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What exactly does this program do?
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First, VCLiP reads a list of variables from a text file. Then it uses each item on the list in turn to run an application or command line utility. The current variable from the list is passed on the command line. Once the application is done, the next variable is used to call the application again. This is repeated for every variable in the list.

VCLiP takes a redundant procedure that would otherwise have to be done manually many, many times and automates it. Just think if you had to run a utility from inside each of 1000 user folders on a server. It would take you hours! Using VCLiP, you can automate the procedure in a matter of minutes, and it does the work while you do something else.

What are some real-world uses for VCLiP?

* Change permissions on a group of directories so that each user can only see and have access to his specified user directory. Under NT, use the VCLiP and the XCACLS.EXE program from the NT resource kit. For Novell, use VCLiP along with the FLAG.EXE utility.

* Need to execute a command line utility in each of 1500 different directories? No, you won't need to work late, or hire a temp to do the dirty work. Use VCLiP and the DIR command to complete the task in 5 minutes. Just do a DIR /ON /B /AD > Variable.txt to make a file that lists all the directories, then use VCLiP to issue the command in each directory.

* You have 3000 files on a server that you need renamed from 001.TXT, 002.TXT etc to ABC001.TXT, ABC002.TXT and so on. Need you spend days renaming files? Nope. Try about 10 minutes, with VCLiP and a simple batch file.

* You need to process a few hundred text files each day by executing GREP or a similar utility on each one. Unfortunately, the names of the files are always changing, so you can't even write a batch file to process them. Use VCLiP to solve the problem!

This gives me an idea; there are obviously tons of utilities out there that are simple enough to be completely rewritten and/or improved in AHK

Capture of Windows to Image Files

The capture of displayed windows to image files can be done by any number of avaialble utility programs, including the use of the Alt-PrintScreen mechanism of Windows 9x itself. The grab.exe command line utility is still another capture program that is adapted for use with Tcl/Tk scripts.

Command format

The general format of the command line call to this application is:

grab -c -h -l -p -r -w -t title -f name -d value

where the options have the following uses:
-c Places the output on the clipboard
-h Displays a help message
-l Produces a list of the windows that can be captured
-r Specifies that child windows should be included
-w Specifies that both client and non client window regions should be captured
-t Specified the window title of the target window
-f Specifies a file name for the captured image
-d Specifies a color depth for the captured image (1,4,8 or 24)
-p Causes the target window to pop up to the top the display stack

BTW: Still looking for a plain tiny command line screen capture tool !