Offscreen Screencapture? <-- issues that affect image rendering

Scott Rossi scott at tactilemedia.com
Fri Feb 3 16:22:38 EST 2006


Recently, Phil Davis wrote:

>>>> I'm batting around the issue of screen capture on Windows again and am
>>>> wondering if anyone has found a way to capture offscreen content (ie a
>>>> stack
>>>> with loc set to -1000,-1000).  This works fine on MacOSX but using the same
>>>> standard import snapshot routine fails on Windows (XP).
>>> 
>>> Did you try this tip:
>>> 
>>> http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/tips/imag007.htm
>> 
>> 
>> This is godlike, Ken -- works perfectly.  Thanks so much (and to Brian of
>> course).

> "Godlike" is good enough for me! I can make this solution work for me too.

Not only does it work on XP but on OSX 3.9 as well (tested on 2 machines).
I know earlier versions of OSX/Rev were said to cause problems, but it seems
to work as expected here on both platforms, thus this tip really *is*
godlike.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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