How to easy make a screenshot?

This does one screenshot. you might want to read up on Timers to get it to do more
on a schedule.

doScreenshot: ;<- a callable label
Send, +{PrintScreen} ;<- grabs the desktop puts on clipboard
Run, mspaint.exe ;<- runs the paint pgm to save the image
WinWaitActive, Paint ;<- wait for paint to be active
Send, ^v ;<- paste the image into paint
Sleep 1000 ;<- let it settle
Send {F12} ;<- activate save dialog
Sleep 1000 ;<- let it settle
Send, temp.png ;<- name the file as temp.png
Sleep 1000 ;<- let it settle
Send, {Enter} ;<- activate the save
sleep 1000 ;<- let it settle
WinClose, Paint ;<- close the paint program
return

Do theses steps for each screenshot you want to grab. Change the name of the save file as needed if you want to save more
than one shot at a time. Paint puts it's output in the pictures directory by default. But you could save it anywhere you want..

Main script test.ahk:

#include CaptureScreen.ahk
`::
CaptureScreen("100, 100, 200, 200", False, "D:\test.jpg")

CaptureScreen.ahk:

/* 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(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)

If bShow && hCursor:=DllCall("CopyIcon", "Uint", hCursor)
{
VarSetCapacity(ni, 20, 0)
DllCall("GetIconInfo", "Uint", hCursor, "Uint", &ni)
bIcon := NumGet(ni, 0)
xHotspot := NumGet(ni, 4)
yHotspot := NumGet(ni, 8)
hBMMask := NumGet(ni,12)
hBMColor := NumGet(ni,16)

DllCall("DrawIcon", "Uint", hDC, "int", xCursor - xHotspot - nL, "int", yCursor - yHotspot - nT, "Uint", hCursor)
DllCall("DestroyIcon", "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
}

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