Copyright: Copyright © 1999 Insight Software Solutions


Hot Keys Configuration

Selecting "Configuration" from the Capture Express system tray icon will allow you to configure your default hot key.  A screen similar to the one below will appear.

Here you choose the hot key combination that you would like to use to start a capture process.  You can choose from the list or you can move the cursor up into the "Capture Hot Key" field and press the key combination you desire.  If the desired key combination is available, it will display in the field and it will be selected in the "Hot Key List".  There are just under 240 hot key combinations available.


Contents
Capture Express Contents

Capture Express is a screen capture utility.  It brings unprecedented ease and functionality to the capturing of areas by allowing you to both stretch and move the area grabber.  It also sports virtually unlimited shape captures (diamonds, stars, polygons, etc) with optional borders and shape masking.  It is also one of the few capture utilities to allow you to capture and send the image via e-mail at the same time.  Best of all, it is FREE!

Free Version vs. Purchased Version

General Use and Navigation

Activation

Choosing What To Capture

Choosing What To Do With The Captured Image
System Tray Icon

Configuration

Hot Keys

Default Capture Item

Default Action

E-Mail

Other

Support and Upgrade Policy

License, Copyright and Disclaimer

INI File


Support and Upgrade Policy

Upgrade Policy

Any updates to Capture Express will be posted at our web site at www.captureexpress.com.  A revision history will be maintained there.  Since we are offering a free ad-based version of the program, all updates will be free via our web site.

Getting Support

Before you reach for the phone, please make sure you have looked through this Help File first. If you have a question that this Help File doesn't answer, or are reporting what appears to be a bug then we will be pleased to hear from you. But if it is a question that is answered in this Help file then all we will do is point you to the relevant section, and you will just get an answer a little bit slower. This is not meant to be awkward, but we try to keep our costs down to allow us to produce this high quality software at value-for-money prices, and answering support calls is an expensive undertaking. After all, some of the major software companies either charge for support or provide it on premium-price phone numbers. We don't want to have to do that.

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Phone	801 295-1890

Fax	801 299-1781

E-Mail:	info@wintools.com

Please direct all correspondence directly to Insight Software Solutions, Inc. in the USA.

This program is authored by:  Insight Software Solutions, Inc.


INI File
A file named CAPEXP.INI is created in the Windows directory. This file contains configuration information for the program.  It is in ASCII format and may be edited directly if so desired, but should be done with caution.  Removal of this file will reset all values back to the program defaults the next time the program is run and the file will be recreated.


Default Capture Item

Selecting "Configuration" from the Capture Express system tray icon will allow you to configure your default capture item and allows you to configure how that capture item will work.  A screen similar to the one below will appear.

The default capture item is the selection you want to be chosen right after you hit the hot key to capture an image.  If the capture item is the one you want, then all you need to do is hit the enter key or click on a button to execute the start the capture action.  Your most frequently used capture item should be set up as the default.

For shaped capture items, you can set up different characteristics such as if you want a border around the object, the color of the border, masking colors around the shape and even what the shape is for the five polygon and star shapes.

Set Shape Mask Color

Images in files are stored in rectangular shapes.  When capturing using a shape, the shape is placed inside rectangular coordinates.  The area inside the rectangle that is outside the actual shape is called the mask.  You can choose to set the color of this area to whatever you like. This applies to all capture items except the screen, window, window client, rectangle and square.  These shapes do not have any areas that are masked out.

Border Shape

You can specify that you want a border placed around the shape that you are capturing.  Check this option if you desire a border.  By checking this option, you will have the option of specifying the border color.  This applies to all capture items except the screen, window, window client, rectangle and square.

Border Color

This option is available if you choose to have a border placed around the shape.  This specifies the color that the border will have.  This applies to all capture items except the screen, window, window client, rectangle and square.

Vectors

This applies to only the star and polygon shapes.  This is the number of sides that the polygon will have.  For example, if you have 3 vectors, you will end up with a triangle, 4 for a rectangle, 6 for a hexagon, etc.

Vector Size

This applies to only the star and polygon shapes.  This is the length of the vectors.  If you use a short length, then the shape will connect the vectors more in a circle type shape.  If they are longer, then they will connect inward.  For example, if an 8 vectored (sided) polygon has the vector size set as short as possible (at zero), then it will form an octagon.  If the length is increased to something like 66, it will form a 4 pronged star shape.

