AutoIt Script to record the screen using CamStudio during a Putty session

putty-record

#include <Constants.au3>

;
; AutoIt Script to record the screen using CamStudio during a Putty session
; @author Adrian7 (http://adrian.silimon.eu)
; @Tested on Windows7 only
;
; Links: Putty - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
;		 CamStudio - http://camstudio.org/
;
; Addittional comments:
;	- CamStudio is configured to start recording on CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+5,
;	  respectively stop recording on CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+7 using Keyboard Shortcuts
;

;Just wait
Sleep(500);

;Run CamStudio (recording program)
Run('C:\Program Files (x86)\CamStudio\Recorder.exe')

;Locate the program window
Local $CamRecWnd = WinWait("[CLASS:CamStudio]", "", 10)

;Activate the program window
WinActivate($CamRecWnd)

;Wait half a second
Sleep(500)

;Send a n ESC press, just in case the program's shwoing the "Update" message
Send("{ESCAPE}")

;Wait for another second
Sleep(1000)

;Start recording (using key combination)
Send("^+!5")

;Start Putty
RunWait('C:\Program Files (x86)\Putty\putty.exe')

;Stop recording (using key combination)
Send("^+!7")

;Notify the user that the recorded program has been stopped
MsgBox(0, "Info", "Recording session ended... .")