Here is another way.
Credit to Sean for posting this (Screen Capture with transparent windows)
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18146&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc
Adapted here with some modifications. Needs GDI+ helper.
The Function: Include this in your main script
Code:
; Screen Capture
CaptureScreen(aRect = 0, bCursor = False, sFile = "")
{
If !aRect
{
SysGet, Mon, Monitor, 1
nL := MonLeft
nT := MonTop
nW := MonRight - MonLeft
nH := MonBottom - MonTop
}
Else If aRect = 1
WinGetPos, nL, nT, nW, nH, A
Else If aRect = 2
{
WinGet, hWnd, ID, A
VarSetCapacity(rt, 16, 0)
DllCall("GetClientRect" , "Uint", hWnd, "Uint", &rt)
DllCall("ClientToScreen", "Uint", hWnd, "Uint", &rt)
nL := NumGet(rt, 0, "int")
nT := NumGet(rt, 4, "int")
nW := NumGet(rt, 8)
nH := NumGet(rt,12)
}
Else If aRect = 3
{
MouseGetPos, x1, y1
Sleep, 5000
MouseGetPos, x2, y2
nL := x1
nT := y1
nW := x2 - x1
nH := y2 - y1
}
Else
{
StringSplit, rt, aRect, `,, %A_Space%%A_Tab%
nL := rt1
nT := rt2
nW := rt3 - rt1
nH := rt4 - rt2
znW := rt5
znH := rt6
}
mDC := DllCall("CreateCompatibleDC", "Uint", 0)
hBM := CreateDIBSection(mDC, nW, nH)
oBM := DllCall("SelectObject", "Uint", mDC, "Uint", hBM)
hDC := DllCall("GetDC", "Uint", 0)
DllCall("BitBlt", "Uint", mDC, "int", 0, "int", 0, "int", nW, "int", nH, "Uint", hDC, "int", nL, "int", nT, "Uint", 0x40000000 | 0x00CC0020)
DllCall("ReleaseDC", "Uint", 0, "Uint", hDC)
If bCursor
CaptureCursor(mDC, nL, nT)
DllCall("SelectObject", "Uint", mDC, "Uint", oBM)
DllCall("DeleteDC", "Uint", mDC)
If znW && znH
hBM := Zoomer(hBM, nW, nH, znW, znH)
If sFile = 0
SetClipboardData(hBM)
Else Convert(hBM, sFile), DllCall("DeleteObject", "Uint", hBM)
}
CaptureCursor(hDC, nL, nT)
{
VarSetCapacity(mi, 20, 0)
mi := Chr(20)
DllCall("GetCursorInfo", "Uint", &mi)
bShow := NumGet(mi, 4)
hCursor := NumGet(mi, 8)
xCursor := NumGet(mi,12)
yCursor := NumGet(mi,16)
VarSetCapacity(ni, 20, 0)
DllCall("GetIconInfo", "Uint", hCursor, "Uint", &ni)
xHotspot := NumGet(ni, 4)
yHotspot := NumGet(ni, 8)
hBMMask := NumGet(ni,12)
hBMColor := NumGet(ni,16)
If bShow
DllCall("DrawIcon", "Uint", hDC, "int", xCursor - xHotspot - nL, "int", yCursor - yHotspot - nT, "Uint", hCursor)
If hBMMask
DllCall("DeleteObject", "Uint", hBMMask)
If hBMColor
DllCall("DeleteObject", "Uint", hBMColor)
}
Zoomer(hBM, nW, nH, znW, znH)
{
mDC1 := DllCall("CreateCompatibleDC", "Uint", 0)
mDC2 := DllCall("CreateCompatibleDC", "Uint", 0)
zhBM := CreateDIBSection(mDC2, znW, znH)
oBM1 := DllCall("SelectObject", "Uint", mDC1, "Uint", hBM)
oBM2 := DllCall("SelectObject", "Uint", mDC2, "Uint", zhBM)
DllCall("SetStretchBltMode", "Uint", mDC2, "int", 4)
DllCall("StretchBlt", "Uint", mDC2, "int", 0, "int", 0, "int", znW, "int", znH, "Uint", mDC1, "int", 0, "int", 0, "int", nW, "int", nH, "Uint", 0x00CC0020)
DllCall("SelectObject", "Uint", mDC1, "Uint", oBM1)
DllCall("SelectObject", "Uint", mDC2, "Uint", oBM2)
DllCall("DeleteDC", "Uint", mDC1)
DllCall("DeleteDC", "Uint", mDC2)
DllCall("DeleteObject", "Uint", hBM)
Return zhBM
}
Convert(sFileFr = "", sFileTo = "")
{
If sFileTo =
sFileTo := A_ScriptDir . "\screen.bmp"
SplitPath, sFileTo, , sDirTo, sExtTo, sNameTo
If Not hGdiPlus := DllCall("LoadLibrary", "str", "gdiplus.dll")
Return sFileFr+0 ? SaveHBITMAPToFile(sFileFr, sDirTo . "\" . sNameTo . ".bmp") : ""
VarSetCapacity(si, 16, 0), si := Chr(1)
DllCall("gdiplus\GdiplusStartup", "UintP", pToken, "Uint", &si, "Uint", 0)
If !sFileFr
{
DllCall("OpenClipboard", "Uint", 0)
If DllCall("IsClipboardFormatAvailable", "Uint", 2) && (hBM:=DllCall("GetClipboardData", "Uint", 2))
DllCall("gdiplus\GdipCreateBitmapFromHBITMAP", "Uint", hBM, "Uint", 0, "UintP", pImage)
DllCall("CloseClipboard")
}
Else If sFileFr Is Integer
DllCall("gdiplus\GdipCreateBitmapFromHBITMAP", "Uint", sFileFr, "Uint", 0, "UintP", pImage)
Else DllCall("gdiplus\GdipLoadImageFromFile", "Uint", Unicode4Ansi(wFileFr,sFileFr), "UintP", pImage)
DllCall("gdiplus\GdipGetImageEncodersSize", "UintP", nCount, "UintP", nSize)
VarSetCapacity(ci, nSize)
DllCall("gdiplus\GdipGetImageEncoders", "Uint", nCount, "Uint", nSize, "Uint", &ci)
Loop, %nCount%
{
