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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0007053mantisbttoolspublic2006-05-08 08:012009-12-30 04:44
Reportervboctor 
Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
StatusacknowledgedResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version1.0.3 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0007053: Mantis Plugin for Cropper (a free screen capture utility for Windows)
DescriptionIt is often needed to taken screenshots and attach them to Mantis issue. I've decided to look for one that is free and can integrate well with Mantis. I've found Cropper ( http://blogs.geekdojo.net/brian/comments/9730.aspx [^] ) to be a good one. It requires Windows and .NET.

I've implemented a plug-in for Cropper that saves the snapshot as a JPG and puts the full path to the captured filename in the clipboard. This way the file path can be pasted into the issue report or issue view pages to attach the screenshot to the issue.

This tool + the plugin achieve the following:
1. A powerful, slick, and easy to use tool for screen captures. Ability to capture whole screen, current window, or a specified region.
2. Saving of snapshots in a compressed format without extra work.
3. Simple yet useful integration with Mantis.

To install this plug-in, download Cropper v1.8, install it, then place Futureware.Mantis.Cropper.dll into the following path:
"C:\Program Files\Fusion8Design\Cropper\plugins\Futureware.Mantis.Cropper.dll". This assumes that Cropper is installed in it's default path. The plug-in can be found in the Futureware.Mantis.Cropper\bin\Release\ folder inside the zip file.

It is recommended to use the following Cropper settings:
1. Turn off Thumbnail, even if you have it ON, the Mantis plug-in will delete it since it is not used by Mantis.
2. Select Output->Mantis.
3. In Options, Output, set "Full Image Name Template" to {prompt} and "Thumbail Image Name Template" to "{prompt} tn".
4. In Options, Capturing, "Use Cropper to save Print screen images." is ticked.

This issue is dedicated to Cropper, and possibility recommendation of other tools. However, in the case where someone has implemented some similar plug-in that works with another tool, please report this as a separate issue and refer to it from here.

I'm really interested to get feedback about this or similar tools that you have been using with Mantis.
TagsNo tags attached.
Attached Fileszip file icon Futureware.Mantis.Cropper.zip [^] (28,029 bytes) 2006-05-08 08:01
zip file icon Futureware.Mantis.Cropper.2.zip [^] (37,867 bytes) 2006-09-21 10:43
zip file icon Futureware.Mantis.Cropper.3.zip [^] (85,069 bytes) 2007-10-20 04:10
jpg file icon plugin_options_dialog.jpg [^] (15,513 bytes) 2007-10-20 04:29


jpg file icon screenshot_details_dialog.jpg [^] (11,140 bytes) 2007-10-20 04:32


jpg file icon CropperCapture[10].jpg [^] (24,421 bytes) 2007-11-20 13:09

- Relationships
has duplicate 0005015closedgrangeway Upload screenshots/screen captures and clipboard images 
related to 0007288new Add Functionality to paste a screen shot 
related to 0008659new Snap-shot 

-  Notes
User avatar (0012877)
kgrubbs (reporter)
2006-05-19 00:06

 Very neat tool! I would prefer, however, if the copy the file path to clipboard feature was added into Cropper itself if that is possible. I know you dont control that code, but maybe you can talk to Brian. Mainly because I would prefer to be able to choose my output format (I much prefer Png over Jpeg for screen shots... smaller file size and much cleaner output). This could be written into the mantis plugin, of course, but you would just be adding menu items below the mantis output menu item that list all the other output types, which seems redundant. (hopefully that makes sense)
User avatar (0012878)
romat (reporter)
2006-05-19 04:29
edited on: 2006-05-21 10:33

 There is another great free software which offers this functionality - Screenshot Captor ( http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/screenshotcaptor/index.html [^] ). Ability to copy screenshot path to clipboard is a built-in feature since v2.13.01 (so you don't have to install any plugin, just check it in preferences) and it allows to choose output format as kgrubbs requires.
User avatar (0012920)
pardini (reporter)
2006-05-31 13:28

 This is really neat. I do think PNG format would be better.
Also some tools (commercial ones, like TechSmith's SnagIt) are able to capture scrolling windows (like big webpages) into one single image, which is very useful.
User avatar (0012921)
jfirestone (reporter)
2006-05-31 17:38

 New feature request! How about something that allows us to take a snapshot and forward that directly into a new mantis ticket?

I've been keeping an eye on FogBugz, and there's a similar tool available for it that sits in your Tray just like Cropper does. Select it when you want to snap an image, and the image you snap becomes part of a new ticket. 90% of the bugs my team enters would begin this way, so that makes a lot more sense to me rather than cutting and pasting an image.

