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- SCAP 2.50 John A. Qualtrough
- (c) 1990, 1991 Q-Ware Las Cruces, NM
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- You may skip this if your version of SCAP is already registered ....
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- SCAP is distributed as Shareware NOT Freeware. If you like SCAP and find it
- to be useful, you are asked to pay about $5.00 for a registered copy. With
- this registration, you will receive any pending updates and a disk full
- of other utilities to make your PC a more useful tool.
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- Send Check, Money Order, or Cold Hard Cash to:
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- John A. Qualtrough
- 315 Linda Vista Rd.
- Las Cruces, NM 88005
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- NEW FEATURE OF SCAP 2.50
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- SCAP no longer accepts the SCAP.ASC path as a command line argument. Instead,
- you may invoke SCAP with a numeral 0-3 to change the "hot-key" to one of four
- different combinations (see installation section for details).
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- PURPOSE FOR SCAP:
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- Frequently, a piece of data is displayed that you wish to save
- for later import into a word processor, spread-sheet, or just as a reminder
- of something. The SCAP TSR allows you to "pop up" in an application, capture
- any desired portion(s) of the current screen into an ASCII file, and then
- "pop down" to where you left off. SCAPs ability to capture screen sub-areas
- gives you the capability to capture columns of numbers from spreadsheets,
- source code samples from documents, or any data which can be displayed on a
- text screen. This is extremely handy for importing data between applications,
- using code fragments for software developers, etc.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
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- SCAP requires DOS 3.x (or later) and 640K is recommended. SCAP will
- automatically use LIM EMS if available which greatly reduces the amount of
- DOS RAM used while SCAP is resident. SCAP should only be invoked from a text
- screen. SCAP senses the current video mode, and will NOT pop up into graphics
- screens. If you invoke SCAP while in a graphics mode, a short "buzz" tone
- will be heard indicating that SCAP was unable to pop up.
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- INSTALLATION:
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- During a run, SCAP saves screen data into a file called SCAP.ASC which will
- be created in the default directory. SCAP is "popped-up" by pressing a key
- or keys (called "hot-key") which you may select when installing SCAP.
- There are four different combinations included with SCAP that are chosen by
- the following methods:
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- C:\>SCAP (Install using default BOTH SHIFT KEYS)
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- C:\>SCAP 1 (Select F12 as the SCAP Hot-key)
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- C:\>SCAP 2 (Select SCROLL LOCK as the SCAP Hot-key)
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- C:\>SCAP 3 (Select ALT+SPACE as the SCAP Hot-keys)
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- INVOKING AND USING SCAP:
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- After installation, SCAP can be called from within any "well behaved"
- application. To invoke SCAP press your selected "hot-key(s)". At this time,
- the cursor should become a full block. When this occurs, you can move
- the cursor to any point on the screen with the cursor arrow (keypad) keys.
- To capture portions of the screen, move the cursor to the upper left corner
- of the area you wish to capture. Then, using the Ctrl-Right Arrow, move the
- cursor to the upper right corner of the desired area. While using the
- Ctrl-Right Arrow, you should notice all text passing "under" the cursor
- becoming highlighted. Then, press the down arrow to the bottom of the area
- to capture. When done, press [Enter]. All text should return to normal and
- a small "beep" should be heard. This means the text has been added to the
- SCAP.ASC file (see Note 2 below). You may add more portions of the screen
- to the file and when done, press [Esc]. SCAP should return to your
- application. In addition to capturing sub-regions of the screen, the entire
- screen can be captured by pressing the [SysRq] key (sometimes [Alt-SysRq])
- from within your application. This will "grab" the entire screen without
- invoking SCAP with the usual SHIFTs hot-key (see Note 3 below). On certain PCs,
- the SysRq key will not work properly. If this is the case with your system,
- you can also use [Ctrl]-[S] to capture the entire screen after SCAP is popped
- up.
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- Certain control keys perform special functions while SCAP is "popped up" :
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- Up Arrow - Moves cursor Up (see Note 1 below)
- Down Arrow - Moves cursor Down if no text is selected.
- If a row or portion of a row has already been selected
- then this selects the same width on the next row.
- Right Arrow - Moves cursor Right (see Note 1)
- Left Arrow - Moves cursor Left (see Note 1)
- Pg Up - Moves cursor to screen row 1
- Pg Dn - Moves cursor to screen row 25
- Home - Moves cursor to screen column 1
- End - Moves cursor to screen column 80
- Ctrl-Right - Selects text under the cursor moving right.
- Ctrl-End - Selects all text from current cursor to end-of-line.
- Esc - "Pop Down" SCAP and return to application.
- Ctrl-P - Purges the SCAP.ASC file while SCAP is active.
- Ctrl-C - This will remove SCAP from memory.
- WARNING ... You should only attempt this if SCAP was the
- last TSR installed, AND only from the DOS prompt.
- Ctrl-S - Captures the entire screen and pops down.
- Ctrl-Enter - Uses currently selected text as a DOS command.
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- Note 1: These functions will cause any currently selected text to be
- De-Selected.
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- Note 2: Each time text is captured, it is ADDED to the SCAP.ASC file.
- If you wish to start "fresh", simply DELete the SCAP.ASC file
- or use the Ctrl-P to [P]urge the file while SCAP is active.
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- Note3: Due to the various implementations of the [SysRq] key, this
- feature may not work on all systems.
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- OTHER FEATURE(s):
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- In addition to capturing screen sections, SCAP can be used to repeat or
- execute DOS commands. While popped up, you may select a line or segment of
- a line which you wish to execute or pass to your current application. After
- selection, use [Ctrl]-[Enter] instead of [Enter] and SCAP will pop down and
- "type" your selected text to DOS or the current foreground application.
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- The following extra "Hot Key" invokes SCAP for a single screen capture:
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- SysRq - "Hot Key" invokes SCAP, captures entire screen and pops down.
- (This may be Alt-SysRq on some systems.)
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- Software Compatability:
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- Although SCAP should run under most applications, there are some programs
- which are not compatible. Any application which directly accesses hardware
- or does not use DOS/BIOS for I/O is possibly incompatible. Sorry, but trial
- and error are the best debuggers!
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