Screen Snip/Capture Utility callable from API or command line?

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Published on 2010-05-19T16:47:03Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 16:51 UTC
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I am looking for a screen capture tool that is controllable from the command line. Ideally I would pass the filename, and possibly some options (capture mouse pointer or not, etc..), then it would take control, allow the user to select a region of the screen, and then save it to the specified file and disappear.

screensnip.exe /output c:\users\public\pictures\screenshot.png /hidecursor

user draws rectangle on screen control passes back to batch file, script, etc....

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