From: Emil Sandin <esandin@...>
Date: 2007-03-12T21:51:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Print screen with win32api

Daniele Alessandri wrote:
> On 3/12/07, Emil Sandin <esandin@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> mac. Since there is a "print screen"-button on the keyboard, I guess
>> that it should be possible to use win32api to fake a klick on the
>> keyboard button, and then somehow save the image to disk.
> 
> 
> Try installing Win32::Screenshot (
> http://rubyforge.org/projects/win32screenshot/) and launching the 
> following
> script:
> 
> 
> require 'win32screenshot'
> 
> width, height, bitmap = Win32::Screenshot.desktop
> File.open('test.bmp', 'wb') { |file| file.write(bitmap) }
> 
> 
> You can find more examples in the test folder after installing the gem 
> file.

Wow, that sounds exactly right, Thank you!

/Emil

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