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- One of the features of WinPtr is that it can print the screen via
- hotkey even when a modal dialog box (like an error message) has focus
- control...because it uses a system-level keyboard hook. We use a
- slimmer version (find WINP15.zip on CIS-winshare and AOL-search on
- poellinger) to have our users print Oracle error messages from
- Powerbuilder apps...showing the SQL statement causing the error.
-
- I've found a trick worth passing on...I used PRTSC to send the menu's
- in WinPtr's help file to the clipboard, then pasted them in WinGif
- and clipped the part I wanted. BUT...for a new app (PB3Ico.zip) for
- Powerbuilder users, when I wanted to send the screen image to the
- clipboard, it showed a modal dialog box...and PRTSC won't do it when
- that dialog box has control. I solved it by using WinPtr...hit
- {CTRL}{SHIFT}{I} to bring up WinPtr's main menu (which works even
- with a modal dialog box in control, as I said), then drilled to the
- menu entry to send the screen to the clipboard and it worked!.