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[silkcom]

Edit: changed the title to more fully reflect what i'm looking for.
Is it possible to do an imagesearch (or the equivalent) on an embedded browser object (ie or firefox should be ok) while it's not currently visible?

Another option would be to be able to read what a pixel is at the given point on the object and create a "screenshot" of it and then do an imagesearch on the screenshot.


Original:
I'm wondering if it's possible to get a screenshot of an embedded IE without it being visible.

Example: I have a website open in my embedded IE and I want to take a screenshot of it while it's minimized.

Does anyone have any ideas on how this may be possible? (Obviously by screenshot here I only mean a picture of what it would look like)

[tank]

none that i am aware of
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[silkcom]

It would be equally as helpful to be able to do an image search on the browser that's hidden, but I would think that would be equally as difficult.

[RTFM.]

[silkcom]

because i want to know if an image is inside the browser without having the browser be visible.

For example (this isn't what im using this for, but is a simple example): I have a page that runs flash, and it pops up an icon everytime I have new mail. I'd like to do a msgbox every time that icon appears.

As far as I know I can't use javascript on the flash to search for the code to see if the icon is visible, so currently I do an image search for the icon and when it's found I msgbox, but it's annoying to have to have the window visible all the time.

[RTFM.]

So its for a game, right?

[silkcom]

i'm trying to decide why what i'm using it for matters. It's for looking for an image in a browser window that isn't currently visible (but that the window is inside an autohotkey script (assuming this helps))

[RTFM.]

Let's have another try: So its for a game, right? YES? or NO?

[chemish]

I am interested in this as well. The use i am thinking of is for a game but does that make a difference? The code would be the same right? Do you know or not know a way to do this?

[silkcom]

wow, if it matters then let's assume that i'm not using it for a game, but that chemish is. Because if it does matter then i'm sure i'll be using it for both. I like to write AHK's that parse through websites that I visit often and grab the info that I care about.