Bug? ScreenCapture with variables in filename.

[Captive]

Variables don't parse when using them in a filename for the ScreenCapture command.

Example
This works:
ScreenCapture>1,1,200,200,C:\SCTest.BMP

This fails:
Let>FName=C:\SCTest.BMP
ScreenCapture>1,1,200,200,%FName%

The returned error is "1", meaning "Invalid file type specified. Valid file types are .BMP or .JPG".

As presented in another post by someone else, I could force a filename, then rename it to whatever I wanted (the rename command will accept a %variable%). But this is prone to certain problems.

[Me_again]

I think you will find it will work without the %'s

Let>FName=C:\SCTest.BMP
ScreenCapture>1,1,200,200,FName

I recall that I have also come across another MS file command that only works this way.

[Captive]

You are indeed correct! FName will work, yet %FName% will not.

However, I almost always use:
Let>VAREXPLICIT=1
... which causes FName to not work.
I will have to keep (or set it back to 0) during any use of this command.

Still, in my opinion this should be fixed. Variables with %'s should be allowed to be used.

Do you remember what other command was like this?

[Me_again]

I'm trying to remember...

What usually happens at this point is that mtettmar shows up and points out the error we are making

[JRL]

Its late, he might be sleeping.

See mtettmar's explanation for varexplicit here:
http://www.mjtnet.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... arexplicit

This fails for me whether varexplicit is 1 or 0.

Let>FName=C:\SCTest.BMP
ScreenCapture>1,1,200,200,%FName%

Edit---

Just tried the following and it worked:

- Varexplicit set to 0
- Removed the .BMP from the variable and stuck it on the end of the "ScreenCapture" parameters.

Let>FName=C:\SCTest
ScreenCapture>1,1,200,200,%FName%.bmp


Later,
Dick

[Marcus Tettmar]

Not sure what's up with ScreenCapture. Will check it out.