If !InStr(Ansi4Unicode(NumGet(ci, 76 * (A_Index - 1) + 44)), "." . sExtTo)
Continue
pCodec := &ci + 76 * (A_Index - 1)
Break
}
If pImage
pCodec ? DllCall("gdiplus\GdipSaveImageToFile", "Uint", pImage, "Uint", Unicode4Ansi(wFileTo,sFileTo), "Uint", pCodec, "Uint", 0) : DllCall("gdiplus\GdipCreateHBITMAPFromBitmap", "Uint", pImage, "UintP", hBitmap, "Uint", 0) . SetClipboardData(hBitmap), DllCall("gdiplus\GdipDisposeImage", "Uint", pImage)
DllCall("gdiplus\GdiplusShutdown" , "Uint", pToken)
DllCall("FreeLibrary", "Uint", hGdiPlus)
}
CreateDIBSection(hDC, nW, nH, bpp = 32, ByRef pBits = "")
{
NumPut(VarSetCapacity(bi, 40, 0), bi)
NumPut(nW, bi, 4)
NumPut(nH, bi, 8)
NumPut(bpp, NumPut(1, bi, 12, "UShort"), 0, "Ushort")
NumPut(0, bi,16)
Return DllCall("gdi32\CreateDIBSection", "Uint", hDC, "Uint", &bi, "Uint", 0, "UintP", pBits, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0)
}
SaveHBITMAPToFile(hBitmap, sFile)
{
DllCall("GetObject", "Uint", hBitmap, "int", VarSetCapacity(oi,84,0), "Uint", &oi)
hFile:= DllCall("CreateFile", "Uint", &sFile, "Uint", 0x40000000, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 2, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0)
DllCall("WriteFile", "Uint", hFile, "int64P", 0x4D42|14+40+NumGet(oi,44)<<16, "Uint", 6, "UintP", 0, "Uint", 0)
DllCall("WriteFile", "Uint", hFile, "int64P", 54<<32, "Uint", 8, "UintP", 0, "Uint", 0)
DllCall("WriteFile", "Uint", hFile, "Uint", &oi+24, "Uint", 40, "UintP", 0, "Uint", 0)
DllCall("WriteFile", "Uint", hFile, "Uint", NumGet(oi,20), "Uint", NumGet(oi,44), "UintP", 0, "Uint", 0)
DllCall("CloseHandle", "Uint", hFile)
}
SetClipboardData(hBitmap)
{
DllCall("GetObject", "Uint", hBitmap, "int", VarSetCapacity(oi,84,0), "Uint", &oi)
hDIB := DllCall("GlobalAlloc", "Uint", 2, "Uint", 40+NumGet(oi,44))
pDIB := DllCall("GlobalLock", "Uint", hDIB)
DllCall("RtlMoveMemory", "Uint", pDIB, "Uint", &oi+24, "Uint", 40)
DllCall("RtlMoveMemory", "Uint", pDIB+40, "Uint", NumGet(oi,20), "Uint", NumGet(oi,44))
DllCall("GlobalUnlock", "Uint", hDIB)
DllCall("DeleteObject", "Uint", hBitmap)
DllCall("OpenClipboard", "Uint", 0)
DllCall("EmptyClipboard")
DllCall("SetClipboardData", "Uint", 8, "Uint", hDIB)
DllCall("CloseClipboard")
}
Unicode4Ansi(ByRef wString, sString)
{
nSize := DllCall("MultiByteToWideChar", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", &sString, "int", -1, "Uint", 0, "int", 0)
VarSetCapacity(wString, nSize * 2)
DllCall("MultiByteToWideChar", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", &sString, "int", -1, "Uint", &wString, "int", nSize)
Return &wString
}
Ansi4Unicode(pString)
{
nSize := DllCall("WideCharToMultiByte", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", pString, "int", -1, "Uint", 0, "int", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0)
VarSetCapacity(sString, nSize)
DllCall("WideCharToMultiByte", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", pString, "int", -1, "str", sString, "int", nSize, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0)
Return sString
}
Set your hotkeys to execute these labels
Code:
CAPTURE:
Name=%A_Now%
CaptureScreen(0,0,"Screen.PNG")
FileMove, Screen.PNG,E:\My Documents\My Pictures\Screenshots\%Name%.PNG
Return
CAPTURE2:
CoordMode, Mouse, Screen
CaptureScreen(3,0,"Screen.PNG")
Name=%A_Now%
FileMove, Screen.PNG,E:\My Documents\My Pictures\Screenshots\%Name%.PNG
CoordMode, Mouse, Relative
Return
The first Capture mode is full screen capture.
In the second Capture mode, the screenshot will be between two coordinates which define top-left and bottom -right. Trigger the hotkey with the mouse at the top left position of the area you want to capture and move the mouse within 5 seconds to the bottom right of the area you want to capture.
Simply replace .PNG with .JPG or .BMP in the labels if you want that format and the function will capture to that format (sent as the sFile value).
You can easily adapt this to capture windows instead by changing the aRect value or whether you want the mouse to be captured or not through the bCursor value.
The name of each screenshot is the time of capture
The jpeg capture quality can be changed.
Refer to the discussion thread for details (link posted above)