capture snapshot with flash control

Question

I would like to capture screenshots of the screen, convert it to a jpg and uploaded to the server using a flash control. I want something similar to what facebook has record a video, take a picture using your system's in-built web-cam, the main difference is that i want a screenshot of the system instead of the input from web-cam.

open to commercial controls as well. any links, examples would be really helpful.

Answer 1

Flash player doesn't have access to the system, only the content inside the flash player.

You could :

• Make a browser call to a java applet (using ExternalInterface)
• Consider something like merapi to run a java app on the desktop and get access to the broader system.