Print Screen Bang?

[ScoobSTi]

Is there such thing as one? I've searched around and all I could find is the Dextop and the virtual desktop plugins. Would making a print screen bang require these plugins, or is there a simpler way?

[JoBu]

I like this question.

2nd'ed.

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[Alex Becherer]

no, there is none.
why should there be one? Rainmeter is for displaying information, not for taking screenshots.

do a Google search for screenshot command line. there are plenty of tools that will do what you have in mind.

[JoBu]

The question was, is there a way to use Rainmeter to take screen shots... I would think there is a shell command or a script we could fire from RM, but I think the OP was asking if it's already a function. No, it is not. Would it be worth considering to the Devs? Maybe. How else do you show off the fancy Rainmeter Desktop you have, if not by taking screen shots?

Building out a bang in RM is easy enough. Might be a good idea to have an easy to add button as a standard option.

Rainmeter is a great tool for customization... we all know that it isn't a replacement for the OS Shell. But adding functionality is almost always a good thing. Certainly worth considering, imho.

//JoBu

[Brian]

What's so hard about hitting the print screen button on your keyboard?
Or Alt+PrintScreen to get the current window (including Rainmeter "windows") ?

-Brian

[Kaelri]

I recommend using boxcutter as an addon. It's only 500 kB, and you can run it with command line parameters:

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LeftMouseUpAction=["#@#Addons\boxcutter.exe" -f]
-- Copies the full screen to the clipboard.

LeftMouseUpAction=["#@#Addons\boxcutter.exe" -f "#CURRENTPATH#screenshot.png"]
-- Saves the full screen to a file.

Given the availability of hundreds of similar tools, I'm not sure we gain much by adding this to Rainmeter as a built-in function. I would not oppose it, however.

[smurfier]

Windows 8 even has the win+print screen hot key option for taking a screen shot.

[ScoobSTi]

I wasn't asking for a whole new bang like "LeftMouseUpAction=!Screenshot" or something like that, I wanted to know if there was a .exe or script that takes screenshots when you press Print Screen.

If there was a path to it, I would write the LeftMouseUpAction to that path, so that it would easily take a screenshot of the desktop.

I should've been more clear.

[Alex Becherer]

actually that is impossible as Rainmeter does not accept keystrokes.

if you want to lauch it with a mouseclick, there are plenty. just try a few and see which you like best. maybe you already have such a tool installed. NirCmd or IrfanView for example.