Submit portable freeware that you find here. It helps if you include information like description, extraction instruction, Unicode support, whether it writes to the registry, and so on.
LICEcap can capture an area of your desktop and save it directly to .GIF (for viewing in web browsers, etc) or .LCF. Features and options:
•Record directly to .GIF or .LCF.
•Move the screen capture frame while recording.
•Pause and restart recording, with optional inserted text messages.
•Global hotkey (shift+space) to toggle pausing while recording
•Adjustable maximum recording framerate, to allow throttling CPU usage.
•Basic title frame, with or without text.
•Record mouse button presses.
•Display elapsed time in the recording.
I'm interested in finding a way to use this to make simple animations and post them to demonstrate processes, but of course long GIF animations can get pretty large (the demonstration above is 1.2 megs), so I looked into a compression tool similar to Riot (remove extra colors and convert to PNG).
(This post has been moved to avoid a thread hijack.)
I tested this out anyway because I really need something to do what it does. Very useful program for creating super-quick howto vids, a look at the various capabilities of a program, and demonstrations. Supports text overlay, speed change, and the interface is intuitive and simple.
LICEcap was an application I was looking for, so as a small contribution to TPFC I created this VBScript to do the following. Run licecap.exe, wait for it to close and then move the INI file from the %APPDATA% folder back to the location of where licecap.exe is located. Just save this file as LiceCap.vbs (or something similar) and place next to the executable licecap.exe. Use UniExtract to extract the NSIS installer.
I will be uploading this VBScript code to my website too. [DONE]
'~ Created by: SoftwareSpot (c) 2012
'~ Created: 29th March 2012.
'~ Website: http://softwarespot.wordpress.com/code/vbscript/
'~ Important Notice: Please do not link to this file directly, instead link to the website http://softwarespot.wordpress.com/code/vbscript/
Option Explicit
Dim oFileSystem, oShell, sAppData, sScriptDir
Set oFileSystem = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
'~ Application data folder.
sAppData = oShell.Environment("PROCESS").Item("APPDATA") & "\"
'~ Directory of the running script.
sScriptDir = oFileSystem.GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName) & "\"
'~ Copy the INI file from the running script directory to the Application data folder.
If oFileSystem.FileExists(sScriptDir & "licecap.ini") Then
oFileSystem.CopyFile sScriptDir & "licecap.ini", sAppData & "licecap.ini" , True
End If
'~ Run the LICEcap executable and wait for it to close.
oShell.Run """" & sScriptDir & "licecap.exe""", 1, True
'~ Delete the INI file from the running script directory.
oFileSystem.DeleteFile sScriptDir & "licecap.ini", True
'~ Move the INI file from the Application data folder to the running script directory.
oFileSystem.MoveFile sAppData & "licecap.ini", sScriptDir & "licecap.ini"
Hi!
Is LICEcap stealth (with this script)?
I´ve tryed, but...
What must be first - Uniextract the installer (licecap12-install.exe) or what? And then?
It leaves licecap.ini in Appdata.
UniExtract the installer and then place the LICEcap.vbs next to LICEcap.exe and start LICEcap.vbs. It will then run LICEcap.exe and wait until the program finishes, in which it moves the INI file to the location of LICEcap.exe.
It's Portable as I've used it to create some gif animations. If you need an animation to show you how to install it etc... then please let me know @ZZZ.
For those just starting out with AutoIt and want a 'real world' example, then this is how you would achieve it. Please use the well documented Help file for descriptions about the the native functions.
#cs
Created by: SoftwareSpot (c) 2012
Created: 4th April 2012.
Website: http://softwarespot.wordpress.com/code/vbscript/
Important Notice: Please do not link to this file directly, instead link to the website http://softwarespot.wordpress.com/code/vbscript/
#ce
Exit _Main()
Func _Main()
If FileExists(@ScriptDir & '\licecap.ini') Then
FileCopy(@ScriptDir & '\licecap.ini', @AppDataDir & '\', 1)
EndIf
Local $iExitCode = RunWait(@ScriptDir & '\LICEcap.exe', @ScriptDir, @SW_SHOW)
If FileExists(@AppDataDir & '\licecap.ini') Then
FileMove(@AppDataDir & '\licecap.ini', @ScriptDir & '\', 1)
EndIf
Return $iExitCode
EndFunc ;==>_Main