I couldn't find a script, so I put this together. It runs in System Tray.
Press
Win + PrtScr to capture screenshot as a JPG.
What happens when you press the hot-key?
1. Folder
PrintScreen is created (in the same folder as location of
the ahk script).
2. In this folder, screenshot is saved as
img_####.jpg.
Download ready-to-use exe:
This script has been compiled.
Or, here is the code:
Code:
/*
* 1. Keep script running.
* 2. Limit to one running copy.
* 3. Run script without pauses.
*/
#Persistent
#SingleInstance ignore
SetBatchLines, 10ms
/*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Use hotkey: Win + PrtScr
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
#PrintScreen::
/*
* Create folder.
*/
IfNotExist, PrintScreen
{
FileCreateDir, PrintScreen
}
/*
* Reset counter.
*/
countLoop := 1
/*
* Repeat until we have unused name for file.
*/
loopFileName:
/*
* Reset string.
*/
countLoopString := countLoop
/*
* Add leading zeroes to string.
*/
loopStringAddZeroes:
if (StrLen(countLoopString) < 4)
{
countLoopString := "0" countLoopString
Goto, loopStringAddZeroes
}
/*
* Form the name of new file.
*/
newFileName := "PrintScreen\img_" countLoopString ".jpg"
/*
* Check if file name is taken.
*/
IfExist, % newFileName
{
countLoop++
Goto, loopFileName
}
/*
* Capture screenshot.
*/
CaptureScreen(0, False, newFileName, 100)
return
/*
* If the script goes this far...
*/
Exit
/*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Screen Capture with Transparent Windows and Mouse Cursor:
* http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic18146.html
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CaptureScreen(aRect, bCursor, sFileTo, nQuality)
1) If the optional parameter bCursor is True, captures the cursor too.
2) If the optional parameter sFileTo is 0, set the image to Clipboard.
If it is omitted or "", saves to screen.bmp in the script folder,
otherwise to sFileTo which can be BMP/JPG/PNG/GIF/TIF.
3) The optional parameter nQuality is applicable only when sFileTo is JPG. Set it to the desired quality level of the resulting JPG, an integer between 0 - 100.
4) If aRect is 0/1/2/3, captures the entire desktop/active window/active client area/active monitor.
5) aRect can be comma delimited sequence of coordinates, e.g., "Left, Top, Right, Bottom" or "Left, Top, Right, Bottom, Width_Zoomed, Height_Zoomed".
In this case, only that portion of the rectangle will be captured. Additionally, in the latter case, zoomed to the new width/height, Width_Zoomed/Height_Zoomed.
Example:
CaptureScreen(0)
CaptureScreen(1)
CaptureScreen(2)
CaptureScreen(3)
CaptureScreen("100, 100, 200, 200")
CaptureScreen("100, 100, 200, 200, 400, 400") ; Zoomed
Convert:
Convert(sFileFr, sFileTo, nQuality)
Convert("C:\image.bmp", "C:\image.jpg")
Convert("C:\image.bmp", "C:\image.jpg", 95)
Convert(0, "C:\clip.png") ; Save the bitmap in the clipboard to sFileTo if sFileFr is "" or 0.
*/
;CaptureScreen()
;Return
CaptureScreen(aRect = 0, bCursor = False, sFile = "", nQuality = "")
{
If !aRect
{
SysGet, nL, 76
SysGet, nT, 77
SysGet, nW, 78
SysGet, nH, 79
}
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
{
VarSetCapacity(mi, 40, 0)
DllCall("GetCursorPos", "int64P", pt)
DllCall("GetMonitorInfo", "Uint", DllCall("MonitorFromPoint", "int64", pt, "Uint", 2), "Uint", NumPut(40,mi)-4)
nL := NumGet(mi, 4, "int")
nT := NumGet(mi, 8, "int")
nW := NumGet(mi,12, "int") - nL
nH := NumGet(mi,16, "int") - nT
}
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, nQuality), 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 = "", nQuality = "")
{
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,0)
DllCall("gdiplus\GdipGetImageEncoders", "Uint", nCount, "Uint", nSize, "Uint", &ci)
Loop, % nCount
If InStr(Ansi4Unicode(NumGet(ci,76*(A_Index-1)+44)), "." . sExtTo)
{
pCodec := &ci+76*(A_Index-1)
Break
}
If InStr(".JPG.JPEG.JPE.JFIF", "." . sExtTo) && nQuality<>"" && pImage && pCodec
{
DllCall("gdiplus\GdipGetEncoderParameterListSize", "Uint", pImage, "Uint", pCodec, "UintP", nSize)
VarSetCapacity(pi,nSize,0)
DllCall("gdiplus\GdipGetEncoderParameterList", "Uint", pImage, "Uint", pCodec, "Uint", nSize, "Uint", &pi)
Loop, % NumGet(pi)
If NumGet(pi,28*(A_Index-1)+20)=1 && NumGet(pi,28*(A_Index-1)+24)=6
{
pParam := &pi+28*(A_Index-1)
NumPut(nQuality,NumGet(NumPut(4,NumPut(1,pParam+0)+20)))
Break
}
}
If pImage
pCodec ? DllCall("gdiplus\GdipSaveImageToFile", "Uint", pImage, "Uint", Unicode4Ansi(wFileTo,sFileTo), "Uint", pCodec, "Uint", pParam) : 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
}
/*
*====================================================================================
* END OF FILE
*====================================================================================
*/
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print screen, screen shot, screenshot, save screen shot as jpeg, save
screenshot as jpg, save printscreen as jpg, capture screenshot as jpg,
capture printscreen as jpeg
Sorry to post in such an old thread, but I can't get this to work. The PrintScreen folder is created, but no images are saved there, no matter what I do. Any thoughts/help?