Capture

**PhQ** · 10-16-2010, 12:01 AM

I need to capture the screen with the cursor. Without drawing it. Is it possible?

**Zack** · 10-16-2010, 06:40 AM

You mean like this?

Java Code:

Rectangle screen = new Rectangle(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize());
BufferedImage screenCapture = new Robot().createScreenCapture(screen);

That shouldn't have the cursor on it.

**JosAH** · 10-16-2010, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by PhQ

I need to capture the screen with the cursor. Without drawing it. Is it possible?

Why do you want the cursor to be visible in the capture? The cursor could move while the capture process is busy. Drawing a cursor is hardware accellerated on a lot of systems and isn't part of the screen content anyway. It can't be done normally (and it's use is completely beyond me except for academic reasons).

kind regards,

Jos

**PhQ** · 10-16-2010, 11:13 AM

So it is imposible? How do the screen recording programs do it?

**DarrylBurke** · 10-16-2010, 01:06 PM

Probably by detecting the mouse position (which is available in Java via MouseInfo / PointerInfo) and drawing a mouse pointer on top of the captured screen image.

db

**JosAH** · 10-16-2010, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Darryl.Burke

Probably by detecting the mouse position (which is available in Java via MouseInfo / PointerInfo) and drawing a mouse pointer on top of the captured screen image.

But wait! There's a silly restriction: the OP doesn't want to draw any cursors :-P

kind regards,

Jos