Hi all there,
I like to take a screenshot from within my app. But the command:
If KeyHit(183) Then SaveBuffer(FrontBuffer(),"screenshot.bmp")
halts the program flow for a short moment but save no image at all.
Thank you
lo-tekk
Have you tried saving the backbuffer()? Not sure what you're drawing setup is though?
Thank you for your suggestion, but same result with Backbuffer. The command is nested within the mainloop; Graphics3D initialized, all runs well. Beside of this. Pressing
the key halts the program just like grabbing the image, but
no save to harddrive. Strange.
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It works with another key. Maybe its keyboard driver
related.
Thank You
Key 183 is the "SysReq/Print Screen" key which, under windows, copies a screenshot to the clipboard. This why you get the pause when pressing it.
Different keyboards/drivers mean some of the more obscure keys may not be useable in blitz. It seems key 183 isn't working on your PC.
Sorry to hijack your thread for my own issues, but when I tried to save an image of my game, it saves it, but the player and explosions, and some other images are not in the screenshot. I tried placing it in different parts of my code thinking it was saving before the images were drawn but it still does the same thing. I will try to put it in a different spot, but any suggestions?
Oh, nevermind, I fixed it. It was not between flip and cls
Thank you for all replies. Finally i have changed the key to some more ordinary. Didn't knew about this PRINTSCREEN feature. What a shame ;-)
@Grantyt3: NP