Interaction with ScreenClippings AHK Script

[BGM]

Recently I found an AHK script called ScreenClippings.

It has a feature where you can capture a portion of the screen and it becomes a floating panel.
This is very useful if you need to use the area as a reference.  Sometimes I do this in certain dialogue windows and then I use the information somewhere else.

Also, I like being able to capture an area by this scripts hotkey: hold win key and draw with the mouse.  To me this is a much better way than pushing a hotkey and then drawing.  The ahk script allows me to draw the box immediately and not have to wait for the crosshair lines to appear.  I just draw the box and the image is captured - it's so fast.

Maybe ScreenshotCaptor could do these things too?

Also, a weird thing happens.  When I use the script to capture an area (by holding win+ctrl and drawing a box) then ScreenshotCaptor thinks I'm trying to capture a particular object (SC's hotkey is alt+printscreen), but I haven't pushed either alt or the printscreen key!  Weird!

[lanux128]

Also, a weird thing happens.  When I use the script to capture an area (by holding win+ctrl and drawing a box) then ScreenshotCaptor thinks I'm trying to capture a particular object (SC's hotkey is alt+printscreen), but I haven't pushed either alt or the printscreen key!  Weird!

-BGM (January 02, 2016, 09:46 AM)

that happens because the script is sending the alt+printscreen combo internally in this function, SCW_Win2Clipboard (line 7 below). cool script btw!

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. SCW_Win2Clipboard(KeepBorders=0) {
2.    /*   ;   does not work for layered windows
3.    ActiveWinID := WinExist("A")
4.    pBitmap := Gdip_BitmapFromHWND(ActiveWinID)
5.    Gdip_SetBitmapToClipboard(pBitmap)
6.    */
7.    Send, !{PrintScreen} ; Active Win's client area to Clipboard
8.    if !KeepBorders
9.    {
10.       pToken := Gdip_Startup()
11.       pBitmap := Gdip_CreateBitmapFromClipboard()
12.       Gdip_GetDimensions(pBitmap, w, h)
13.       pBitmap2 := SCW_CropImage(pBitmap, 3, 3, w-6, h-6)
14.       Gdip_SetBitmapToClipboard(pBitmap2)
15.       Gdip_DisposeImage(pBitmap), Gdip_DisposeImage(pBitmap2)
16.       Gdip_Shutdown("pToken")
17.    }
18. }

[BGM]

I disabled alt+printscreen combo in ScreenshotCaptor and the problem went away.
It's funny though, because when it first happened I was really surprised - I had never used SC to capture a control before and I thought it was something produced by the script!  Then I saw the SC icon somewhere and got to thinking.
Funny!

[lanux128]

I disabled alt+printscreen combo in ScreenshotCaptor and the problem went away.
It's funny though, because when it first happened I was really surprised - I had never used SC to capture a control before and I thought it was something produced by the script!  Then I saw the SC icon somewhere and got to thinking.
Funny!

-BGM (January 02, 2016, 11:37 PM)

It's a good thing you noticed the flashing ScreenshotCaptor icon and problem solved.