Capture Demo Application - 2026 R3 Released!

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Updated Digital Capture Application Released!

    Software Tool & Die Inc. (STD) are please to announce a brand new Digital Image Capture  application built from the STD Framework for PowerBuilder. This application allows the PowerBuilder application to select an object class (ie: Window, Application, Screen, Control, etc)  and capture them as a digital image using MS-Windows API's!

 

   The STD Framework was used for building this application. So features like for example: Zooming, Print Preview, Tabbed Dialogues, Ribbon Bar UI, Logging, Debugging, Themes, Multiple monitor support, automatic dialogue centering, MS-Window notifications,  consistent message box displays, etc are already in the application by default just through inheritance!

 

Key Application features ...  

• Built using PB 2025 R2 and the STD Framework 2026 R3
• Upgraded App for PB 2025 R2 build 6430 
• Demonstrates the use of the  "nc_capture_master" NVUO to perform image captures
• Tested the Capture Application on W11 version 25H2 build 26200.9278

  

   The Capture application is another great example of a PB App that it is all driven by the STD framework. This allows the PB developer to easily build modern GUI Application interfaces and features that are  required / desired with all the "bells & whistles" just by changing object inheritance. The framework based app also allows the PB developer to be exponentially more productive!

 

    To use the Capture Demo application, just click on a command button to generate a digital image of an application resource (ie; Window, App, Control, etc). The Capture application uses a new User Object (NVUO) named "nc_capture_master". You can direct the NVUO to capture any object class as a digital image and return it either as Blob data or optionally, copy the Digital Image to the MS-Windows clipboard, as follows.

Capture Demo App allows you to generate a digital image of App classes!

Select a Capture Area

 

Confirmation that a capture is now in the Clipboard!

 

  

View the digital capture in your favourite imaging tool!

  

    Tip: You can also optionally have the digital image capture of any class into a PB Blob variable where you could write this into a DB Blob column, external file, etc under PowerScript control. Check out the PowerScript in the various Command Buttons's!

         

   The Capture Demo application can now be downloaded from the SourceForge website. Please click here to download & enjoy the App!  Note that the "Beta" sub-folder holds the PB 2025 R2  version of the Capture Demo application as well.

 

    

Enjoy ... Chris