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Re: GUI screen capture?


  • Subject: Re: GUI screen capture?
  • From: Bill White <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:25:17 -0400

On 9/27/04 4:52 PM, Paul Robinson <email@hidden> wrote:

> Screen capture is part of loginwindow.app, not Finder. You cannot GUI script a
> screen capture.
>
> You'd get better results with
>
> --code begins
> do shell script "screencapture ~/Desktop/capture.pdf"
> --code ends

Thanks Paul and Steve. I know about "screencapture" but just wondered why
System Events' "keystroke" doesn't work for such a simple thing. Seems
counterintuitive to me.

Thanks again!

Bill


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