Angle

This applies to only the polygon shapes.  After the shape is defined, this allows you to rotate it to any angle in 360 degree increments.


Activation

Once Capture Express is running, it remains hidden in the background just waiting to be sprung to life.  It jumps into action by pressing a hot key.  Once the hot key has been pressed, a window appears allowing you to choose your capture option.  It will be set to your preferred default as set in the configuration section of the program.  If you want to use the default, simply hit the enter key or click on the capture button.  Capture Express hides itself again and the capture begins.  If you are capturing an area, you will be allowed to stretch and move an image grabber.  After completing the area to capture (or if you are capturing the screen or a Window), Capture Express will appear once again.  This time you are presented with choices of what you wish to do with the captured image.  These include saving it in a variety of formats, printing it or sending it to someone else via e-mail.


Free Version vs. Purchased Version

There are two versions of Capture Express available.  They are the "Free" version and the "Purchased" version.

The free version of Capture Express will have a banner type ad displayed on the main window of the program.  These ads will automatically change over time.  Clicking on an ad will take you to the web site described in the ad.  It is the displaying of such ads that allows us to distribute this software as free as we will be able to generate income from displaying the ads.

The purchased version is identical to the free version in all ways except for the following:

1. No ads will appear on the main window.

The only reason to purchase the software will be if you do not wish to have the ads displayed on your computer while you are using the software.  Pricing for the purchased version can be found on our order help topic.


hot keys
A Hot Key is a single or series of keystrokes that can be pressed from within any Windows program to initiate the screen capture process.. Capture Express allows you to choose from 238 different hot keys. You choose the hot key you desire Capture Express to work with.  You do so in the configuration section of Capture Express.

The following hot keys are possible in Capture Express:

<CTRL><NUMERIC>

<CTRL><FKEY>

<FKEY>

<SHIFT><FKEY>

<WIN><FKEY>

<CTRL><SHIFT><FKEY>

<CTRL><ALT><ALPHA>

<CTRL><ALT><NUMERIC>

<CTRL><ALT><FKEY>

<WIN><CTRL><ALPHA>

<WIN><CTRL><NUMERIC>

<WIN><CTRL><FKEY>

<WIN><ALT><ALPHA>

<WIN><ALT><NUMERIC>

<WIN><ALT><FKEY>

where

<NUMERIC> equals the keys 0 .. 9 (Note: These are keys on the main keyboard and not keys on the numeric keypad)

<FKEY> equals the keys F1 .. F12

<ALPHA> equals the keys A .. Z


Ordering

Remember, the "Ad Based" version of Capture Express is completely free.  There is no need to order.

Purchased versions of the software will not have ads displayed in them.

Capture Express has a built-in order form that can be accessed using "Help | Order" from the main menu of the program.  Ordering is also available via our web site at www.captureexpress.com.

We do offer discounts for multi-copy site licenses.   The discount schedule is as follows:

Single User 	$15

2 user	$26

Up to 5 users   	$54

Up to 10 users  	$103

Up to 15 users  	$145

Up to 20 users  	$182

Up to 25 users	$214

Up to 30 users  	$242

Up to 40 users	$308

Up to 50 users	$356

Up to 60 users  	$410

Up to 70 users 	$456

Up to 80 users	$502

Up to 90 users 	$539

Up to 100 users 	$570

Up to 150 users 	$812

Up to 200 users 	$1023

Up to 250 users 	$1211

Up to 300 users 	$1365

Up to 500 users 	$1992

Up to 750 users 	$2562

Up to 1000 users 	$2847

Unlimited Site License $5,700

 Contact information can be found in our Support topic in this help file.


Default Action

Selecting "Configuration" from the Capture Express system tray icon will allow you to configure your default action.  A screen similar to the one below will appear.

The default action is the action you want to be chosen right after you capture an object.  If the action is the one you want, then all you need to do is hit the enter key or click on a button to execute the action.  Your most common action should be set up as the default.  The actions consist of saving, printing, copying and e-mailing a captured image.


E-Mail Configuration

Selecting "Configuration" from the Capture Express system tray icon will allow you to configure your default e-mail settings.  A screen similar to the one below will appear.

