ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK – VBScript and VB6 – Take Screenshots On Click

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ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK – VBScript and VB6 – Take Screenshots On Click

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These source code samples are listed and grouped by their programming language and functions they use. ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK was made to help with take screenshots on click in VBScript and VB6. 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.

Fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Screen Capturing SDK for VBScript and VB6 plus the instruction and the VBScript and VB6 code below will help you quickly learn take screenshots on click. 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. Test VBScript and VB6 sample code examples whether they respond your needs and requirements for the project.

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CaptureScreenAndTakeScreenshotsOnClick.vbs

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

' set output video file name to .WMV or .AVI file
capturer.OutputFileName = "EntireScreenCaptured.wmv" 

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

' output video width
capturer.OutputWidth = 640

' output video height
capturer.OutputHeight = 480

' 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


' set the screenshot saving mode type: 0=none (default), 1=onmouseclick, 2=ontimer, 3=manual (using TakeScreenshot() method only)
capturer.ScreenshotSavingType = 1 ' take screenshots on mouse click

' set output folder for the screenshots
set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
' directory in which this script is currently running
CurrentDirectory = fso.GetAbsolutePathName(".")
capturer.ScreenshotOutputFolder = CurrentDirectory ' set output folder to the current one

' set image format for the screenshots (png = 0, bmp = 1)
capturer.ScreenshotImageFormat = 0


MsgBox "This script will record 640x480 video from entire screen for 10 seconds. Output video will go to EntireScreenCaptured.wmv"

' 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


' you may also make manual screenshots
capturer.TakeScreenshot "screenshot1.png"


' wait for 10 seconds (10000 msec)
WScript.Sleep(10000)

' stop capturing
capturer.Stop()

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