Of course past this point I'd include two avenues to take the shot, one keystroke like F6 that would create the ticket when I took the snapshot, and F7 when I want to add to an existing issue. For F7, just ask for the ticket number, or a list of the most recent issues.
User avatar (0013105)
block (reporter)
2006-07-17 12:45

 If it is any help I have found (MWSNAP)http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html [^]

 is a very useful screencapture tool.

It also can auto copy to clipboard.
User avatar (0013106)
jfirestone (reporter)
2006-07-17 12:53

 Great tool, unfortunately still no way for a screen shot tool to get the shot directly into Mantis :<
User avatar (0015917)
vboctor (administrator)
2007-10-20 04:18

 Attached Futureware.Mantis.Cropper.3.zip which includes the following:

1. It works with Cropper v1.9.1.
2. Extract the files in the zip archive into "C:\Program Files\Fusion8Design\Cropper\plugins" folder.
3. Run Cropper and select "Send to Mantis" under the "Output" menu.
4. Select "Options", "Plug-ins" and select "Send to Mantis", then configure the Mantis details. A sample URL:
http://www.example.com/mantis/api/soap/mantisconnect.php [^]
5. Now take snapshots with Cropper and it will ask you about the issue number to attach the snapshot to, will show up the subject and will allow typing in a note to be added with the attachment.

I would love to get feedback on this tool in terms of functionality and usability.
User avatar (0015968)
kmazurek (reporter)
2007-10-24 04:55

 Well - I have MantisBT 1.0.8 installed. Works fine.
Today I downloaded MantisConnect 1.0a5 and installes all applications included with it (.Net apps) works fine. But when I wanted to user Cropper I got:

"mc_issue_attachment_add" not defined in service.
I listed available services (in WSDL) at mc/mantisconnect.php and there is no such thing.

Did I miss something in configuration??
User avatar (0015972)
vboctor (administrator)
2007-10-24 12:54

 Download Mantis 1.1.0rc2 and copy the api/soap folder contents on top of your current mc folder. Do a backup first :)
User avatar (0015975)
mcraig88 (reporter)
2007-10-24 16:41

 This is looking awesome! How about creating a new issue? Uploading to an existing one work great.
User avatar (0016057)
Zander (reporter)
2007-11-01 17:15

 Hi!
I have Mantis 1.1.0rc2 and .NET Framework 2.0. MantisConnectUrl, MantisUserName and MantisPassword assigned correctly. But any MantisConnect application (Cropper, MantisFilters, etc.) show me following:
---8<--
System.Net.WebException: The request failed with HTTP status 417: Expectation Failed.
   at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)
   at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters)
   at Futureware.MantisConnect.MantisConnectWebservice.MantisConnect.mc_config_get_string(String username, String password, String config_var)
   at Futureware.MantisConnect.Request.ConfigGet(String config, String& str)
   at Futureware.MantisConnect.Config.Get(String config, String& str)
   at Futureware.MantisConnect.Config.Get(String enumerationName, MantisEnum& enumeration)
   at Futureware.MantisConnect.Config.get_StatusEnum()
   at Futureware.MantisConnect.Session.Connect()
   at Futureware.MantisFilters.MantisFiltersForm.MantisFiltersForm_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
...
-->8--
Please, tell me, what I make wrong?

Thanks in advance!
User avatar (0016078)
tronics (reporter)
2007-11-04 12:54

 Probably this helps others:

First I had all the problems above when using an older Mantis version and the Mantis Connector in a custom mt/ folder from here: http://www.futureware.biz/mantisconnect/ [^]

Now with it being built in into Mantis 1.1.0rc2 these errors are gone.
So vboctor is right, just download this release and update the api/soap folder contents with these new files.

--

However I still get this error when trying to upload:
"Upload Folder '' doesn't exist."

(I have it all setup like in the dokus the newsest Mantis 1.1.0rc2 and Cropper v1.9.1 with Futureware.Mantis.Cropper.3 plugin)

--
User avatar (0016082)
vboctor (administrator)
2007-11-05 02:57

 Zander, if you paste the MantisConnectUrl to the browser what do you see? It should look like this one:
http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/api/soap/mantisconnect.php [^]

mcraig88, I am thinking of adding the feature to allow for reporting new issues rather than just supporting attaching screenshots to existing issues. The issue here is to identify the fields that should be settable when reporting such new fields. However, the feature will be added when I do more work on this tool.

tronics, are you able to attach screenshots to Mantis through the web interface? Is the upload folder set for the project you are attaching the issue to? Do you have the default upload filter set in the configuration?
User avatar (0016089)
tronics (reporter)
2007-11-05 09:04

 Thanks for your feedback but I couldn't yet resolve this issue.

