1 package Imager::Screenshot;
3 use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION @EXPORT_OK);
8 @EXPORT_OK = 'screenshot';
15 # try XSLoader first, DynaLoader has annoying baggage
17 XSLoader::load('Imager::Screenshot' => $VERSION);
21 push @ISA, 'DynaLoader';
22 bootstrap Imager::Screenshot $VERSION;
27 # lose the class if called as a method
28 @_ % 2 == 1 and shift;
41 if (defined $opts{hwnd}) {
43 or die "Win32 driver not enabled\n";
44 $result = _win32($opts{hwnd}, $opts{decor}, $opts{left}, $opts{top},
45 $opts{right}, $opts{bottom});
47 elsif (defined $opts{id}) { # X11 window id
49 or die "X11 driver not enabled\n";
50 $result = _x11($opts{display}, $opts{id}, $opts{left}, $opts{top},
51 $opts{right}, $opts{bottom});
53 elsif ($opts{widget}) {
55 my $top = $opts{widget}->toplevel;
56 my $sys = $top->windowingsystem;
57 if ($sys eq 'win32') {
58 unless (defined &_win32) {
59 Imager->_set_error("Win32 Tk and Win32 support not built");
62 $result = _win32(hex($opts{widget}->id), $opts{decor},
63 $opts{left}, $opts{top}, $opts{right}, $opts{bottom});
65 elsif ($sys eq 'x11') {
66 unless (defined &_x11) {
67 Imager->_set_error("X11 Tk and X11 support not built");
71 my $id_hex = $opts{widget}->id;
73 # is there a way to get the display pointer from Tk?
74 $result = _x11($opts{display}, hex($id_hex), $opts{left}, $opts{top},
75 $opts{right}, $opts{bottom});
78 Imager->_set_error("Unsupported windowing system '$sys'");
84 defined &_win32 ? _win32(0, $opts{decor}, $opts{left}, $opts{top},
85 $opts{right}, $opts{bottom}) :
86 defined &_x11 ? _x11($opts{display}, 0, $opts{left}, $opts{top},
87 $opts{right}, $opts{bottom}) :
88 die "No drivers enabled\n";
92 Imager->_set_error(Imager->_error_as_msg());
96 # RT #24992 - the Imager typemap entry is broken pre-0.56, so
98 return bless { IMG => $result }, "Imager";
110 my $display = _x11_open(@_);
112 Imager->_set_error(Imager->_error_as_msg);
129 Imager::Screenshot - screenshot to an Imager image
133 use Imager::Screenshot 'screenshot';
136 my $img = screenshot();
139 my $img2 = screenshot(hwnd => $hwnd);
142 my $img3 = screenshot(display => $display, id => $window_id);
145 my $display = Imager::Screenshot::x11_open();
146 Imager::Screenshot::x11_close($display);
148 # test for win32 support
149 if (Imager::Screenshot->have_win32) { ... }
151 # test for x11 support
152 if (Imager::Screenshot->have_x11) { ... }
157 Imager::Screenshot captures either a desktop or a specified window and
158 returns the result as an Imager image.
160 Currently the image is always returned as a 24-bit image.
164 =item screenshot hwnd => I<window handle>
166 =item screenshot hwnd => I<window handle>, decor => <capture decorations>
168 Retrieve a screenshot under Win32, if I<window handle> is zero,
171 By default, window decorations are not captured, if the C<decor>
172 parameter is set to true then window decorations are included.
174 =item screenshot id => I<window id>
176 =item screenshot id => I<window id>, display => I<display object>
178 Retrieve a screenshot under X11, if I<id> is zero, capture the root
179 window. I<display object> is a integer version of an X11 C< Display *
180 >, if this isn't supplied C<screenshot()> will attempt connect to the
181 the display specified by $ENV{DISPLAY}.
183 Note: taking a screenshot of a remote display is slow.
185 =item screenshot widget => I<widget>
187 =item screenshot widget => I<widget>, display => I<display>
189 =item screenshot widget => I<widget>, decor => I<capture decorations>
191 Retrieve a screenshot of a Tk widget, under Win32 or X11, depending on
192 how Tk has been built.
194 If Tk was built for X11 then the display parameter applies.
196 If Tk was built for Win32 then the decor parameter applies.
200 If no C<id>, C<hwnd> or C<widget> parameter is supplied:
206 if Win32 support is compiled, return screenshot(hwnd => 0).
210 if X11 support is compiled, return screenshot(id => 0).
218 You can also supply the following parameters to retrieve a subset of
241 If left or top is negative, then treat that as from the right/bottom
244 If right ot bottom is zero or negative then treat as from the
245 right/bottom edge of the window.
247 So setting all 4 values to 0 retrieves the whole window.
249 # a 10-pixel wide right edge of the window
250 my $right_10 = screenshot(left => -10, ...);
252 # the top-left 100x100 portion of the window
253 my $topleft_100 = screenshot(right => 100, bottom => 100, ...);
255 # 10x10 pixel at the bottom right corner
256 my $bott_right_10 = screenshot(left => -10, top => -10, ...);
260 Returns true if Win32 support is available.
264 Returns true if X11 support is available.
266 =item Imager::Screenshot::x11_open
268 =item Imager::Screenshot::x11_open I<display name>
270 Attempts to open a connection to either the display name in
271 $ENV{DISPLAY} or the supplied display name. Returns a value suitable
272 for the I<display> parameter of screenshot, or undef.
274 =item Imager::Screenshot::x11_close I<display>
276 Closes a display returned by Imager::Screenshot::x11_open().
282 screenshot() sets a number of tags in the images it returns, these are:
288 ss_left - the distance between the left side of the window and the
289 left side of the captured area. The same value as the I<left>
290 parameter when that is positive.
294 ss_top - the distance between the top side of the window the top side
295 of the captured area. The same value at the I<top> parameter when
300 ss_window_width - the full width of the window.
304 ss_window_height - the full height of the window.
308 ss_type - the type of capture done, either "Win32" or "X11".
312 To cheaply get the window size you can capture a single pixel:
314 my $im = screenshot(right => 1, bottom => 1);
315 my $window_width = $im->tags(name => 'ss_window_width');
316 my $window_height = $im->tags(name => 'ss_window_height');
320 It's possible to have more than one grab driver available, for
321 example, Win32 and X11, and which is used can have an effect on the
324 Under Win32, if there's a screesaver running, then you grab the
325 results of the screensaver.
327 Grabbing the root window on a rootless server (eg. Cygwin/X) may not
328 grab the background that you see. In fact, when I tested under
329 Cygwin/X I got the xterm window contents even when the Windows
330 screensaver was running. The root window captured appeared to be that
331 generated by my window manager.
333 Grabbing a window with other windows overlaying it will capture the
334 content of those windows where they hide the window you want to
335 capture. You may want to raise the window to top. This may be a
336 security concern if the overlapping windows contain any sensitive
337 information - true for any screen capture.
341 Imager::Screenshot is licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.
345 Future plans include:
351 OS X support - I need to find out which APIs to use to do this. I
352 found some information on the APIs used for this, but don't have a Mac
357 window name searches - currently screenshot() requires a window
358 identifier of some sort, it would be more usable if we could supply
359 some other identifier, either a window title or a window class name.
365 Tony Cook <tonyc@cpan.org>