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Re: PrintScreen key on Mac?

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Subject: Re: PrintScreen key on Mac?
From: Terry Ford <tmford at shaw dot ca>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 17:52:07 -0700
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On 30-Jul-05, at 5:40 PM, Jonathon Bevar wrote:

Thanks as by trail and error I figured out another RB function the Timer...

But I need to know how to set it as it is very slow in response time getting or checking for the key pressed.

This is one of the shortcomings of a Timer as it only runs when there are no other Main threads running. It basically waits for all other code to stop and the computer is in its "Idle" mode waiting for user Input. This can result in a delayed response that you may not be aware of.

To circumvent that, you will actually have to write a real Thread and handle it appropriately. That's considerably more complicated than a Timer though.

I got the MODE set to Multiply, and the Period to that of 10.

Now, will going any lower then 100 make any real difference?

Nope, it just makes the difference between a tenth and a hundredth of a second. That's insignificant if you hold the key down.

I got the Capture code down as Aaron Ballmans code truly help me there, with help of another on here that suggested it to me. I am now going to modify it by making it able to capture the Whole screen or just the highlighted (focused) window that is currently active.

This will help as to making the help screens or just grabbing pics of screen code to view on web sites

As an exercise, you will learn a lot but I'm sure there are many other Screen Capture programs that do the same thing. :)

Regards,

Terry



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