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- PURPOSE
- To grab the contents of any public screen in the system.
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- COPYRIGHT
- The copyright in this package is owned by Paul Huxham © 1995.
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- DISTRIBUTION
- ScreenGrab should be distributed at no charge to the end user (for
- non commerical applications), however should a duplication charge be
- made, it should not exceed the cost of a blank 3.5" disk.
- For commercial applications of ScreenGrab, contact the author for
- further information concerning distribution.
-
- REQUIREMENTS
- ScreenGrab requires a minimum of Kickstart 3.0 to function.
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- CONTENTS
- This package should contain:
- ScreenGrab = This is the program that does all the work.
- ScreenGrab.autodoc = The document you are reading now.
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- USAGE
- ScreenGrab can only be called from a shell and supports the following
- arguments:
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- FILE,PATH/K,PUBS=PUBSCREEN,UNIQUE/S,NOBEEP/S,FRONT=FRONTSCREEN/S
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- FILE is a path/filename to save the image to.
-
- PATH if specified overrides FILE and generates a unique filename
- automatically for saving. eg RAM:
-
- PUBSCREEN is the name of the public screen to save. It does not have to
- be the frontmost screen.
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- UNIQUE if specified and FILE exists, alters the filename until a unique
- name is generated.
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- NOBEEP prevents ScreenGrab from displaybeeping after the screen is
- saved. Normally the screen will displaybeep.
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- FRONTSCREEN overrides PUBSCREEN and saves the frontmost screen of the
- display even if it not a public screen.
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- EXAMPLES
- screengrab pubs=Workbench file=ram:2 unique
- If a file ram:2 exists, a new name ram:2.1 will be created, if it also
- does not exist.
-
- screengrab pubs=Workbench path=ram:
- Generates a name somewhat like ram:Grab.547297680, and will be unique.
-
- screengrab pubs=Workbench file=ram:2
- Will write over the file ram:2.1 if it exists.
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- NOTES
- I have a toolmanager hotkey LALT RALT G to launch ScreenGrab, that uses
- FRONTPUBSCREEN to grab screens.
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- The screen being grabbed does not have to be in the front. Because it is
- done by name, it can be anywhere.
-
- ScreenGrab should grab screens from external graphic cards that hook in
- through the display database. eg Picasso and Spectrum (untested however)
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- KNOWN PROBLEMS
- FRONTSCREEN is not coded yet.
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- AUTHOR
- You can contact the author via:
- Email: paulh@Perth.DIALix.oz.au
- or
- P.O. Box 875
- Morley,
- Perth,
- Western Australia 6943
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