Preventing screen capture hot key combinations

[Terry Judd]

On 20/08/2013, at 4:28 PM, "Scott Rossi" <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> Ah, perhaps an external would be the way to go then.
> 
> And BTW, nice word of the day: invigilated
> Never heard this one before.

Sounds a bit like a probe could be involved.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/19/13 11:13 PM, "Terry Judd" <terry.judd at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Scott - it's for running MCQ tests where the questions and responses
>> need to be protected (medical progress testing). The tests will be run in
>> an invigilated environment but we're looking to minimize the potential
>> for copying as much as possible. There is a commercial solution that uses
>> a customized 'locked down' browser that purports to prevent screen
>> capture but it's pretty expensive.
>> 
>> Hiding the app on suspend works well and I can easily empty the
>> clipboard, but the hot key thing is a definite barrier.
>> 
>> Terry...
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On 20/08/2013, at 3:12 PM, "Scott Rossi" <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Even if you could get this to work, I'm not sure what good it would do.
>>> If LiveCode is active but is not the foreground application, screenshots
>>> would still be possible.  There are also probably a dozen third party
>>> screen capture tools as well.  You might be able to hide the application
>>> (or somehow alter the display) if it's not the foreground app, but is
>>> this
>>> a desirable user experience?  Plus, there's always the photo/video of
>>> the
>>> screen option.
>>> 
>>> If you're trying to protect whatever you're displaying on the screen,
>>> perhaps you could consider something like a watermark.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Scott Rossi
>>> Creative Director
>>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 8/19/13 8:37 PM, "Terry Judd" <terry.judd at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Is it possible to prevent the system screen capture hot key
>>>> combinations
>>>> from operating while a LC app is active? I'm thinking OSX here in
>>>> particular but I'd need a cross-platform (Mac + Windows) solution.
>>>> 
>>>> On OSX, I can detect whether the command and shift keys are depressed
>>>> OK
>>>> but the system get the info first so the screen capture still happens.
>>>> 
>>>> External?
>>>> 
>>>> Terry...
>>>> 
>>>> Dr Terry Judd
>>>> Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
>>>> Medical Education Unit
>>>> Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
>>>> The University of Melbourne
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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