[SLUG] Initial thoughts on screen capture from Windows app

Martin Webb martin at webb.lcbroadband.co.uk
Sun Nov 25 13:37:01 GMT 2007


John Allsopp wrote:
> John Allsopp wrote:
>> Hiya
>>
>> I've just installed a Windows app (that required a .net download) onto 
>> my XP machine and I'd like to be able to send a screenshot from that 
>> to my webserver every minute or so.
>>
>> I can do the sending to webserver thing (I do that with my webcam), 
>> I'm just wondering how best to capture the window the app's displaying.
>>
>> Can this be done in Windows, or would I actually be better running it 
>> in Linux (my preference, obviously). So in Linux if I run whatever the 
>> mock Windows app is called, would I be able to grab a screenshot? And 
>> how would I do that in Linux?
>>
>> Just outline thoughts atm, I just wondered what's out there.
>>
>> Cheers
>> J
> 
> Is that it then, does this list no longer function like this? Or does 
> no-one know how to do it? Or do I smell?
> 
> J

I do not know anything about screen capture in Linux.  Does that help?
Hey, gd 2 hear from you, man!
Martin




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