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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Copyright ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Galleria/CM
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- Copyright (c) 1991-1995
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- Bitware Australia Pty. Ltd.
- P.O. Box 3097
- Manuka A.C.T. 2603
- Australia
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- Fax: +61-6-2810175
- CompuServe: 100033,340
- Internet: bitware@ibm.net
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- All rights reserved
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Description ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Galleria/CM is a utility for capturing the displayed desktop or portions
- thereof, and saving the image captured in a bitmap. Either the whole desktop
- (screen contents), windows for selected applications, a selected region or the
- contents of a window can be captured. The result can be saved in the clipboard
- for subsequent pasting into another application, printed, stored on disk in a
- number of bitmap file formats or Galleria invoked for further processing of the
- image.
-
- For instructions on setting options and initiating captures double-click on the
- following topics:
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- Controlling Galleria/CM from the desktop
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- Controlling Galleria/CM from the keyboard
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- Once the capture is complete, the image will be output to the selected
- destination. A status of working below the minimized icon indicates that
- processing of the image is incomplete. The time for this processing will
- depend on the options selected. Note that another capture can be initiated
- while in the working status but processing and output of the second image is
- queued.
-
- Refer to Supported file formats for a list of bitmap file formats currently
- supported.
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- Select Close from the system menu to terminate the program. The current
- capture options will be saved for subsequent execution.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Controlling Galleria/CM from the desktop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- To display Galleria/CM as an icon the desktop you must set the Minimize button
- behaviour to Minimize window to desktop. This option is found on the Window
- page on the settings notebook. It is set by default on installation.
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- When Galleria/CM is started, a boxed icon will appear at the bottom of the
- desktop. The options dialog can be displayed by single clicking on this icon
- and selecting Options. To initiate a capture, select Snap or double-click on
- this icon.
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- If a delayed capture is specified, a count of the remaining seconds to the
- capture will be shown below the Galleria/CM icon. Select Stop countdown to
- terminate a delayed capture.
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- If you would prefer to control Galleria/CM by the keyboard only, set the
- Minimize button behaviour to Hide window instead.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. Controlling Galleria/CM from the keyboard ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- To control Galleria/CM operations from the keyboard you must start the program
- with the -k parameter. It is set by default on installation.
-
- When Galleria/CM is started, the options dialog can be displayed by pressing
- Ctrl+Print Screen. To initiate a capture, press the Snap button from the
- options dialog. Alternatively, save the current settings and press Print
- Screen.
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- If you would prefer to control Galleria/CM from the desktop only, remove the -k
- startup parameter.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Refer to the Description for general help on this program.
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- Use the Options dialog to select the source and destination for the capture.
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- The source can be either the Desktop (entire screen contents), all windows for
- selected Application(s), a selected Region or a selected Window frame or Window
- client.
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- Both Desktop and Application(s) sources will result in a screen size capture
- being taken. For a Desktop capture, the current (or delayed) desktop contents
- will form the resultant image. For Application(s) captures, only those windows
- belonging to the selected application(s) will be captured and the background
- will be blanked out.
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- For Active window captures, the contents of the window active at the end of the
- delay period will be automatically selected.
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- When a Region, Window frame or Window client capture is initiated, the status
- will change to selecting and a pointer displayed to enable a region or window
- to be selected. For a Region capture, position the top left-hand corner of the
- box displayed and click the left mouse button, then size the box and click the
- left mouse button again. The inclosed area will form the captured image. For
- Window frame or Window client captures, move the four arrow mouse pointer over
- the window desired and click the left mouse button. The whole window or client
- area will form the captured image.
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- Note that dialog windows should be captured with the Window frame option.
-
- The output destination can be either Galleria, the clipboard, a file on disk or
- a specified print queue.
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- A destination of Galleria will invoke a new session of Galleria for further
- processing of the image. The captured image will be displayed in the main
- Galleria window.
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- Alternatively, the destination of Galleria (DDE) will transfer the captured
- image to a current Galleria session via DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange). If no
- available Galleria session exists then a new one will be started. The DDE link
- will be broken when either Galleria or Galleria/CM is closed, or the
- destination is changed.
-
- Selecting Clipboard will place the image in the system clipboard in a standard
- format for subsequent pasting into another application.
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- Selecting File will save the image in a file on disk. The file name and format
- are specified in the File Options dialog.
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- Selecting Printer will print the captured image. The printer queue, layout etc.
- can be changed in the Printer Options dialog.
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- For Desktop, Application(s) and Active window captures, a timed delay can be
- set to allow rearrangement of the screen contents. Select Stop countdown from
- the system menu to abort delayed captures. Note that a delay must always be set
- for Active window captures.
-
- Additionally, the pointer icon (cursor) can be included in Desktop or
- Application(s) captures. Select Add border to enclose the captured image with a
- line border.
