Hi,
I'm creating a script that automates screenshots for a list of URLs. I'm wanting the user to select the Safari window they want captured (for the list of URLs) once and then the script to select that window for the rest of the list.
Is there a way to automate a click during the "screencapture -w" command?
I've tried many ways but haven't yet been successful.
Thanks in advance!
Hi,
You can use the ID of the window after the -l option, like this AppleScript
tell application "Safari"
set thisID to id of front window
end tell
do shell script "screencapture -l " & thisID & " ~/Desktop/safariCapture.png"
Hi,
You can use the ID of the window after the -l option, like this AppleScript
tell application "Safari"
set thisID to id of front window
end tell
do shell script "screencapture -l " & thisID & " ~/Desktop/safariCapture.png"
Thank you very much! With this method, is there anyway to save to a file that's stored as a variable? I've tried '& quoted form of saveToPath' where you have '& " ~/Desktop...' but I get the error "screencapture: no file specified". I've tried using the POSIX path of saveToPath, but haven't had success.
You have to have a space in front of the quoted form, like this (I've bolded the space):
do shell script "screencapture -l" & safariWindow & " " & quoted form of saveToPath
Found solution here: http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?pid=150274#p150274
Thanks again for your help!
Auto click after begin screen capture -w?
