Running Multiple Instances Simultaneously

[Paul Cunningham]

Is there a way (short of programming the COM object) to run multiple instances on SnagIt on a single desktop?

I would like to have two copies of SnagIt running at the same time, each pre-configured to copy a different area of the screen.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[TSC2]

Hello Paul,

This would not be necessary, if you setup 2 capture profiles with different hotkeys that will initiate the captures that you want.

Use the profile wizard in SnagIt 7 to create a new capture profile and setup a hotkey for it.

Thank you for using SnagIt!
-TechSmith Support

[Paul Cunningham]

I am running v6, however that is not the big issue. My main concern is that I want to run the capture/s from a batch file.

[TSC2]

You cannot run two copies of Snagit at the same time.

There is one way the you can do what you want.

Snagit can import / export it's registry entries. So you could force Snagit to import different default registry entries each time it's started.

Both the single-user and the multi-user SNAGIT32.EXE will import the
settings from a SNAGIT.REG file present in the same directory when
run. It will automatically import ONLY on the first time SNAGIT32.EXE
is run. To import settings thereafter, you need to use the
command-line switch explained below.

In order to support the Enterprise Installaion functionality, two
command-line options have been added to SNAGIT32.EXE to support import
and export of the program registry configuration:

/d [file]
This option imports the registry settings from a file.
The optional [file] can include the path and name of the file
( default is SNAGIT.REG in the current directory )

/e [file]
This option exports the registry settings to a file.
The optional [file] can include the path and name of the file
( default is SNAGIT.REG in the current directory ).

EXAMPLE: snagit32.exe /e e:/snagit/snagit.reg

These options can be used if you wish to manually import/export SnagIt
registry settings. The format of the file used for the registry
settings is compatible with the REGEDIT.EXE program from Windows.


You can launch Snagit using command line parameters:
/h Hides the SnagIt window at startup.
/n Disables keyboard input to SnagIt (For use with DDE programs.)
/i Starts SnagIt as a minimized icon.
/S Causes SnagIt to do a capture using current settings and close when finished or canceled. This option runs SnagIt hidden with hotkeys disabled.
/SC Causes SnagIt to do a capture using current settings and continue to operate after the capture (not close). This option runs SnagIt hidden with hotkeys disabled.
/t Starts SnagIt with the system tray icon disabled (Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0+).

So, you could configure a default configuration of Snagit and then save it's .reg file, and then reconfigure Snagit and save the other configuration.

That would give you two .reg file, each with a different name. You could then run SNAGIT.EXE /d /SC RegFileName.REG to force Snagit to import the configuration of your choice.

[Paul Cunningham]

That is an interesting approach. I will try it out. Thanks for the help!

[Paul Cunningham]

Is this supported in V6? or V7+ only? Thanks again.

[TSC2]

This is supported in both versions 6 and 7.