Does anybody know how to capture the current desktop screen contents to an image using C++ and Carbon?
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macOS C++ Carbon code for capturing Desktop to an image
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I'm not sure, but I would guess that you can send a key press event and the system will handle it (since shift-apple-3 takes the screenshot already).
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If you can use 10.5 use the new CGWindowListCreateImage API.
Its a procedural C API so you can use it in C++ Carbon apps just fine. There is some sample code from Apple called "SonOfGrab" that shows how to use it, but in a Cocoa context (mostly for dealing with saving the image to a file easier).
Its a procedural C API so you can use it in C++ Carbon apps just fine. There is some sample code from Apple called "SonOfGrab" that shows how to use it, but in a Cocoa context (mostly for dealing with saving the image to a file easier).