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- Select Prompt for options to display the Options dialog when each capture is
- initiated.
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- Press More to change options for the currently selected destination.
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- Press OK to accept these changes or Cancel to ignore changes and exit with
- original settings.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. File options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If the File destination is selected in the Options dialog, the image will be
- saved on disk in a file with the name given and in the format specified.
- Specify the full path name to the output file. If the file name ends with a
- sequence number (eg. SNAP0123.BMP) the number component can be automatically
- incremented on each capture to permit a series of files to be retained.
-
- Select the desired format for the output file from the list given. Note that
- the OS/2 2.x format may not be accepted by older applications. Some formats
- have an optional compressed form which may reduce the disk space required to
- store the file created. Select Compressed to enable compression.
-
- Refer to Supported file formats for a list of bitmap file formats currently
- supported.
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- Press OK to accept these changes or Cancel to ignore changes and return to main
- options dialog with original settings.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Printer options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If the Printer destination is selected in the Options dialog, the captured
- image will be printed.
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- Specify the Queue for the print. To change printer driver settings see Setup
- below. Note that the selected Queue can also represent drivers provided with
- OS/2 fax software.
-
- Select the Area percentage to limit the output size. The value specified is a
- percentage of the total page area. Note that the image printed may be smaller
- in area than that specified if it would otherwise overlap the border above.
- This value is ignored if the Print to scale option is selected.
-
- Select a Border percentage to leave a blank edge along all sides of the page.
- The value specified is a percentage of the page width and height.
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- For fine tuning monochrome output, the relative Color bias percentages can be
- changed to lighten/darken areas of the image depending on the red/green/ blue
- intensity of the original. A higher bias will result in a lighter tone for
- areas of that color.
-
- Additionally, the overall intensity can be changed by setting the desired
- Brightness. Position the slider arm at the desired position.
-
- The Preprocess image option will cause Galleria/CM to use special rendering
- techniques to generate high quality output on most monochrome and color
- printers. This process may use large amounts of memory and elongate printing
- times. This can be minimized by either decreasing the output size or selecting
- a lower dpi setting (with Setup below).
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- The Print to scale option will print the captured image at the same scale as
- shown on the screen. Exact sizing will depend on display and driver but
- individual print proportions will be a constant. If the scaled image exceeds
- the page size (with border) it will be reduced to fit.
-
- Press Setup to change the driver settings for the currently selected Queue.
- These settings will be retained until a different Queue is selected.
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- Press OK to accept these changes or Cancel to ignore changes and return to main
- options dialog with original settings.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. License details ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The License details dialog is displayed the first time you start Galleria/CM.
- You must enter both your license name and number at this time.
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- Enter your license name exactly as specified. You may use upper or lower case
- but the name must match that supplied when the software was licensed.
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- Enter your license number exactly as specified. All 16 digits must be entered.
- The license number must correspond to the name above.
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- Press OK to validate the license information and start the application or
- Cancel to terminate.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. License agreement ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The License agreement dialog is displayed after you complete your license
- details to display the text of the agreement for use of this software.
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- You must read all of the agreement conditions and then press OK to complete the
- licensing process. Press Cancel to abort.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Setup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Setup will appear when Galleria/CM is started only if the name of the
- Desktop application has been changed from the default.
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- Select the current name from the list given. The name may be OS/2 Desktop, OS/2
- 2.0 Desktop or something similar.
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- Press OK to accept the selected entry.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Supported file formats ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The following file formats are supported by this version.
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- BMP - IBM OS/2 1.x bitmap
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- Bits: 1, 4, 8 or 24
- Planes: 1
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- BMP - IBM OS/2 2.x bitmap
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- Bits: 1, 4, 8 or 24
- Planes: 1
- Compression: None, RLE4, RLE8
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- BMP - Microsoft Windows 3.x bitmap
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- Bits: 1, 4, 8 or 24
- Planes: 1
- Compression: None, RLE4, RLE8
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- JPG - JPEG (JFIF)
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- Standards: Baseline
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- MET - OS/2 metafile
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- PCX - ZSoft Paintbrush
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- Standards: Version 2.8, 3.0
- Bits: 1 or 8
- Planes: 1, 4 (with 1 bit per pixel) or 3 (RGB)
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- TGA - AT&T Targa-24
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- Standards: Type 1, 2, 9
- Bits: 8 (color mapped) or 24 (RGB)
- Compression: None, RLE
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- TIF - Tagged Image File Format
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- Standards: Version 4.0, 5.0 (TIFF B or P), Intel byte ordering
- Bits: 1, 4, 8 or 24
- Planes: 1
- Compression: None, Packbits
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- WPG - WordPerfect graphic
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- Standards: Version 5.0
- Bits: 1, 4 or 8
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