>tronics, are you able to attach screenshots to Mantis through the web interface?
Yes it works perfectly.

>Do you have the default upload filter set in the configuration?
Yes no changes here.

>Is the upload folder set for the project you are attaching the issue to?
See above it works through web interface. I'm not aware that I should add an uploadpath to the project and how to do that.

:(
User avatar (0016090)
Zander (reporter)
2007-11-05 09:32
edited on: 2007-11-05 09:34

 vboctor, yes, I see the same. For example:
---8<---
Name: mc_version
Binding: MantisConnectBinding
Endpoint: http://www/mantis/api/soap/mantisconnect.php [^]
SoapAction: http://www/mantis/api/soap/mantisconnect.php/mc_version [^]
Style: rpc
Input:
  use: encoded
  namespace: http://futureware.biz/mantisconnect [^]
  encodingStyle: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/ [^]
  message: mc_versionRequest
  parts:
Output:
  use: encoded
  namespace: http://futureware.biz/mantisconnect [^]
  encodingStyle: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/ [^]
  message: mc_versionResponse
  parts:
    return: xsd:string
Namespace: http://futureware.biz/mantisconnect [^]
Transport: http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http [^]
Documentation:
--->8---
May be, my namespace is wrong?
Thanks for help!
User avatar (0016249)
ChrisPapa (reporter)
2007-11-20 06:30
edited on: 2007-11-20 06:33

 ::Zander::
I had the same problem getting the "Upload Folder '' doesn't exist.".
Fortunately I could get rid of it, see the steps below.

1., I kept on getting the "Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class soapclient in F:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\mantis\api\soap\nusoap\nusoap.php on line 7240" message, when trying to access: "http://localhost/mantis/api/soap/mantisconnect.php" [^] - it was beacuse of php tried to reinitailize the "soapclient" class, so i had to rename the class to "soapclient_" in the php code on line 6407. It can not be used anymore, but doesn't seem to be needed.
2., On the admin-pane under "[ Manage Projects ]" you have to set the "Upload File Path" for each project. [I would think, this setting is missing on your side, otherwise the "Upload Folder '' doesn't exist." error message would contain the project's upload folder.]
3., The project's file upload folder is needed, 'coz "$wwwroot$\mantis\api\soap\mc_file_api.php" on line 77 (in function "mci_file_add()") checks wether the upload path given at the project does exist on the server or not. [which is quite strange, 'coz the uploaded file gets stored in the database, instead of getting written in the project' upload file path]
So, now you have two choices:
- in case of not wanting to modify your code, you have to create the project's file upload path under "$wwwroot$\mantis\api\soap\nusoap\" (so the "mci_file_add()" can check its existence) and you have to set "api\soap\nusoap\$previously_created_upload_directory$" for your projects
- or you can modify "$wwwroot$\mantis\api\soap\mc_file_api.php" on line 77 with this: $t_file_path = "../../$t_file_path"; - from now each project upload path can be set to "$previously_created_upload_directory$" in that case the upload directories can be put under "$wwwroot$\mantis\"

it worked on my side,
hope it helps
User avatar (0016251)
ChrisPapa (reporter)
2007-11-20 08:20
edited on: 2007-11-20 08:21

 ::vbdoctor::
started using the thingy just today, it's amazing!

Is there a way to set it up to communicate through a proxy(isa) server? Or do You plan to develop an interface for configuring http connection?
Setting up the ISA-server, user, password would be great!
User avatar (0016255)
cemper (reporter)
2007-11-20 13:08
edited on: 2007-11-20 13:10

 1)
When I enter the ID into the popup I get an error

<Fehler bei der Anforderung mit HTTP-Status 400: Bad Request.>

as it tries to fetch the bug note


2) also looking at the apache error logs I get something like



[Tue Nov 20 18:57:31 2007] [error] [client 1.2.4.8] request failed: erroneous characters after protocol string: <?xml version=\\"1.0\\" encoding=\\"utf-8\\"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=\\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\\" [^] xmlns:soapenc=\\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\\" [^] xmlns:tns=\\"http://futureware.biz/mantisconnect\\" [^] xmlns:types=\\"http://futureware.biz/mantisconnect/encodedTypes\\" [^] xmlns:xsi=\\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\\" [^] xmlns:xsd=\\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\\"><soap:Body [^] soap:encodingStyle=\\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\\"><tns:mc_issue_get><username [^] xsi:type=\\"xsd:string\\">myuser</username><password xsi:type=\\"xsd:string\\">mypassword3</password><issue_id xsi:type=\\"xsd:integer\\">9</issue_id></tns:mc_issue_get></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>POST /mantis/webservice/mantisconnect.php HTTP/1.1

 
 


Any idea what's going wrong here?

