Interesting stuff Tom. I didn't know that about the working screenrects (plural). This may be very useful in another situation but for this one I need to get the rect from the user. Any ideas? (It's too much to import the entire monitor.)
On Jun 3, 2013, at 10:26 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: > This will also work: > > on mouseUp > import snapshot from rectangle ( line 2 of the working screenRects) > end mouseUp > > > -- Tom McGrath III > http://lazyriver.on-rev.com > [email protected] > > On Jun 3, 2013, at 10:22 PM, Thomas McGrath III <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You can import snapshots from secondary and tertiary monitors using the >> working screenRects: >> >> on mouseUp >> put line 1 of the working screenRects into tRect >> import snapshot from rectangle tRect >> end mouseUp >> >> on mouseUp >> put line 2 of the working screenRects into tRect >> import snapshot from rectangle tRect >> end mouseUp >> >> on mouseUp >> put line 3 of the working screenRects into tRect >> import snapshot from rectangle tRect >> end mouseUp >> >> >> -- Tom McGrath III >> http://lazyriver.on-rev.com >> [email protected] >> >> On Jun 3, 2013, at 5:52 PM, Mark Schonewille >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ray, >>> >>> Snapshots don't work with secondary monitors. You can make snapshots of the >>> main screen only. Perhaps you can use a command line utility instead. >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Mark Schonewille >>> >>> Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering >>> Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer >>> KvK: 50277553 >>> >>> Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour >>> spaces. http://www.color-converter.com >>> >>> We have time for new software development projects. Contact me for a quote. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3 jun 2013, at 23:03, Ray Horsley wrote: >>> >>>> I'm running into a variety of issues designing a standalone which will >>>> import PDF's. If quicktime isn't installed it seems impossible and even >>>> if the user installs it (Windows) it often doesn't work for certain PDF's. >>>> >>>> With this in mind I thought I'd let users open their PDF's in whatever >>>> program they choose and use Livecode's import snapshot command. I don't >>>> pass a rectangle since I don't know where the image is on screen and >>>> unfortunately it seems I can't get the rectangle [the user opens up] >>>> returned to me. I do, however, get an image imported, although on a >>>> system with two monitors in extended display mode it seems almost random >>>> where the actual snapshot gets taken from. It's anything but where the >>>> user actually dragged. >>>> >>>> Does anybody have any suggestions for grabbing a snapshot of the same >>>> rectangle the user opens up on the desktop or in another application? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Ray Horsley >>>> LinkIt! Software >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
