SikuliX

Taking a screenshot always attaches unwanted digits in the filename

Asked by Cosmin Niculae

Whenever the user takes a screenshot via code, the file is appended with digits showing the date it was taken. This makes it tedious when the user has to search for an image. For example, taking saveScreenCapture("Picture.png") will always result in something like "Picture20181204". In my project, I had to write a function which takes the last file created and then rename it once again to the desired filename.

This happens on the last Sikuli version which is 1.1.2 and on a Windows 10 x64 machine.

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This question was originally filed as bug #1784869.

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#1

should first be a question

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#2

I do not know the function
saveScreenshot()

as a feature of SikuliX.
So what are you talking about?

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Cosmin Niculae (cnlinux) said : 		#3

Sorry, I meant to say save saveScreenCapture().

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#4

you might use instead:

capture(SCREEN).getFile(…..)

according to this:
 /**
  * stores the image as PNG file in the given path
  * with the given filename
  *
  * @param path valid path string
  * @param name filename (.png is added if not present)
  * @return absolute path to stored file
  */
 public String getFile(String path, String name) {

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