Also, I switched from exporting to an image and just had it export straight to a file, then set the filename of the image to that file. The behavior of an image when it's got a direct snapshot in it, and when its filename is set, is not consistent. I skipped the voyage if exploration and just used the approach that had worked before. On Jan 30, 2016 16:28, "Matt Maier" <bluebac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I got a reasonable facsimile of my original vision by just using an entire > substack to define the capture area. > > on mouseUp > set the blendlevel of stack "untitled 3" to 50 > set the loc of stack "untitled 3" to the screenloc > go stack "untitled 3" > end mouseUp > > Untitled 3 is a stack with button "exit" and button "snap". The first > button just closes the stack. The second button executes the following > script. > > on mouseUp > set the cCaptureRect of stack "untitled 3" to the rect of stack > "untitled 3" > set the loc of stack "untitled 3" to -1000,-1000 > close stack "untitled 3" > -- wait 200 milliseconds > put the cCaptureRect of stack "untitled 3" into tBlerg > export snapshot from rect tBlerg to image "captureHolder" of stack > "untitled 1" > end mouseUp > > Apparently it takes around 200 milliseconds for the stack window to > actually close. At least, sometimes it was still in the way, or only > partially faded out when the snapshot was captured. Moving it out of the > way, however, seems to happen instantly. > > The snapshot comes from the inside of the stack window, not including the > decorations. > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> So, I thought I'd have a bash at rolling my own, but got stuck: >> >> on mouseUp >> put topleft of img "border.png" & "," & the bottomright of img >> "border.png" into ZZZZ >> put quote & ZZZZ & quote into fld "guff" >> put fld "guff" into QQQQ >> export snapshot from rect QQQQ of stack "Super Snap" to file >> "QQQQ.png" as PNG >> end mouseUp >> >> the thing gets stuck on the "export snapshot" line . . . cannot think why >> . . . >> >> image "snapBTN.png": execution error at line 5 (import: error in >> expression), char 1 >> >> that stuff about "char 1" makes NO sense at all. >> >> >> Richmond. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
