MWSnap v.2.60.0.56 Beta
Copyright (c) 2000, 2002 Mirek Wójtowicz, Lublin, Poland
All rights reserved.

MWSnap is free for both commercial and non-commercial use.
You are free to put this program on a CD-ROM, but if you do so
please send me a notification (and a copy of the CD, if possible.)
And of course spread this program complete with all files.

Description
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MWSnap is a small yet powerful Windows program for snapping
(capturing) images from selected parts of the screen. Current
version is capable of capturing the whole desktop, a highlighted
window, an active menu, or a fixed or free rectangular part of
the screen.

MWSnap runs under any 32-bit Windows. It does not require
installation and does not need any special dlls, drivers or
system files which can mess up your system.


MWSnap selected features
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- 5 snapping modes.
- Support for BMP, JPG, PNG, TIFF and GIF formats, with selected color
  depth and quality settings.
- System-wide hotkeys.
- Clipboard copy.
- Printing.
- Auto-saving.
- Auto-start with Windows.
- Minimizing to system tray.
- An auto-extending list of fixed sizes, perfect for snapping images
  for icons and glyphs.
- A zoom tool for magnifying selected parts of the screen.
- A ruler tool for measuring screen objects lengths.
- A color picker (within the zoom tool) showing screen colors with
  separated RGB parts.
- Configurable user interface.
- And more...


Installation
============

MWSnap does not need any special installation. Just create
a folder for the program and unzip the package into it.
The program is ready for use!

To update your existing version just install the program
into the same folder.


What's new
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2.60.0.56 Beta, 23 May 2002
- Auto-printing (shortcut: <Ctrl+Alt+P>).
- Opening picture files, with support for gif, png, jpg, bmp, ico, 
  emf and wmf formats.
- Picture Viewer panel, with options for opening, starting, renaming 
  and deleting pictures.
- Pasting images from the clipboard.
- New Zoom in/out tools.
- Zoom step menu.
- Numeric pad '+' and '-' keys perform zooming in/out. 
- Ruler tool - right-clicking the ruler pops up a local menu.
- Auto-saving shortcut remapped to <Ctrl+Alt+S>.
- Removed the obsolete 'stretch preview' option.
- Repaired bug with repeating the last capture.
- Other minor bugs removed.


2.50.0.50 Beta, 04.04.2002
- Support for PNG images format.
- Improved color reduction algorithms in saved .bmp and .gif images.
- Repaired bug that could cause the marking rectangle to go into
  the snapped image.
- Support for multiple versions of the same language.
- Many minor improvements.

2.20.0.48 Beta, 27 Mar 2002
- Possibility to translate the user interface to any number of languages.
- Window snapping - possibility to capture child windows.
- Configurable sounds.
- Configurable displaying of the snap preview window.
- Printing - possibility to specify the count of copies.
- Windows XP Themes Manager compatibility.
- Enhanced visibility of the selection window.
- Improved error handling.
- Repaired bug causing settings not to be saved.
- Repaired bug with rotating snapped images.
- Corrected snapping of maximized windows.

v.2.00.0.40, 27 Nov 2001
- a bug removed causing MWSnap in some cases to crash
  at startup.

v.2.00.0.39, 18 Nov 2001
- Auto-saving after making a snap.
- Printing with optional scaling.
- Basic transformations: flipping and rotating.
- Show/hide preview window (F6 while making a capture).
- Preview box, zoom tool - an additional marker showing an exact
  cursor location.
- Minimize to system tray.
- Auto start with Windows.
- Start in minimized mode.
- Program documentation.
- Ruler with scale markings on both sides.
- Application title bar shows the name of the last saved image.
- Other minor improvements.

v. 1.10, 01 Oct 2001
- First public version.

v. 1.00, 12 Feb 2000
- Initial version, for internal use only.


Standard Disclaimer
===================

THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS"
AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR
ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. The user must
assume the entire risk of using the program.


Contacting the author
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e-mail:
  info@mirekw.com
  mirwoj@homemail.com

WWW:
  http://www.mirekw.com
  http://www.mirwoj.opus.chelm.pl/

I appreciate and welcome any comments, enhancement requests,
improvement suggestions and bug reports that you may have.