[Flightgear-devel] Re: Re: Triggering snapshot via the HTTPD/Telnet interfaces?

[Mike K. <mk...@is...>]

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> Subject:
> [Flightgear-devel] Re: Triggering snapshot via the HTTPD/Telnet 
> interfaces?
> From:
> Melchior FRANZ <mf...@ao...>
> Date:
> Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:47:52 +0100
> To:
> fli...@li...
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> To:
> fli...@li...
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>* Mike Kopack -- Tuesday 31 January 2006 17:26:
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>>Is there any way through either the HTTP or Telnet Property interfaces
>>to force a  screenshot to be taken?
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>That's easy. On a very recent CVS (= development) version write this into
>a file $FG_ROOT/Nasal/local.nas:
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>  INIT = func {
>      setlistener("/sim/screenshot", func { fgcommand("screen-capture", props.Node.new()) });
>  }
>  settimer(INIT, 0);
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>Then set property "/sim/screenshot" via telnet to an arbitrary value.
>On older systems you write this into that file and set /sim/screenshot
>to a positive value:
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>  screenshot = nil;
>  loop = func {
>      if (screenshot.getBoolValue()) {
>          fgcommand("screen-capture", props.Node.new());
>          screenshot.setBoolValue(0);
>      }
>      settimer(loop, 0.05);
>  }
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>  INIT = func {
>      screenshot = props.globals.getNode("/sim/screenshot", 1);
>      screenshot.setBoolValue(0);
>      loop();
>  }
>  settimer(INIT, 0);
>
>m.
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Ok, I was able to get this to work. Now my last question: How can I 
either keep the notification dialog box from popping up, or somehow 
automatically close it after the snapshot is taken so it doesn't appear 
in the next snapshot I take x seconds later?

Thanks!

--Mike