refs #6601. Screen shot overload.

Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/mantidplot.py

@@ -779,9 +779,7 @@ def _replace_report_text(filename, section, newtext):
     f = open(filename, 'w')
     f.write(contents)
     f.close()
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-
-
+
 
 class Screenshot(QtCore.QObject):
     """
@@ -840,6 +838,22 @@ def screenshot(widget, filename, description, png_exists=False):
         section_text += '<img src="%s.png" alt="%s"></img>' % (filename, description)
 
         _replace_report_text(report, filename, section_text)
+
+def screenshot(widget, filename, screenshot_dir):
+    """Take a screenshot of a widget
+    
+    @param widget :: QWidget to take an image of
+    @param filename :: Destination filename for that image
+    @param screenshot_dir :: Directory to put the screenshots into.
+    """
+        # Find the widget if handled with a proxy
+    if hasattr(widget, "_getHeldObject"):
+        widget = widget._getHeldObject()
+
+    if widget is not None:
+        camera = Screenshot()
+        threadsafe_call(camera.take_picture, widget, os.path.join(screenshot_dir, filename+".png"))
+
 
 #=============================================================================
 # Helper methods