I tried disabling mod_security, but that didn'T help


see screenshot at
 CropperCapture[10].jpg [^] (24,421 bytes) 2007-11-20 13:09
User avatar (0016577)
user0815 (reporter)
2008-01-07 09:04
edited on: 2008-01-07 09:16

 Some errors are solved with: 0008695
User avatar (0017219)
DaVinci (reporter)
2008-02-29 10:03

 is there a way to inegrate it inside Mantis?
i mean...can we somehow have a link called Cropper andwhen we click on it it opens up/activates Cropper and then we can send the screenshots to mantis?
User avatar (0017477)
boesman (reporter)
2008-03-27 09:37

 Works great, nice tool. But I agree it would be nice to be able to create a new bug.

What about this option: To give an option to copy the link to file the bug report page that is not yet saved. This should be relatively easy to do with
1. specifying the browser being used or
2. Firefox plugin

????
User avatar (0017586)
thE_iNviNciblE (reporter)
2008-04-11 03:41

 Really nice :-)
User avatar (0017685)
djcarr (reporter)
2008-04-24 20:50
edited on: 2008-04-24 20:53

 Cropper 1.9.1, Mantis 1.1.1

Followed instructions as per note 15917 and it works; leaving the dialog open long enough causes the issue summary to be retrieved, and the screenshot DOES get appended to the Mantis issue.

However, after clicking the "OK" button in Cropper, I get a messagebox with the title "Failure" and the words "Access Denied". Does anyone know what the cause of this is?
User avatar (0018002)
gfantone (reporter)
2008-06-04 04:05

 Hello,
Great pluggins Victor Boctor !
whith the mantis 1.1.1 when using Disk attachement method we have an error message "Upload folder XXX doesn't exist.", And I think it's because the bug 8695 is resolved.
Thanks
User avatar (0019041)
jmoger (reporter)
2008-08-05 12:00

 IF you enter an optional note....

1.1.1: Works
1.1.2: Fails because bugnote_api.php:bugnote_add references an undefined variable ($p_send_email) at the end of the function.
1.2.0a2: Fixes this with a new function parameter ($p_send_email).

I added the parameter locally to my 1.1.2 setup and it now works as expected.
User avatar (0019122)
ghohm (reporter)
2008-08-12 09:51

 Jmoger, could you be more accurate?

What does it mean: "I added the parameter locally to my 1.1.2 setup"???


Thanks

Gôm
User avatar (0019124)
ghohm (reporter)
2008-08-12 10:14

 I found the answer by myself! ;-)

http://mantisbt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mantisbt/branches/BRANCH_1_1_0/mantisbt/core/bugnote_api.php?r1=5370&r2=5407 [^]


Source: http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=9309#bugnotes [^] (last note)
User avatar (0019125)
jmoger (reporter)
2008-08-12 10:20

 1.1.2 Function Header which is missing the $p_send_email parameter (Line 102):
      The missing parameter is referenced on line 167.
http://mantisbt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mantisbt/tags/RELEASE_1_1_2_20080617/core/bugnote_api.php?annotate=5370 [^]

My bad about this being fixed in 1.2.0a1. Its fixed in 1.2.0a2.

Trunk Function Header which includes the $p_send_email parameter (Line 107):
http://mantisbt.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mantisbt/tags/RELEASE_1_2_0a2_20080804/core/bugnote_api.php?annotate=5494 [^]
User avatar (0024012)
piccolobill (reporter)
2009-12-30 04:44
edited on: 2009-12-30 05:27

 I've a problem.

