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I'm sure thats how it should be to take a screen shot picture with AHK but for some reason it doesn't actually show a picture file but I get the message "cannot create preview" or something as such when I go to view it. However if I manually open the file with notepad HOLY MOLEY does it ever have a ton of ascii garb all over. Am I missing something.. perhaps this is not possible but if it is and you guys know how to do it properly I'd love to know

DANKA!

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Maybe its possible to convert the image to disk via the "Print To File"-option?! (BrainDump, might be pure nonsense )

btw: that could be of interest as well (for Chris&friends with source code) - [ClipboardImageArchiver]

[Save Picture from Clipboard to file]

Sample for an optional AHK feature ?

[Capture Screen to Clipboard including dropdown menu
] C++ with source.

Try this code, it'd save the picture using Paint (.bmp file)
you can replace it with any program you like to use that may support more formats (Jpg). But maybe you'll need to change the send commands.
Hotkeys used in the script are:
Ctrl+F8 ...... capture and save
Esc............. exit


I hope that could do what you want.

BoBo, thanks for the code, but neither one is suitable. The first is C# and/or .Net, so can't be used due to code bloat and possibly a lack of compatibility on some systems. The second doesn't have any means to save the file to disk.

In spite of this, it's still on the to-do list to provide this capability, I just need to do more research.

Chris wrote: Was just for informational purpose, as often . Thx for your effort.