Despite searching online for a VBScript that captures a screenshot and saves to a jpeg, all I found were incomplete answers.
You'd think such a common request would have many answers - how hard can it be to do a screen capture and save with VBScript, a scripting language that's been around forever? Every time a QTP script runs you'd think the answer would be in use.
Well, maybe it is at least in some form or other. What I didn't find was a clear answer, a working example on any forum or a solid code snippet proven to have worked. I did find the question being asked way back in 2005, no clear answer in 10 years? Forget that. Look no further, here's the script!
But first... a caveat or two
As with all things VBScript, it's great to have the facility to do automation using it (on a Windows system) but it's often a little unpredictable. I've found that this script works on some machines but not others. It's possible to assess what version of Windows OS you have and the patch level, the WIndows Script Host version, browser, etc. but despite this I can't see a correlation.
Exactly why this is I've not been able to work out, feel free to leave your own research and comments!
The 2nd caveat is for this script you'll need Microsoft Word installed. I'm sure you can find a way around this but as most business Windows systems have office I've gone for using it.
OK, here's the script in it's complete form:
Option Explicit
' ------- Declare the variables -----------------
Dim oIE, WshShell
' ------- Wait until the webpage is loaded --------------
Sub WaitForLoad
Do While oIE.Busy
WScript.Sleep 500
Loop
End Sub
' ------- Blocks of code for the test steps -------------
Sub OpenPaint
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "mspaint"
WScript.Sleep 5000
End Sub
Sub OpenIEAndGoToGoogle
Set oIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
oIE.Visible = True
oIE.Navigate "https://www.google.co.uk"
Call WaitForLoad
End Sub
Sub ActivateIE
WshShell.AppActivate "Google - Internet Explorer"
WScript.Sleep 1000
End Sub
Sub TakeScreenShot
Set Wshshell = CreateObject("Word.Basic")
WshShell.SendKeys "(%{1068})" 'Screenshots the currently active window, not the whole screen
WScript.Sleep 1000
End Sub
Sub ActivatePaintAndSaveTheImage
WshShell.AppActivate "Untitled - Paint"
WScript.Sleep 1500
WshShell.sendkeys "^(v)"
WScript.Sleep 1500
WshShell.sendkeys "^(s)"
WScript.Sleep 1500
WshShell.sendkeys "testing.jpg"
WScript.Sleep 1500
WshShell.sendkeys "%(s)"
WScript.Sleep 1500
End Sub
Sub ClosePaintAndIE
WshShell.AppClose "Paint"
WScript.Sleep 1500
WshShell.AppClose "Google - Internet Explorer"
WScript.Sleep 1500
End Sub
' ------- Call the Blocks of code ----------------
Call OpenPaint
Call OpenIEAndGoToGoogle
Call ActivateIE
Call TakeScreenShot
Call ActivatePaintAndSaveTheImage
Call ClosePaintAndIE
As you'll see, this is split into a series of subs for testing purposes. It's easier to control the flow of execution and see the blocks of code. Of course you could just have it as a single block of code to run.
The assumption above is that you have IE open in Google, but you can navigate where ever you want to go.
A critical point - the app's (e.g. IE or Paint) window will NOT be found unless you get that name absolutely correct. A way to do this is to [ctrl] + [alt] + [del] then select task manager or hit [Win key] + [r] and type 'taskmgr' - then look carefully at the window/app name.
Hope the above works for you!
Look out for the next post where we'll use this and the Include method we discussed in another post, to create a simple Automation Framework with VBScript.
Mark.
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