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skceB:
Hello everyone.

In our company I am the one to do all the screenshot-related stuff. I really like doing screenshots and I think the results of my work are pretty good (thanks to Screenshot Capture)! For 2 years now there is a problem which no screenshot tool could solve but maybe you guys know a solution.
When capturing screenshots of modal dialogs (the ones where the "main program" can't be activated) the aero glass window somehow gets corrupted. But let me show you an example:

This is how the screenshot SHOULD look like (I used capture full screen and cropped the image):
http://netboo.vs120093.hl-users.com/screens/1.png

This is how the screenshot actually looks like when using "capture active window":
http://netboo.vs120093.hl-users.com/screens/2.png

The window somehow loses its focus and the rounded borders are being lost.

Regular windows look great when using the settings:
http://netboo.vs120093.hl-users.com/screens/3.png

I hope you can help me since capturing modal dialogs requires additional work while capturing regular windows is great. Batch capturing screenshots took me weeks last year, with Screenshot Captor it's a matter of days (~100 Screenshots with different content * 13 Languages).

Another question I have is not dependent on Screenshot Captor. It is about using ClearType or not when taking Screenshots. Especially when printing the screenshots. But this topic is worth a unique thread.

Thanks everyone for your help!

mouser:
Let me try to reproduce this, sounds like it should be an easy bug to fix.

skceB:
thank you!
it might be a problem in our software. I am not sure... you can download it from tune-up.com.
maybe I should talk to one of our devs...

/e: I just tried to reproduce this on other software... it is the same behaviour for example on itunes when you open the settings which is a modal dialog, too.

mouser:
can anyone else confirm they are or are not having the same problem doing an active window capture on a modal dialog on windows 7?

i do have an idea of something i might test if i can't reproduce the problem.. because of the way SC captures active windows on win7, it may be that the window is not having enough time to redraw itself completely or regain focus while it's being captured.  i can introduce an additional delay if that is indeed the problem.. i may send you a link to a beta version to test.

skceB:
I don't think its a bug in Screenshot Capture... it seems to be the way windows renders modal dialogs.. I will add a screrenshot to show you what I mean.

/e: sorry no screenshot but an explanation. I used a tool called winspy++ to show the modal dialogs attributes. somehow it says the windows size is 520x610 which is exactly the size of the wrong screenshot. it seems to me that modal dialogs are not handled like common windows... sorry that I can't explain in detail what I mean but I don't think that the bug is in Screenshot Captor. However, that doesn't mean we can't find a solution ;)
screenshot captor could check if the current window is a modal dialog (WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME) and if yes, add +x pixels

/e2:
http://www.ntwind.com/software/winsnap/windows-vista.html

New translucent window borders and surfaces require completely different processing by screen capture software. But the most annoying aspect of this platform concerns the modal dialogs. Look at these screenshots:
Windows Vista includes a new screen capture utility called Snipping Tool, but it does not work correctly with Aero theme. Surprised? - No, it is Microsoft afterall...
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