ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK – VBScript and VB6 – Pause And Resume Screen Video Recording

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ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK – VBScript and VB6 – Pause And Resume Screen Video Recording

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pause and resume screen video recording in VBScript and VB6 and ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK

Make pause and resume screen video recording in VBScript and VB6

Tutorial on how to do pause and resume screen video recording in VBScript and VB6

On this page you will learn from code samples for programming in VBScript and VB6. Pause and resume screen video recording in VBScript and VB6 can be implemented with ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK. ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK is the SDK for developers for quick implementation of screen video recording. The SDK records screen into video or into a series of screenshots. Can also record audio. Saves video into AVI,WMV and Google’s WebM. Output video quality, size, resolution or framerate can be adjusted easily. Provides additional tools for privacy features like blacking out on scren areas with sensitive information on screen right during recording. Supports web camera as input and can add instant text and images into video output.

This rich sample source code in VBScript and VB6 for ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK includes the number of functions and options you should do calling the API to implement pause and resume screen video recording. In order to implement this functionality, you should copy and paste code below into your app using code editor. Then compile and run your application. You can use these VBScript and VB6 sample examples in one or many applications.

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PauseResume.vbs

      ' create video capturer activex object
Set capturer = CreateObject("BytescoutScreenCapturing.Capturer")

' set output video file name (WMV), you can also set to AVI 
capturer.OutputFileName = "PauseAndResume.wmv" 

' set capturing type to the caScreen =3 to capture the entire screen
capturer.CapturingType = 3

' set width of the output video
' capturer.OutputWidth = 1280
' set height of the output video
' capturer.OutputHeight = 720

' uncomment to set Bytescout Lossless Video format output video compression method
' do not forget to set file to .avi format if you use Video Codec Name
' capturer.CurrentVideoCodecName = "Bytescout Lossless"

' uncomment to enable recording of semitransparent or layered windows (Warning: may cause mouse cursor flickering)
' capturer.CaptureTransparentControls = true

MsgBox "This script will record 2 parts video and will merge it automaticaly. Now recording of the first part 3 seconds will start"

' run video capturing 
capturer.Run()

' IMPORTANT: if you want to check for some code if need to stop the recording then make sure you are 
' using Thread.Sleep(1) inside the checking loop, so you have the loop like
' Do 
' Thread.Sleep(1) 
' While StopButtonNotClicked

' wait for 3 seconds (3000 msec)
WScript.Sleep(3000)

' pause video capturing 
capturer.Pause()

MsgBox "The recording was paused. Click OK to resume the recording for another 3 seconds"

' run recording for another 3 seconds
capturer.Run()

' IMPORTANT: if you want to check for some code if need to stop the recording then make sure you are 
' using Thread.Sleep(1) inside the checking loop, so you have the loop like
' Do 
' Thread.Sleep(1) 
' While StopButtonNotClicked

' wait for 3 seconds (3000 msec)
WScript.Sleep(3000)

' finally stop capturing, we should get 6 seconds of the video
capturer.Stop()

MsgBox "The recording is done! Final video will be created now"


' destroy Capturer object so the video will be saved into the disk
Set capturer = Nothing