use-revolution Digest, Vol 13, Issue 34

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, Eric Engle  wrote:

>>> I would like to be able to take a picture of a card
>>> and save it to the
>>> clipboard.
>>> 
>>> I do not want to do this from applescript (cross
>>> platform thing).
>>> 
> 
>> Hi Eric,
> 
>> Take a look at the 'import snapshot' and 'export
>> snapshot' commands ; I'm sure that between those two
>> you can create an image control with all the data ;
>> then you can 'set the clipboardData[]' to update the
>> clipboard.
> 
> Thank you for trying but that is not a solution; I do not want to export only
> the image but an image of the card.
> 
> For example, suppose I have 2 images on the card at different locs. Your
> method
> would not work - and one cannot export paint with a background (I tried
> grouping the images to see what would happen. Nope, not possible).
> 
> I don't just need to export an image or images, but rather their relative
> positions to each other. It would also be nice if the image exported could
> include pictures of fields and buttons.

If I understand you correctly, snapshot is indeed what you want -- it grabs
the contents of an on-screen rect you specify, not a specific image.
Grouping of objects is irrelevant.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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