home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Computerworld 1996 March
/
Computerworld_1996-03_cd.bin
/
idg_cd3
/
nastroje
/
capture
/
sclip232
/
sclip.doc
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1996-02-14
|
14KB
|
322 lines
SuperClip (tm) 2.3, SHAREWARE EDITION
A Screen Capture Program for Microsoft Windows
Copyright 1993-95 Andromeda Software. All Rights Reserved.
SuperClip is a clipboard viewer that can save all or part of the
image on the clipboard to a graphics file in BMP, GIF, or PCX
format. In Windows, the entire screen can be captured to the
clipboard at any time by pressing the PrtSc key (Shift+PrtSc on
84-key keyboards), or just the currently active window by pressing
Alt+PrtSc. The INSTALLATION section on page 5 explains how to
install the SuperClip files on your computer.
SuperClip does not need to be running in order to make a screen
capture. Once you have pressed the PrtSc key, you can launch
SuperClip to display the clipboard. You can then save the entire
image or crop a rectangular area with the mouse or keyboard
before saving to disk.
To save, choose the desired format from the File menu. A dialog
box will list the files of the selected format in the current direc-
tory. You may select one of the files listed or type a new file
name in the edit box. You may also switch to another directory
or disk drive.
When minimized to an icon or hidden by another window, SuperClip
is still active in "popup" mode, which means it will pop up onto
the screen or become visible whenever an image is placed on the
clipboard. You can then save the entire image or any rectangular
portion. To return to the application that was interrupted, simply
click on that application's window or minimize SuperClip back to
an icon. You can turn popup mode off by clicking on "Popup" in
the Options menu, which will remove the checkmark next to this
menu item.
SuperClip will also display text captured to the clipboard. Text
can be saved to an ASCII file or to a monochrome graphics file in
BMP, GIF, or PCX format. Two character sets are available, OEM
and ANSI. Text can be captured to the clipboard by pressing the
PrtSc key while a DOS character-mode application is running full-
screen under Windows.
- 2 -
In popup mode, SuperClip will pop up when you press the PrtSc key
OR when another application places a bitmap on the clipboard that
is compatible with SuperClip. The compatible formats are DDB
(Device-Dependent Bitmap) and DIB (Device-Independent Bitmap),
two commonly-used bitmap formats. If you attempt to save a clip-
board bitmap whose format is not one of these two, SuperClip will
respond with a dialog box that says "No bitmap exists on the
clipboard."
SuperClip will not pop up immediately when text is captured to
the clipboard from a DOS application running full screen in
character mode. In this case, SuperClip will pop up after the
DOS program is terminated or minimized to an icon by pressing
Ctrl+Esc to activate Task Switcher. If the SuperClip window
becomes hidden by another window, it can be brought back to
the foreground by double-clicking its icon in Program Manager.
Cropping the Clipboard Image
The SuperClip display window can scroll the clipboard image hori-
zontally and vertically by means of the scroll bars. To mark a
rectangular area for cropping, move the cursor to one of the top
corners of the desired rectangle, depress the left mouse button,
move the cursor to the diagonally opposite corner and release
the button. Repeat this process to erase the rectangle and draw
a new one. The width and height of the rectangle in pixel units
will be displayed in the title bar, as will the x,y coordinates of
the upper-left (UL) and lower-right (LR) corners of the rectangle.
The origin of these coordinates is the upper-left corner of the
clipboard image.
To save the cropped image, select the desired format from the
File menu. To erase the rectangle, press Esc or position the
cursor anywhere on the image and click and release the left mouse
button.
File Menu Item: Save as BMP
Select this menu item to save the contents of the clipboard to an
uncompressed Windows Bitmap File with the filename extension BMP.
Monochrome, 16-color, 256-color, and 24-bit TrueColor modes are
supported.
- 3 -
File Menu Item: Save as GIF
Select this menu item to save the contents of the clipboard to a
CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format file with the filename ex-
tension GIF. This format utilizes LZW compression, and supports
monochrome, 16, and 256-color modes. GIF does not support 24-bit
color modes.
File Menu Item: Save as PCX
Select this menu item to save the contents of the clipboard to
a PC Paintbrush file with the filename extension PCX. Mono-
chrome, 16-color, 256-color, and 24-bit TrueColor modes are
supported.
File Menu Item: Save as TXT
Select this menu item to save clipboard text to an ASCII text
file. Two character sets are available. The OEM character set
is the DOS-compatible IBM extended ASCII character set. The
ANSI character set is the one used by Windows. If you save
text to a file that already exists, the text will be appended to
the file.
File Menu Item: Open BMP
Select this item from the File menu to open a BMP file and place
it on the clipboard. The image can now be saved in any of the
three available graphics formats, or cropped and then saved.
Main Menu Item: Display
This pull-down menu allows you to select which of the available
clipboard formats to display. Normally, Windows will clear the
clipboard when the PrtSc key is pressed. However, applications
can place a bitmap or text on the clipboard without first clear-
ing it, so that text and graphics can coexist. This is the case
when you select Open BMP. By default, SuperClip will display
the format most recently added to the clipboard.
Main Menu Item: Options
Five options are available:
Clear clipboard.
Select this menu item to empty the clipboard.
- 4 -
Popup mode.
