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screenshot grabber and attaching hooks

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First post, by marcin_cylke

Posted on 2013-12-02, 09:00

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Is it possible to attach external programs (scripts, etc) to an event? I specifically mean screen capture event. I'd like to have an action executed when a screenshot is taken, so it would require dosbox to pass at least screenshot filename to the hook.

If this is not possible now, would it be desirable to add such a change to dosbox?

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Marcin

Reply 1 of 3, by Harekiet

Posted on 2013-12-02, 09:06

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Create a program that watches for new files in the capture directory and does it's magic when a new one appears

Reply 2 of 3, by marcin_cylke

Posted on 2013-12-02, 09:21

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Great suggestion. Although a bit of a hack 😀

Reply 3 of 3, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2013-12-02, 10:13

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Sounds complicated to implement across all supported platforms, and would probably only appeal to a smallish segment of users.

So, I think Harekiet's suggestion is an excellent one. You can find a fair number of threads in this area of the forum about using AutoIt to do various automation tasks.

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