Screenshot Grebba

Screenshot Grebba, grebba.exe

Version 1.0, January 2009

Software by Carsten Schmidt

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What does it do and how does it work?

Screenshot Grebba is a little tool that makes screenshots of up to 10

different program windows and displays them on its own webpage. I use

it on a server with various network monitoring programs running. From

every computer in the company I can then access the webpage to get an

overview of what is happening in the network.

Simply edit the file "grebbalist.ini": in every line enter the title

of the program window to a maximum of 10 lines. The title is the text

shown at the very top of the window, e.g. the default title for

"Notepad" is "untitled - notepad". Check the example file provided.

Then, start the program, adjust the timer to your needs (minimum

interval is 1 minute, maximum 60 minutes). You may edit the list

during runtime. The program then calls each window to the front one

after the other with a wait time of 1 second between windows. It makes

a screenshot, saves it as jpg file and creates a html file with links

to all screenshot files. Window titles that are not available cannot

be "screenshotted".

That's it. Nothing fancy but it serves my personal need for monitoring

and accessing the results.

!!Warning!!

When the program is running, windows will pop up and make normal working

with this machine near impossible.

!!Warning!!

This program only works if the desktop is open and no screensaver is

running!!

!!Warning!!

Please note that this progam can also be used in terminal sessions BUT

sometimes the computers are not fast enough to provide the picture of

the window. In this case, the screenshot will not be made correctly.

Version history

Version 1.0, January 2009