you already had time to implement it? I tried it with the latest version (v2.88.01), but it doesn't seem to work. Screenshots are always stored in the default directory...

[mouser]

I think it should work.. You should be able to go to the options and put a path that doesn't start with C:\ and it should then be set relative to the Screenshot Captor directory.

If that doesn't work, can you show me what you are setting it to in the option, and how it is behaving?

[lujomu]

I tried to use "\Screenshots" which resets to the default folder inside the Program folder after a restart.
But "..\..\Screenshots" does work indeed!

Thanks a lot mouser!

[mouser]

I tried to use "\Screenshots" which resets to the default folder inside the Program folder after a restart.

try just "Screenshots" should do it -- the \ at front will confuse it.

[lujomu]

Yes, "Screenshots" works, but I wanted the folder to be in the root of the drive (e.g. D:\Screenshots), thus the backslash in the beginning.

But anyway, it works with the double dots and therefor I'm happy!

[andygroove]

Thanks for this info. PERFECT! I also wanted the screenshots in the root and used ..\..\..\screenshots. Great program thanks.