Auto-saving settings

Auto-saving is active

Check this option to enable the auto-saving feature of MWSnap. When the option in enabled, every captured image will be automatically saved to the specified location in the configured format, with the configured file name.

Format

Use the list to select the format for auto-saved images. Note that you can select the format only. Image parameters, like color depth, quality or transparency will be identical to those last specified when saving manually.

Save to folder

Use this field to specify the location for auto-saved images.

Prompt for each file name

Check this option if you want to be asked for the file name of each image being auto-saved.

Use this file name

Check this option if you want auto-saved images to be saved fully automatically. The field right to the option allows to specify the fixed prefix of the file name.

Auto-add numeric suffix

Check this option if you want every auto-saved image to automatically get a numeric suffix appended to the fixed part of the file name. The numeric suffix will auto-increment, like in in Snapshot_001.bmp, Snapshot_002.bmp, ...

Start at

Use this field to specify the start value for the suffixes of auto-saved images.

Go up to

Use this field to specify the end value for the suffixes of auto-saved images. Note that the count of digits in the max value defines also the length of the numerical suffix.

Auto-add date/time suffix

Check this option if you want every auto-saved image to automatically get a suffix containing the saving date/time in a freely selected syntax. The date/time suffix can contain the following symbols:

yyyy

  Displays the year as a four-digit number (0000-9999)

yy

  Displays the year as a two-digit number (00-99)

mm

  Displays the month as a number with a leading zero (01-12)

m

  Displays the month as a number without a leading zero (1-12)

dd

  Displays the day as a number with a leading zero (01-31)

d

  Displays the day as a number without a leading zero (1-31)

hh

  Displays the hour with a leading zero (00-23)

h

  Displays the hour without a leading zero (0-23)

nn

  Displays the minute with a leading zero (00-59)

n

  Displays the minute without a leading zero (0-59)

ss

  Displays the second with a leading zero (00-59)

s

  Displays the second without a leading zero (0-59)

am/pm

  Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier, and displays "am" for any hour before noon, and "pm" for any hour after noon

The default format is yyyy-mm-dd, hh_nn_ss

Home