I can upload to mantis, but when I want to download file...error

<Ñ

SYSTEM WARNING: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at F:\wamp\www\mantis\file_download.php:172)

also thumbnail didn't work

the content of jpg file is:
<p style="color:red">SYSTEM WARNING: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at F:\wamp\www\mantis\file_download.php:172)

- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2006-05-08 08:01 vboctor New Issue
2006-05-08 08:01 vboctor Assigned To => vboctor
2006-05-08 08:01 vboctor File Added: Futureware.Mantis.Cropper.zip
2006-05-08 08:09 vboctor Description Updated
2006-05-08 08:23 vboctor Description Updated
2006-05-09 04:31 tandler Issue Monitored: tandler
2006-05-15 08:42 illes Issue Monitored: illes
2006-05-19 00:06 kgrubbs Note Added: 0012877
2006-05-19 04:29 romat Note Added: 0012878
2006-05-21 10:33 vboctor Note Edited: 0012878
2006-05-31 13:28 pardini Note Added: 0012920
2006-05-31 17:33 jfirestone Issue Monitored: jfirestone
2006-05-31 17:38 jfirestone Note Added: 0012921
2006-06-16 14:32 jfirestone Issue End Monitor: jfirestone
2006-06-16 14:32 jfirestone Issue Monitored: jfirestone
2006-07-17 12:45 block Note Added: 0013105
2006-07-17 12:53 jfirestone Note Added: 0013106
2006-07-17 19:35 chillax Relationship added related to 0007288
2006-09-21 10:43 vboctor File Added: Futureware.Mantis.Cropper.2.zip
2007-10-20 04:10 vboctor File Added: Futureware.Mantis.Cropper.3.zip
2007-10-20 04:18 vboctor Note Added: 0015917
2007-10-24 04:55 kmazurek Note Added: 0015968
2007-10-24 04:56 kmazurek Issue Monitored: kmazurek
2007-10-24 12:54 vboctor Note Added: 0015972
2007-10-24 16:41 mcraig88 Note Added: 0015975
2007-11-01 17:15 Zander Note Added: 0016057
2007-11-04 12:54 tronics Note Added: 0016078
2007-11-05 02:57 vboctor Note Added: 0016082
2007-11-05 09:04 tronics Note Added: 0016089
2007-11-05 09:32 Zander Note Added: 0016090
2007-11-05 09:34 Zander Note Edited: 0016090
2007-11-20 06:30 ChrisPapa Note Added: 0016249
2007-11-20 06:33 ChrisPapa Note Edited: 0016249
2007-11-20 08:17 ChrisPapa Issue Monitored: ChrisPapa
2007-11-20 08:20 ChrisPapa Note Added: 0016251
2007-11-20 08:21 ChrisPapa Note Edited: 0016251
2007-11-20 13:08 cemper Note Added: 0016255
2007-11-20 13:09 cemper File Added: CropperCapture[10].jpg
2007-11-20 13:10 cemper Note Edited: 0016255
2007-11-21 11:43 yanual Note Added: 0016256
2007-11-21 11:44 yanual Issue Monitored: yanual
2007-11-21 12:27 yanual Note Deleted: 0016256
2007-12-10 07:07 ryandesign Relationship added related to 0008659
2007-12-10 07:09 ryandesign Relationship added related to 0005015
2008-01-07 09:04 user0815 Note Added: 0016577
2008-01-07 09:15 user0815 Note Edited: 0016577
2008-01-07 09:16 user0815 Note Edited: 0016577
2008-02-02 06:14 ejc Issue Monitored: ejc
2008-02-29 10:03 DaVinci Note Added: 0017219
2008-02-29 10:36 nurikabe Issue Monitored: nurikabe
2008-03-03 03:13 DaVinci Issue Monitored: DaVinci
2008-03-27 09:37 boesman Note Added: 0017477
2008-04-11 03:41 thE_iNviNciblE Note Added: 0017586
2008-04-21 13:28 romat Issue Monitored: romat
2008-04-21 13:28 romat Issue End Monitor: romat
2008-04-24 20:50 djcarr Note Added: 0017685
2008-04-24 20:53 djcarr Note Edited: 0017685
2008-06-04 04:05 gfantone Note Added: 0018002
2008-06-05 14:19 gfantone Issue Monitored: gfantone
2008-07-24 14:17 vboctor Status new => acknowledged
2008-07-28 14:06 grangeway Relationship replaced has duplicate 0005015
2008-08-05 12:00 jmoger Note Added: 0019041
2008-08-12 09:51 ghohm Note Added: 0019122
2008-08-12 09:55 ghohm Issue Monitored: ghohm
2008-08-12 10:14 ghohm Note Added: 0019124
2008-08-12 10:20 jmoger Note Added: 0019125
2009-07-28 09:19 vboctor Assigned To vboctor =>
2009-12-30 04:44 piccolobill Note Added: 0024012
2009-12-30 04:44 piccolobill Issue Monitored: piccolobill
2009-12-30 05:27 piccolobill Note Edited: 0024012 View Revisions

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