snapsie.js

/**
 * This file wraps the Snapsie ActiveX object, exposing a single saveSnapshot()
 * method on a the object.
 *
 * See http://snapsie.sourceforge.net/
 */

function Snapsie() {
    // private methods
    
    function isQuirksMode(inDocument) {
        return (inDocument.compatMode == 'BackCompat');
    }
    
    function getDrawableElement(inDocument) {
        if (isQuirksMode(inDocument)) {
            var body = inDocument.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
            return body;
        }
        else {
            // standards mode
            return inDocument.documentElement;
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns the canonical Windows path for a given path. This means
     * basically replacing any forwards slashes with backslashes.
     *
     * @param path  the path whose canonical form to return
     */
    function getCanonicalPath(path) {
        path = path.replace(/\//g, '\\');
        path = path.replace(/\\\\/g, '\\');
        return path;
    }

    // public methods
    
    /**
     * Saves a screenshot of the current document to a file. If frameId is
     * specified, a screenshot of just the frame is captured instead.
     *
     * @param outputFile  the file to which to save the screenshot
     * @param frameId     the frame to capture; omit to capture entire document
     */
    this.saveSnapshot = function(outputFile, frameId) {
        var drawableElement = getDrawableElement(document);
        var drawableInfo = {
              overflow  : drawableElement.style.overflow
            , scrollLeft: drawableElement.scrollLeft
            , scrollTop : drawableElement.scrollTop
        };
        
        var capturableDocument;
        var frameBCR = { left: 0, top: 0 };
        if (!frameId) {
            capturableDocument = document;
        }
        else {
            var frame = document.getElementById(frameId);
            capturableDocument = frame.document;
            
            // scroll as much of the frame into view as possible
            frameBCR = frame.getBoundingClientRect();
            window.scroll(frameBCR.left, frameBCR.top);
            frameBCR = frame.getBoundingClientRect();
        }
        
        var nativeObj = new ActiveXObject('Snapsie.CoSnapsie');
        nativeObj.saveSnapshot(
            getCanonicalPath(outputFile),
            frameId,
            drawableElement.scrollWidth,
            drawableElement.scrollHeight,
            drawableElement.clientWidth,
            drawableElement.clientHeight,
            drawableElement.clientLeft,
            drawableElement.clientTop,
            frameBCR.left,
            frameBCR.top
        );
    }
};