append screenshot to a file

[aidy lewis]

HI,

I an looking to paste a screenshot to a file, I can do this with autoit  < autoit.Send"{PRINTSCREEN}" />, but I am looking to append to a file?

Aidy

[Nathandelane]

You now need some way to get the data out of the clipboard - Ruby has
minimal support for this right now on Windows. My advice is to find
some other way of saving the data. There are a couple of active
screenshot saving programs for Windows available for free. Like
possibly http://www.screenshot-utility.com/, though that's not one
I've used. I can't remember right this second which ones I've used,
when I get to work I can check on it and let you know better.

Nathan

[aidy lewis]

Hi Nathan,

Used this, not sure of it's stability

require 'win32ole'
def take_a_screenshot
word=WIN32OLE.new('Word.Application')
autoit = WIN32OLE.new("AutoItX3.Control")
word.Documents.Add()
autoit.Send("{PRINTSCREEN}")
word.Selection.Paste
word.ActiveDocument.SaveAs('C:\screenshots.doc')
word.ActiveDocument.close
word.Quit
end

take_a_screenshot

Aidy

ps not tested, if it works I'll bang it on the wiki.

[Nathan Lane]

That would work, except you're saving a whole document containing the picture.  Is that what you were asking about appending to?

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[aidy lewis]

On 28/02/2008, Nathan Lane <natham...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That would work, except you're saving a whole document containing the
> picture. Is that what you were asking about appending to?
>
>

Yes, that would be a problem. Would need to append.

Aidy

[Devangkumar Naik]

How to Use a Template to Generate N Testcase
with Names like TestCase1, TestCase2, TestCase3 ... TestCaseN
??
Any help?

-Devang

[Nathan Lane]

Alright, here's the key - word.Documents.Add("C:\screenshots.doc") - that opens the same file as before.  But note that "C:\screenshots.doc" == 'C:\creenshots.doc' - I think the \s is a reserved escape code for space or something.  That's what I experienced anyway.

Nathan

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 7:19 AM, aidy lewis <aidy....@googlemail.com> wrote:

[aidy lewis]

On 28/02/2008, Nathan Lane <natham...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Alright, here's the key - word.Documents.Add("C:\screenshots.doc") - that
> opens the same file as before. But note that "C:\screenshots.doc" ==
> 'C:\creenshots.doc' - I think the \s is a reserved escape code for space or
> something. That's what I experienced anyway.
>
> Nathan
>

You looked at this

http://rubyforge.org/projects/win32screenshot/

Aidy

[Željko Filipin]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Devangkumar Naik <devan...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> How to Use a Template to Generate N Testcase
> with Names like TestCase1, TestCase2, TestCase3 ... TestCaseN

Hi Devang,

I did not understand what are you trying to do. And it has no connection to this thread. I suggest that you start another thread and explain in more detail what you need to do.

Željko
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ZeljkoFilipin.com

[aidy lewis]

On 28/02/2008, Nathan Lane <natham...@gmail.com> wrote:

<code>

require 'watir'
require 'win32ole'
@@word=WIN32OLE.new('Word.Application')
@@word.Documents.Add()
def take_a_screenshot(url)
@autoit = WIN32OLE.new("AutoItX3.Control")
browser = Watir::IE.new
browser.bring_to_front
browser.goto(url)
browser.maximize
@autoit.Send("{PRINTSCREEN}")
browser.close
@@word.Selection.Paste
@autoit.Send("{ENTER}")
end

def save_file
@@word.ActiveDocument.SaveAs('C:\screenshots.doc')
@@word.ActiveDocument.close
@@word.Quit
end

take_a_screenshot('http://www.fsf.org/')
take_a_screenshot('http://www.pcs.org.uk')
save_file

</code>

Should it smarten it up and put it on th Wiki?

Aidy

[Nathan Lane]

That's pretty cool - actually I looked at this: http://www.inquiry.com/techtips/vfox_pro/10min/10min0600.asp

[Nathan Lane]

I'd say definitely - put it on the wiki.

[aidy lewis]

On 29/02/2008, Nathan Lane <natham...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd say definitely - put it on the wiki.
>

Given up trying to log ino there can someone else put it up?

Aidy

[Željko Filipin]

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 3:43 PM, aidy lewis <aidy....@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Given up trying to log ino there can someone else put it up?

Can not log in? Any error messages?

Željko

[aidy lewis]

No. Try to re-regoster and no email.

[Željko Filipin]

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 3:47 PM, aidy lewis <aidy....@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Try to re-regoster and no email.

I have reset your password. You should receive e-mail. Let me know if you do not receive it.

Željko

[marcog]

On Feb 28, 6:49 pm, "aidy lewis" <aidy.le...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> http://rubyforge.org/projects/win32screenshot/

I have this successfully working with Watir - using Win32Screenshot
and Imagemagick as described here:

http://blog.aslakhellesoy.com/2006/12/2/getting-screenshots-from-watir

MG

[aidy lewis]

Thanks for feedback, i put the code on the faq. Not entirely happy
with it, but i suppose that is iterative development. I am sick of
putting more tools on my machine so that is why i did it this way.

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[Nathan Lane]

How did you get Imagemagik to compile in windows?

[Charley Baker]

There are binary distributions of ImageMagick for windows:

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php

-Charley

[MarioRuiz]

But is possible to save a screenshot if the internet explorer is not
visible? I mean with the visible parameter equal to false.

[aidy lewis]

On 11/04/2008, MarioRuiz <ma...@betware.com> wrote:
>
> But is possible to save a screenshot if the internet explorer is not
> visible? I mean with the visible parameter equal to false.
>

doubt it