ScreenshotRect

This function will take snapshot of the area of the screen described by the first four Parameters.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
Left	Left	100
Top	Top	100
Width	Width of the rectangle	200
Height	Height of Rectangle	200
Format	File Format. Currently only JPEG supported.	JPEG
Quality	The quality of the image	90
File Name	The desired file name. The image is not written to disk. This file name is just added to the container for later export.	Test File.jpg

Result

Returns the image as a container value so you can assign it to a container.

Description

Examples

Capture a portion of the screen to a JPEG

Let(
[
/*-----------------PARAMETERS--------------------*/
Left = 100;
Top = 100;
Width = 200;
Height = 200;
Format = "JPEG";
Quality = 90;
File Name = "Test File.jpg"
];
/*-------------------FUNCTION----------------------*/
MBS(
"ScreenshotRect";
Left ;
Top ;
Width ;
Height ;
Format ;
Quality ;
File Name
)
)

Capture an area of screen as picture:

Set Field [ test::test ; MBS( "ScreenshotRect"; 100; 100; 400; 300; "JPEG"; 90; "screenshot.jpg" ) ]

See also

• Container.WriteFile

Blog Entries

• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 13.1pr6
• MBS Filemaker Plugin Overview

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 18th April 2022

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