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SMTP Server

The SMTP Server is what allows you to send e-mail over the Internet.  You will need to obtain this information from your Internet E-Mail provider or you may obtain it from the configuration section of your E-Mail program.  The "Host" value may appear as a series of numbers with dots in it such as 192.168.0.1 or as a set of characters looking something like a web site name such as mail.myisp.com.  The port number is almost always 25.  When in doubt, set this value to 25.

Your Default E-Mail Address

This is your name and your e-mail address.  This is the name and e-mail address that will show up in the return address of e-mail that you send.  Please note that if you do not specify your e-mail address correctly here, the recipients of your e-mail will not know how to reply to your e-mail.

Other

Images are sent via e-mail as file attachments.  Attachments need to be encoded so that they can be sent as text via e-mail.  A couple common encoding formats are available including MIME and UUEncode.  The default value is MIME encoding.  The default file name is the name that will be given to the file attachment (i.e. the image) when you send it via e-mail.  This is the default file name that will be used.  You will be able to choose any file name you want each time you want to send an image via e-mail.   If the default file name ends in a ".GIF", then the file will be sent as a GIF file.  If it ends with a ".JPG", then the file will be sent as a JPEG file.  If the file ends in a ".BMP" or has any other ending, it will be sent as a bitmap file.


Keyboard Hooks
Keyboard And Mouse Hooks

It is possible for other programs which are run after Capture Express to improperly install themselves into the system wide Windows keyboard and mouse hooks. If the keyboard hooks are fouled up, Capture Express will no longer be able to monitor keystrokes and capture activation Hot Key will no longer work. In the event that the mouse hooks are fouled up, Capture Express will no longer be able to capture areas and shapes using the mouse. This option will reinstall the Windows keyboard and mouse hooks used by Capture Express so that Capture Express will have the first look at the keystrokes and mouse and will be able to monitor the keystrokes and mouse again.


License, Copyright and Disclaimer

Agreement

The use of this program indicates your understanding and acceptance of the following terms and conditions. This license shall supersede any verbal or written statement or agreement to the contrary. If you do not understand or accept these terms you must cease using this product immediately.

Copyright

This product is © Copyright 1999 by Insight Software Solutions, Inc. This product is protected by United States copyright law and various international treaties.

Disclaimer

This product and/or license is provided as is, without any representation or warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation any representations or endorsements regarding the use of, the results of, or performance of the product, its appropriateness, accuracy, reliability, or correctness. The entire risk as to the use of this product is assumed by the user and/or licensee. Insight Software Solutions, Inc. does not assume liability for the use of this product beyond the original purchase price of the software. In no event will Insight Software Solutions, Inc. be liable for additional direct or indirect damages including any loss of profits or other incidental or consequential damages arising from any defects, or the use or inability to use the software, even if Insight Software Solutions, Inc. has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Restrictions

You may not use, copy, modify, translate, or transfer the software, documentation, or any copy except as expressly defined in this agreement. You may not attempt to unlock or bypass any licensing algorithm utilized by the program. You may not remove or modify any copyright notices.

The Ad-Based version of this product may be freely distributed. The license enabling file which disables the displaying of ads that you receive with a purchased version of the product may not be distributed by anyone without the prior written authorization of Insight Software Solutions, Inc.

Terms

This license is effective until terminated. You may terminate it by destroying the software, the documentation and copies thereof.  This license will also terminate if you fail to comply with any terms or conditions of this agreement. You agree upon such termination to destroy all copies of the program and of the documentation, or return them to Insight Software Solutions, Inc.

Other Rights

All other rights not specifically granted in this license are reserved by Insight Software Solutions, Inc.

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System Tray Icon

When Capture Express is running, an icon which looks like a yellow star surrounded by black will appear in the system tray.  The system tray is usually at the end of the taskbar and resides in the bottom right corner of your screen.  Right clicking on this icon will bring up the following menu.

Open Image

This option allows you to open up either a bitmap or JPEG file and load it into Capture Express.  You will be presented with a standard file open dialog box.  After choosing your file, Capture Express will appear and the screen which allows you to take action on a bitmap wil be showing.  Here you may save, print, copy or e-mail the image.  Note: Due to licensing restrictions, GIF files can not be loaded in.

Configure

This option allows you to configure the program to your individual liking.  Here you can choose a hot key for capture activation, choose a default screen capture item, choose a default action to take place on the captured image and to configure your e-mail settings.

Tools

This option currently has one choice which is to restore the keyboard and mouse hooks.

