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kcarr86
Occasional Contributor
2 years ago

Save a Screenshot of Application window

Hello, I am fairly new to TestComplete and have been exclusively working with Keyword Tests. I'm trying to take a screenshot of an application window and then save that file to a folder on my compute...
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  • Kitt's avatar
    Kitt
    2 years ago

    You can use this to capture the entire screen and save it to where your project logs are saved (ProjectSuite/Project/Log/Current_DateTime_Folder/Picture1.png):

     

    Log.Picture(Sys.Desktop.Picture(), "Image of the error");

     

    and if you need to move the file to another directory you can do the following:

     

    aqFileSystem.MoveFile(Log.Picture(Sys.Desktop.Picture(), "Image moved to C:\temp"), "C:\\temp\\");

     

    NOTE: this will automatically remove the image from the TC posted log, so it won't display in the TC app, but will instead be moved to the directory you specify (in this case C:\temp)

     OR better yet, copy the file and you get it in both folders:

     

    aqFileSystem.CopyFile(Log.Picture(Sys.Desktop.Picture(), "Image copied to C:\temp"), "C:\\temp\\");

     

     

     

  • Marsha_R's avatar
    Marsha_R
    2 years ago

    I think it would be easier for you to use a Data Driven Loop. This will give you a much easier way to access your Excel information.

    https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/keyword-testing/basic/data-driven-loops.html

    You can use a string variable to build the file name that you want from the Excel data and then use that variable in your path.

    mypathstring = myexceldata + ".jpg"

    Using intermediate steps like this seems like extra work sometimes but it's worth a little time here in case you need to troubleshoot when things aren't working.

Kitt's avatar
Kitt
Regular Contributor
2 years ago

You can use this to capture the entire screen and save it to where your project logs are saved (ProjectSuite/Project/Log/Current_DateTime_Folder/Picture1.png):

 

Log.Picture(Sys.Desktop.Picture(), "Image of the error");

 

and if you need to move the file to another directory you can do the following:

 

aqFileSystem.MoveFile(Log.Picture(Sys.Desktop.Picture(), "Image moved to C:\temp"), "C:\\temp\\");

 

NOTE: this will automatically remove the image from the TC posted log, so it won't display in the TC app, but will instead be moved to the directory you specify (in this case C:\temp)

 OR better yet, copy the file and you get it in both folders:

 

aqFileSystem.CopyFile(Log.Picture(Sys.Desktop.Picture(), "Image copied to C:\temp"), "C:\\temp\\");

 

 

 

  • kcarr86's avatar
    kcarr86
    Occasional Contributor
    2 years ago

    Thank you so much for the advice, the MoveFile method resolved the issue of downloading the screenshot to the folder of my choice!

    The new problem I have now is turning this script into a loop that renames each screenshot, ideally mapping the unique ID of each app window to the file name. I'm using the RenameFile method and this is how I've set up the script so far:

    Log.Picture(Sys.Desktop.Picture(), "test1.jpg");
    aqFileSystem.RenameFile(Log.Picture(Sys.Desktop.Picture(), "test1.jpg"), "C:\\Users\\MYNAME\\Desktop\\Test Docs\\Test Screenshots\\test1.jpg")

    My loop is designed to pull ID numbers from an excel sheet to open an ID-specific app window, take a screenshot, and save it to the designated folder with the ID number as the file name. The code below is used to pull the IDs in the excel sheet:

    Aliases.MYAPP.frmMainMenu.SplitContainer1.SplitterPanel2.ctlMain.ucConsumerSearch.gcConsumers.TextEdit.SetText(Project.Variables.Var1.Value("ConsumerID"))

    Is it possible to insert that code into the NewPath argument for the Rename method? Or is there a better way to map the ID value in the excel sheet to the screenshot filename?

    Note: Apologies for the message formatting, my reply keeps getting blocked by an invalid HTML message error.

    • Marsha_R's avatar
      Marsha_R
      Moderator
      2 years ago

      I think it would be easier for you to use a Data Driven Loop. This will give you a much easier way to access your Excel information.

      https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/keyword-testing/basic/data-driven-loops.html

      You can use a string variable to build the file name that you want from the Excel data and then use that variable in your path.

      mypathstring = myexceldata + ".jpg"

      Using intermediate steps like this seems like extra work sometimes but it's worth a little time here in case you need to troubleshoot when things aren't working.

      • kcarr86's avatar
        kcarr86
        Occasional Contributor
        2 years ago

        Hi Marsha_R,

        Thank you for your help so far. I've set up the Data Driven Loop to pull the IDs from my Excel file but I'm not sure where to implement your variable solution. This is how I've interpreted your advice:

        var mypathstring = EXCELDATA + ".jpg"

        aqFileSystem.RenameFile(Log.Picture(Sys.Desktop.Picture(), "test1.jpg"), "C:\\Users\\MYNAME\\Desktop\\Test Docs\\Test Screenshots\\mypathstring")

        Would I just need to reference the name of the Excel file to create the variable and then call the variable as part of my file path in the RenameFile method as illustrated above? Or would I need to create a variable for each 5-digit ID in my file shown below:

        var mypathstring = "11111" + ".jpg"

        var mypathstring2 = "22222" + ".jpg"

        var mypathstring3 = "33333" + ".jpg"