Screenshot.cfg

NAME

SYNOPSIS

AVAILABILITY

DESCRIPTION

FILEFORMAT

The file format is OPTION=VALUE

Between the OPTION , the = and the VALUE are no spaces.

You can comment out any OPTION or completely remove the related setting line to use the default settings.

OPTIONS

OUTPUTDIR

screen capture output directory. The directory specified must exist, else the default directory is used.

Example: OUTPUTDIR=%INSTALLDRIVE%:\data\screenshots

Default: OUTPUTDIR=%INSTALLDIR%\var\db\screenshot

OUTPUTSUBDIR

screen capture subdirectory in output directory. If the sub-directory specified does not exists it is created in the OUTPUTDIR.

Example: OUTPUTSUBDIR=%YEAR%-%MONTH%-%DAY%

Default: OUTPUTSUBDIR=

INTERVAL

automatic capture interval in seconds of the ScreenshotTray command when the related tray menu item is selected.

Example: INTERVAL=10

Default: INTERVAL=5

SOUNDFILE

play a (short) acoustic signal when a screenshot using ScreenshotTray is saved. However, the sound is only played if the 'Acoustic Screenshot Signal' setting is activated in the tray menu item.

Example: SOUNDFILE=%INSTALLDIR%\lib\ScreenshotTray-CLICK.wav

Default: SOUNDFILE=%INSTALLDIR%\lib\ScreenshotTray-WOOSH.wav

EXAMPLES

1) Simple example configuration file

#
# WA2LWinTools/etc/Screenshot.cfg - Configuration file for Screenshot
#
# [00] 18.08.2021 CWa   Initial Version
#

OUTPUTDIR=%INSTALLDRIVE%:\data\screenshots
OUTPUTSUBDIR=%YEAR%-%MONTH%-%DAY%
INTERVAL=10

SEE ALSO

NOTES

The following variables can be additionally used for ScreenshotTray in the configuration file: %SYSTEMROOT%, %APPDATA%, %LOCALAPPDATA%, %HOMEDRIVE% and %HOMEPATH%.

Furthermore ScreenshotTray understands labels (see: lpath(3)) in the OUTPUTDIR and SOUNDFILE settings.

BUGS

AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.