Help

This option invokes this help file.

About

This option displays our copyright notice and also shows the version number of the program.

Capture Express Home Page

This option attempts to take you to our Home Page on the Internet.  You must be able to hook up to the Internet for this to work.

Order Software

This option allows you to either fill out an order form on our web site or to be printed and then mailed or faxed.  Since the software is free with the ad based version, you would only want to do this if you desired to purchase a copy that did not have ads.

Terminate Capture Express

This option terminates or shuts down the Capture Express program.


Choosing What To Do

The screen below will pop up when you have completed the initial screen capture.  This screen allows you to do something with the captured image.

(Screen is shown without the "ad-based" portion)

There are seven defined actions you can take with your freshly captured image.  One of the options will be automatically chosen for you as the default option.  You can specify the default option (the one you plan to use the most) in the configuration section of the program.  If the option you want is the default option, you can hit the enter key or click on the Save/Print/Copy/E-Mail button (name changes depending on the action to be taken).  If you wish to do something other than the default action, you can click on the appropriate option and then click on the Save/Print/Copy/E-Mail button.  Alternatively, you can right click on the image and you will have a list of the same options you can choose from.  You may find this more convenient.  If you wish to see your captured image in its normal size, you can click on the View button or double click on the image itself.  If you decide that you don't want the captured item after all, you can click on the abort button.

After you have chosen and performed the desired action, you will be brought back to this same screen.  The abort button will change its name to "Done".  This indicates that you have now done something with the captured image and clicking on the Done button means you are finished with it.  If, however, you wish to take another action on the image, you may do so. For example, you could first save the image as a bitmap, then you could print it out and then you could e-mail it to a friend.  If you have saved the image out as a bitmap or a JPEG file, you can load it back in using an option from the system tray icon that will present you with this same screen.  You can then perform desired actions on it such as printing it or sending it to a friend.

Save As Bitmap

This option allows you to save the captured image as a Windows bitmap file.  You will be prompted with a standard save dialog box where you can enter a name and path for the file.

Save As GIF

This option allows you to save the captured image as a GIF file.  You will be prompted with a standard save dialog box where you can enter a name and path for the file.  Note: The format for this GIF file does not use LZW compression techniques and so may be slightly larger than if it did.

Save As JPEG

This option allows you to save the captured image as a JPEG file.  You will be prompted with a standard save dialog box where you can enter a name and path for the file.

Print Using Pixel Size

This option allows you to print the image.  The size of the image on the printer will have a direct correspondence between the pixel size of the image and the dots per inch that the printer can print.  So if you had a 640 x 480 screen shot and you were printing at 300 dpi, your image would print out at 2.13 inches (640 / 300) wide and 1.6 inches (480 / 300) high.  This option is useful if you just wish to have a small sample hard copy of the image available.

Print Filling Page

This option allows you to print the image.  It will expand the image so that it fills the page as best it can.  It will keep the perspective of the image intact.

Copy To Clipboard

This option allows you to quickly copy the image you have captured to the Windows clipboard.  This will allow you to paste the image into other applications.  For example, say you wanted to place an image into Microsoft Word.  You could use this option to place the image in the clipboard and then use the paste option in Microsoft Word to paste the image into the document you are working on.

E-Mail Image

This option allows you to send the image you have captured to a friend or associate via e-mail.  The image may be sent as a bitmap, gif or jpeg file and it will appear as a file attachment in the recipient's e-mail.  This option requires that you already be connected to the Internet or you will get a message indicating that you are not connected.  In order to send e-mail, our program needs to know a couple of items.  This information is entered in the configuration section of the program.  Once proper configuration information has been entered (it only needs to be done once), images can be sent via e-mail.  This option will display the following screen:

You fill out the desired items in this screen and click on the "Send It" button to send your image.  If you change your mind, you can click on the abort button.

Image Name

Since the image is sent as a file attachment, a file name must be given.  A default file name will appear in this field which can be set in the configuration section of the program.  If the file name ends in a ".GIF", then the file will be sent as a GIF file.  If it ends with a ".JPG", then the file will be sent as a JPEG file.  If the file ends in a ".BMP" or has any other ending, it will be sent as a bitmap file.  If this field is left blank, then it will be sent as "capture.bmp".

Recipient Name

This is the name of the person who is to receive the image.  This field is optional.

