Screenshot Application - Help me!

[chrilley]

Yo,

Now I'm making a screenshot application. But I ran into a problem. My application won't detect any key presses while the application is in-active or minimized. I would like it to, since I want to press a button like "Home" and then the Screen Capture Object saves a screen for me. Any ideas?

Chris

[raytrace]

There is no way around this unless the virtual key object is being converted

[jayklik]

What about enabling the "Run When Minimized" option?

[chrilley]

I tried that, but my application still won't detect any buttons pressed.

[Cybergraph]

Instead of "minimize", try with "hide" the application.

In MMF1,5 works.

[chrilley]

That didn't work for me either. Even as hidden the application will lose it's focus once I click outside it's area and then it will cease to detect keys I press.

[Gamerdude]

I made a screenshot app in MMF 1.5 but it used some extensions that I don't think are ported.

- Window Object
- System Tray Object
- Task Priority Object
- Image Manipulation Object (has nothing to do with minimizing)

I did this awhile ago, so I don't quite recall the logic behind it, however...the application is set to always on top, and at the start of the frame to "wake application every 0.03 seconds" and set to low priority. Then, when minimizing, I used the Window Object to minimize, then the System Tray object to halt the minimize command, and finally, the Window Object to hide the window. It may sound dumb, but I recall that if I didn't do it like that, in that particular order, it would not capture the keystroke for capturing. If you want me to send you the app's source that I made, PM me or post back.

[chrilley]

I only have the Window bject for MMF2 out of all those extensions... It seems that MMF2 can't detect any key pressing without having an active window. Will there be an extension for this or is this considered a bug? I think so since it says "Run while minimized", that would mean all the events should run, right? :S

[Gamerdude]

In theory, it sounds like it would work. Maybe it is a glitch, I'm not sure. But like you said, it sounds like it should be doing what you want.

[chrilley]

I agree. Let's hope that it will be added in a later update. <img src="/center/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />