ScreenKap v 2.1 - Command-line Screen Capture

by Jim Lawless ( jimbo@radiks.net )

You may download the trial version of ScreenKap here:
http://www.mailsend-online.com/screenkap.zip

ScreenKap.exe is a command-line program that will capture the current active Windows screen as an image to a file in either JPEG, Windows Bitmap, or PNG formats.

ScreenKap is a console-mode application. A GUI counterpart to ScreenKap ( ScreenKapWin ) is also provided. ScreenKapWin can be used where the console screen should not be visibly displayed in the captured window.

( This document was last updated on February 27, 2011. )

Table of Contents

Paying for ScreenKap

System Requirements

Restrictions

How to Contact Me

Other Software

Using ScreenKap

ScreenKap -file test.jpg

You should see a new file in the same directory with the name test.jpg. Use your preferred graphics viewer to look at the file. You might just type:

start test.jpg

...to try to view the file.

ScreenKap accepts up to three pairs of parameters:

• -file followed by the filename you'd like to use. ScreenKap uses the file extension to determine the output file type. ".bmp" will save as a Windows bitmap. ".jpg" will jave as a JPEG. ".png" will save as a PNG. When the format is unknown, ScreenKap will save as a Windows bitmap file as a default with the default filename "default.bmp".

• -qual followed by a number from 1 to 100 (inclusive). This parameter allows you to specify the JPEG quality where 1 is the lowest quality and 100 is the highest. The default is 50.

• -prog followed by either the digit zero or the digit one. This parameter specifies whether or not you'd like the output file to be saves as a progressive JPEG. By specifying 1, it will save as a progressive JPEG. The default is 0.

ScreenKap -file test.jpg -qual 40 -prog 1

ScreenKap v2.1 Copyright (c) 2010
by Jim Lawless http://www.mailsend-online.com
( Unregistered evaluation copy )

Writing test.jpg as a JPG : quality = 40, progressive.

Paying for ScreenKap

You may try ScreenKap and ScreenKapWin for up to 30 days at no cost. You must pay the registration fee if you continue to ScreenKap or ScreenKapwin after 30 days.

The registration for a single license of ScreenKap/ScreenKapWin is $20 in U.S. funds. This will allow one person to use ScreenKap.exe or ScreenKapWin.exe on a single PC.

Please contact Jim Lawless via e-mail to discuss bulk-licensing/site-licensing or to discuss redistribution licenses allowing you to distribute the exe with your software.

To register ScreenKap/ScreenKapWin, please visit this link:

http://sites.fastspring.com/mailwrench/product/screenkap

System Requirements

ScreenKap should function on any 32-bit Windows OS from Win95 to Windows 7. Please contact me if you have issues on a particular operating-system and we'll work them out.

ScreenKap.exe needs no runtimes other than the bundled _ISource.dll library.

You'll notice a "nag" watermark message in the images that are saved in the trial edition of ScreenKap. This message is not present in the registered version.

The trial software will stop functioning after about 30 days.

ScreenKap does not write to ( nor read from ) the Windows registry. The only files written to are the graphics files specified on the command-line.

ScreenKap does not require any installation process nor does it require an un-installation process. Just delete the files if you choose not to register.

Restrictions

You may not redistribute ScreenKap.exe unless you purchase a redistribution license.

You may not decompile nor disassemble ScreenKap.exe.

How to Contact Me

Please feel free to e-mail me at jimbo@radiks.net with your comments, questions, and/or suggestions about the ScreenKap. Please be sure to include the word ScreenKap in the subject line to ensure that I receive your e-mail.

Other Software

I sell other software titles. Each of these can be found on my web site http://www.mailsend-online.com

MailWrench
MailWrench is a command-line SMTP/SMTPS ( SMTP over SSL ) Internet e-mail transmission utility.

MailWrench is a tool that provides the ability to send e-mail from batch files, scripts, executable programs, or any tool capable of running a secondary program. Samples include sending mail through Google's GMail service.

Price: $20 in U.S. funds