Recipient E-Mail Address

This is the e-mail address of the person who is to receive the image.  This field is required.

E-Mail Subject

This is the subject of the e-mail message.  This field is optional.

Message Text

If you wish to add any comments to the e-mail message to accompany the image, you can do so here.  This field is optional.


Choosing What To Capture

The screen below will pop up when the screen capture hot key is pressed.

(Screen is shown without the "ad-based" portion)

This screen allows you to choose what you would like to capture.  Whatever you have selected as the default in the configuration section will be what is chosen as a default each time you press the hot key.  If you want to use the default, you can simply press the Enter key or click on the "Capture" button.  If you decide not to capture after all, you can click on the abort button.

If capturing a Screen, Window or Window Client, the capture will take place immediately and you will be presented with the Capture Express screen that allows you to save, print, copy or e-mail the image.

If you are capturing an area, the Capture Express 2000 screen will immediately hide itself.  You will be presented with a black bar with white text instructing you to click on the left mouse to start "grabbing" your image you wish to capture.  This black bar will follow the mouse around until you click on the left mouse button.  As you drag the mouse, you will see the shape you have selected invert the area of the screen you wish to capture.  Underneath the inverted image, you will see information on how big the area is that you are capturing.  Also instructions appear there about right clicking on the mouse.  Right clicking on the mouse toggles the grabber between a stretch mode and a move mode.  In move mode, you can reposition the grabber anywhere on the screen.  In the stretch mode, you can enlarge and shrink the image you wish to capture.  By offering enlarge, shrink and move options to the grabber during the capture, you can be assured of getting exactly what you want.  No aborts and retries will be required like you have to do in other screen capture utilities.

Capturing Options

Capture Screen

This option takes a snapshot of the entire screen.  Capture Express hides itself first so that it won't be caught in the snapshot!

Capture Window

This option takes a snapshot of whatever Window was on top or had focus when Capture Express was invoked with the hot key.

Capture Window Client Area

This option takes a snapshot of the client area of whatever window was on top or had focus when Capture Express was invoked with the hot key.

The client area is usually the entire window excluding the caption bar, menu and borders.

Capture Rectangular Area

This option captures a rectangular area of the screen.  It is the same as the "Rectangle" shaped option under the next heading of "Capture Shaped Area".  It is listed as a separate option for convenience as it is a common option.

Capture Shaped Area

This option allows you to choose a shape that you wish to capture.  The following is a list of shapes that can be captured:

Shape	Notes
Rectangle.........................	This captures a rectangular area of the screen
Square..............................	This captures a square area of the screen.
Rounded Rectangle........	This captures a rectangular area of the screen where the corners of the rectangle will be slightly rounded.
Rounded Square.............	This captures a square area of the screen where the corners of the square will be slightly rounded.
Circle................................	This captures a circular area of the screen.
Ellipse..............................	This captures an elliptical (oval) area of the screen.
Triangle Up......................	This captures a triangular area of the screen.  The triangle will be pointing up.
Triangle Down.................	This captures a triangular area of the screen.  The triangle will be pointing down.
Triangle Left.....................	This captures a triangular area of the screen.  The triangle will be pointing to the left.
Triangle Right..................	This captures a triangular area of the screen.  The triangle will be pointing to the right.
Diamond..........................	This captures a diamond shaped area of the screen.
Star...................................	This captures a star shaped area of the screen.  By default, this is a 5 pointed start, but can be adjusted in the configuration section to have many more points.
Polygon 1.........................	This is a user defined polygon shape which is adjusted in the configuration section.  The default value is a six pointed star.
Polygon 2.........................	This is a user defined polygon shape which is adjusted in the configuration section.  The default value is a five sided pentagon shape.
Polygon 3.........................	This is a user defined polygon shape which is adjusted in the configuration section.  The default value is a five sided polygon that looks like a house.
Polygon 4.........................	This is a user defined polygon shape which is adjusted in the configuration section.  The default value is a nine sided polygon that looks like the top ornament of a Christmas tree.
Polygon 5.........................	This is a user defined polygon shape which is adjusted in the configuration section.  The default value is a 26 pointed star that looks like a sun..

All shapes except the rectangle and square can optionally have a border placed around them in any color and also specify the color to use to place around the shape (i.e. the mask) that is being captured.  These settings are made in the configuration section and can only be changed there and not at the time of capture.