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Re: Gettng a widget screenshot? [message #21644]

Thu, 07 September 2000 00:48

Martin Schultz
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"J.D. Smith" wrote:
>
> David Fanning wrote:
>>
>> Richard Tyc (richt@sbrc.umanitoba.ca) writes:
>>
>>> I am thinking I am missing something simple here but I checked tvrd() and
>>> widget_info and can't seem to find a way to get the current image of the
>>> onscreen widget. ie. I have a base widget filled with Draw, sliders, buttons
>>> etc and I want to get a snapshot at full screen resoution of the realized
>>> base widget. I am also using Object graphics for the Draw windows. I
>>> thought by getting the geometry from widget_info(wbasewidget, /Geometry) I
>>> could specify to tvrd() where to get the image (xo,yo,xsize,ysize) , but
>>> tvrd works on Windows, not widgets(with windows in them) I guess. (ie. when
>>> I try this, tvrd pops up a blank 640x512 window (1/4 screen size from my
>>> preferences) and returns a blank image array?)
>>>
>>> Any ideas ? I am trying to animate how my application looks to the user. I
>>> am using Windows NT4 and IDL 5.3.
>>
>> HyperSnap-DX. About $25. One of the most useful pieces
>> of software I own.
>>
>> http://www.hyperionics.com/
>>
>
> Hate to be an open-source snob... Linux + xwd. About $0. I like:
>
> xwd -frame | convert - mywidget.gif
>
... or import (an ImageMagick tool). This may even be available for
Windows as well ??

Martin

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		Re: Gettng a widget screenshot? By: Martin Schultz on Thu, 07 September 2000 00:48
		Re: Gettng a widget screenshot? By: Peter Mason on Wed, 06 September 2000 13:49
		Re: Gettng a widget screenshot? By: davidf on Wed, 06 September 2000 13:29
		Re: Gettng a widget screenshot? By: John-David T. Smith on Wed, 06 September 2000 13:22
		Re: Gettng a widget screenshot? By: Liam E. Gumley on Wed, 06 September 2000 13:04
		Re: Gettng a widget screenshot? By: davidf on Wed, 06 September 2000 12:28

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