Command line version

[woofwoofwoofwoof]

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This is so useful. I would like to use it from an R programme, which I can do but it would be much simpler if there was a command-line version.

[EslaMx7]

@woofwoofwoofwoof Thanks for the feedback, really appreciated. A very good idea, but could you explain more your use-case? a pseudo example will be great.

[woofwoofwoofwoof]

I wish to capture a screen shot from a programme (R for me) and manipulate the image. In R there are library functions to read jpg or png files. The image I want is actually of a web browser window so that I can check the zoom level of the web browser. The way I am doing this now is from R:

1. Sending a Windows Shift s and a mouse click to get a screenshot into the clipboard
2. Invoke mspaint.exe with an argument of an existing image file
3. Sending it Ctrl v (paste)
4. Sending it Ctrl s (save -overwrite the existing file)
5. Sending it a filename
6. Sending it Alt F4 (close)
7. Then I read in the image file

I have done this with MSpaint and I could use your utility instead of MS-paint by feeding it keyboard input.

What would be nice is PasteIntoFile.exe C:\data\screenshot.png that would do steps 2-6 in one go. The reason I suggest commandline is because it would be easy to write a wrapper in any language to invoke it with a system() call. Obviously a library call would be even better, and R can invoke functions written in other languages such as C, Java. Many R libraries are simply wrappers of existing libraries written in other languages. But a command line is a lot easier for you and quite general.

Regards, Garry

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@woofwoofwoofwoofhttps://github.com/woofwoofwoofwoof Thanks for the feedback, really appreciated. A very good idea, but could you explain more your use-case? a pseudo example will be great.

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[EslaMx7]

@woofwoofwoofwoof Got it, Thanks for the explanation, will make sure to have the CLI support in the next release.

[woofwoofwoofwoof]

Terrific!

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@woofwoofwoofwoofhttps://github.com/woofwoofwoofwoof Got it, Thanks for the explanation, will make sure to have the CLI support in the next release.

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[tfachmann]

I have the exact same use-case so I can embedd it in a script to automate my workflow (and not needing any user interface). Unfortunately I have no clue about Windows development, so I cannot assit you with a PR.

My suggestion would be a --headless or --save argument so the GUI is not opened, but it is immediately saved.

What is the current status here?