capturing screenshot

[Guest]

is there a way I could capture a screenshot of my desktop or a potion of my desktop?

[Ned Murphy]

I am not sure if this relates to Flash or not, but if it does not, then your Printscreen button will capture a screenshot, and using Alt-Printscreen will capture whatever window currently has focus.

[sinious]

You'll need to use something like an AIR desktop app.

Here's an AIR library for example:

https://github.com/pcichon/ScreenShooter

[Guest]

I saw someone using XML to make it, since I'm unable to do any XML on my own I would like to see if I can make it with AS3

[sinious]

XML isn't a programming language nor capable of doing anything like that. It's just text. You would need a programming language compiled or runtime with the permissions to capture the desktop. This is a very low level request and is just outright dangerous. AIR itself, as a workaround, taps into Java or c# to capture a portion of the screen. And that doesn't mean it can tap into frameworks like openGL or DirectX.