This is the default mode of SuperClip. When minimized to an
icon or hidden by another window, SuperClip will pop up onto
the screen whenever text or graphics is captured to the clip-
board. Select this menu item to turn popup mode off or back
on again.
After SuperClip pops up, you can return to the application
that was interrupted by clicking on that application's window
or by minimizing SuperClip back to an icon.
Enter coordinates.
Select this menu item to draw a rectangle by entering its
coordinates from the keyboard, instead of using the mouse.
The values that appear in the dialog box are those of the
current rectangle, if one has been drawn with the mouse. If
no rectangle has been drawn, the values default to a rectangle
that contains the entire client area of the SuperClip window.
Coordinates may be entered that exceed the boundaries of this
client area, and may include the entire image on the clipboard,
up to a full screen.
The origin of the rectangle coordinates is the upper-left
corner of the clipboard image. To erase the rectangle, press
Esc or click and release the left mouse button.
Invert colors
Select this menu item to invert the colors of the image on the
clipboard, creating a negative image. The original colors can
be restored by selecting this menu item again.
Text colors
This menu item allows you to choose the displayed colors of
clipboard text. The choices are black-on-white (the default)
and white-on-black.
Help Menu
Online Help is available to explain the features of SuperClip.
- 5 -
INSTALLATION
SCLIP.EXE can be launched from the "Run" item of the Program
Manager "File" menu, or it can be launched by double-clicking
its icon, having first installed it into a program group window.
To install the SuperClip icon into a group window, first create a
directory on your hard disk where you want the SuperClip files
to reside (the DOS manual explains how to do this). Next, copy
the files SCLIP.EXE and SCLIP.HLP into that directory. Now start
Windows and open the program group window into which you want
to install the SuperClip icon. Next, pull down the File menu in
Program Manager and click on New. Select "Program Item" and
click OK. The "Program Item Properties" dialog box will now
appear.
For Description, enter "SuperClip." Press the Tab key, and
for Command Line, enter the full path to SCLIP.EXE, such as
C:\SCLIP\SCLIP.EXE. Press the Tab key, and for Working
Directory, enter the path to the default directory where you
want screen-capture files to be saved. Now click OK, and
the SuperClip icon will be installed into the group window.
* * *
SuperClip for Microsoft Windows, Shareware Edition, Version 2.3
Copyright 1993/94/95 Andromeda Software. All Rights Reserved.
The Professional Edition of SuperClip does not cause any share-
ware notice or logo to be displayed.
To register and receive the Professional Edition, send $39 to:
Andromeda Software
125 North Prospect St.
Washington NJ 07882
Registered users will also receive the Professional Edition of
GRAFFIX, a screen-capture utility for DOS, along with AttriByte,
a utility that enables GRAFFIX to capture text screens in their
original colors to GIF or PCX files.
NJ residents please include sales tax.
Steven A. Brown, programmer
INTERNET : 73140.3340@compuserve.com
CompuServe: 73140,3340
FAX : 908-689-0047
- 6 -
CREDIT CARD ORDERS
You may e-mail or FAX your order with your name, address, VISA or
MasterCard account number, and expiration date. Please specify
which of the following methods of delivery you prefer:
1. First-class mail on 3.5" disk.
2. SCLIP-PE.ZIP via binary e-mail on CompuServe.
3. SCLIP-PE.ZIP as attached file via e-mail on America Online.
4. SCLIP-PE.UUE via ASCII e-mail on the Internet (requires
UUDECODE.EXE utility to convert back to ZIP file).
The total amount charged to your credit card will be $40.00.
Orders may also be placed by telephone to (908) 689-0047.
SHAREWARE NOTICE
The Shareware Edition of SuperClip is freely distributed. You
may use it over a ten-day period to determine its suitability for
your needs. To continue using SuperClip after this evaluation
period, you will be required to purchase the registered Profes-
sional Edition.
Registration fees are the only compensation the programmer re-
ceives for the work and expense of writing this program. Please
support the shareware concept of quality, "try-before-you-buy"
software. Registered users are entitled to unlimited technical
support and low-cost upgrades.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
THIS SOFTWARE IS SOLD "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO PERFORMANCE
OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED. BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRON-
MENTS INTO WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. GOOD DATA PROCESSING PRO-
CEDURE DICTATES THAT ANY PROGRAM BE THOROUGHLY TESTED WITH NON-
CRITICAL DATA BEFORE RELYING ON IT. THE USER MUST ASSUME THE
ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM. ANY LIABILITY OF THE SELLER
WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF
PURCHASE PRICE.
- 7 -
GIF-LZW LICENSE NOTICE
Use of this software is permitted only to the extent reasonably
required to determine whether to purchase the software.
After payment is made, use of this software is limited to use on
only a single personal computer or workstation which is not used
as a server. An additional payment of $10 is required for each
use on another personal computer or workstation.
Only a single copy may be made of this software solely for backup
or archival purposes. The software may also be transferred to a
single hard disk.
Any use of this software in violation of the above is not
licensed.
For information concerning licensing the LZW compression and/or
decompression capability, please contact:
Unisys Corporation
Welch Licensing Department - C1SW19
Township Line & Union Meeting Roads
P.O. Box 500
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19424
Graphics Interchange Format and GIF are service marks of
CompuServe Incorporated.
# # #