makeScreenshot in .exe file

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Hi I want to know if the makeScreenshot script works in a executable file. I tryed to run, but it did not make any screen shot, just when I run it with blender. is that right?

Thanks.

2

hrm, that is interesting

even dynamic runtimes do not seem to

(or at least a place where I can find it, or print any error stuff (with -c))

my script specified an absolute path btw

3

Did you make sure the path already exists? makeScreenshot() will not create any new folders, so if the directory doesn’t exist the screenshot won’t be saved.

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directory = “/home/knoppix/programas/blender/arma/”
filename = “tela%04d.tga” % owner.frame
if tela.isPositive():
Rasterizer.makeScreenshot(directory + filename)
owner.frame += 1

I’m using this code under linux.

Cu.

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my code was a lot more simple, but as I said, it doesn’t work

import Rasterizer
Rasterizer.makeScreenshot("C:\	emp\\screen.tga")
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Are there any solutions to this matter?

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hhmm this is very interesting.

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hmm, i think mehbe the makeScreenshot() command Uses the Blender module, and the Blender module is disabled in .exe`s right?

I cant see anny other reasons.(i think it uses the blender module, just “thinking”)

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Yes u are right, the solucion is to call an external program that will take the screenshoot.

10

yea just as i suspected ok maby not lol.

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NorJ’s right the makeScreenshot() command uses the Blender module whuch is disabled in exe’s. Saluk worte about an external program that could be used to make a screenshot - I know coz I asked this question a while back. It’s here in this forum somewhere.