Preventing screen capture hot key combinations

[Scott Rossi]

Ah, perhaps an external would be the way to go then.

And BTW, nice word of the day: invigilated
Never heard this one before.

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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