browser screenshot

M

M

Hello,

I'm looking for a way to get a screenshot of the current browser
(or current tab browser) from a javascript.
Any clue is welcome !

Thanx.
M
 
A

ASM

M a écrit :
Hello,

I'm looking for a way to get a screenshot of the current browser
(or current tab browser) from a javascript.

on my idea : not possible

(perhaps some ActiveX in IE Windows ?)
 
C

cwdjrxyz

M said:
Hello,

I'm looking for a way to get a screenshot of the current browser
(or current tab browser) from a javascript.
Any clue is welcome !

I have no idea how you could do this with javascript. Some OS and
browser combinations have a screen capture feature. However I like the
Gadwin Systems Print Screen that can be downloaded at
http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/?prnscr for free. It will capture a
whole screen, selected portion thereof, or a window. You can store the
capture, print the capture, email the capture etc. The program I
downloaded was easy to use and did not include any unwanted features
such as spyware.
 
M

M

Hello,

I found 2 firefox extensions doing such a thing :
- Fox Pager
- Reveal

I gave a look to the source code but I need some help to
find the location of the 'screenshot'.

Thanx.
M
 
T

The Magpie

M said:
Hello,

I'm looking for a way to get a screenshot of the current browser
(or current tab browser) from a javascript.
Any clue is welcome !
Not going to happen, mate. Just not possible - for instance, I have a
small browser written in LISP which runs on a BBC Micro I keep for bits
of playing about with AI tools.

It happens that I don't allow Javascript in it, but the point is that a
browser *can* be written with pretty much any language, to run on pretty
much any equipment and there is no certainty that equipment (or
language) can do screenshots at all.
 
V

VK

M said:
Hello,

I found 2 firefox extensions doing such a thing :
- Fox Pager

Fox Pager is a weak copy of
I gave a look to the source code but I need some help to
find the location of the 'screenshot'.

You assume that a browser has access to the graphics context produced
by DOM while it doesn't. It is a purely OS domain.

Just prompt Windows users to press Alt+PrintScreen and paste into
Paint. Or write an AxtiveX like one at
<http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=240653>

For Linux users prompt as suggested here
<http://www.sb.fsu.edu/~xray/Manuals/ScreenCapture.html#_Toc125961444>

For MacOS users as suggested here
<http://www.tuaw.com/2005/03/02/mac-n00b-switcher-tip-print-screen/>

Feel free to look for other OS'.
 

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