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From: mschalit@pacbell.net (Matt Schalit)
Subject: Re: Screen capture
References: <a2qont$div$1@ns1.fe.internet.bosch.com> 
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 06:47:02 GMT

On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 06:00:06 +0100, "Frank Hauer" <Frank.Hauer@de.bosch.com> wrote:

>hallo
>
>
>OS : SCO 5.0.5
>
>i dont know how can i make an screen capture on any remote PC�s. The xwd
>command need  any mousbutton to execute the screencapture. This is realy
>complicated . I will make only an screenshot on any remote pc�s with an
>script ( rcmd pc2 "screenshot" )
>and will send the display to my Server PC, how can i make it ?

Well looking for a solution to this made for some interesting
reading about TCL and expect.  

It looks like you have two options:

  1)  Use xwd's -id switch, as decribed by man 1 xwd.

      '-id id   This option indicates that the window with the 
                specified resource id should be selected for 
                the window dump, without requiring the user 
                to select a window with the pointer.'

      If your xwd doesn't have that, you'll want to compile
      the newer version.  I read up on this at xfree86.org.

  2) Android.  That's a scripting program that can replicate 
     exactly what you do in X, down to the speed at which you
     perform various actions.  You can create the script from 
     scratch or automatically.  To click mouse 1 at a certain 
     position, this is what they described in an article I 
     ripped from Dr. Dobbs, linked on the Android site:

        exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xwd -silent -out snapshot.tmp &
        after 3000
        send_xevents @596,305 click 1


     You can find Android at the Wild Open Source site:

        http://www.wildopensource.com/larry-projects/android.html


Good Luck,
Matt
 

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