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- ScreenShot FKEY
- Version 1.0
- July 20, 1989
-
- The ScreenShot FKEY is an FKEY that will allow you to take full-screen
- snapshots of any screen of any size or color depth.
-
- On multi-screen systems, ScreenShot should capture all screens in its
- snapshot, but I haven't actually tested this...
-
- The screen images are saved at the root level of your boot disk,
- and are named "Screen n", where "n" is some integer. There is no
- limit to the number of screen shots you can take. The screens are
- saved as PICT files; the creator is set so that MacDraw II will open
- the screen shot file if you double-click it; the FKEY is easily
- patched such that your own drawing program can be launched instead;
- just search for "MDPL" and replace it with the four-byte signature
- code of the drawing program of your choice.
-
- The FKEY will not take snapshots of pulled-down menus; perhaps in a
- future version, depending on the response that this one generates.
-
- If you're running under MultiFinder, there may not be enough available
- memory to take the snapshot; the FKEY requires about 40K of RAM for the
- image on a 640 by 480 screen. The solution is to not use MultiFinder
- when taking snapshots, or to increase the application's partition size
- by the appropriate amount (to get an estimate of the memory required,
- multiply the screen's width by the screen's height, and divide by 8).
-
- If there is insufficient memory to take a snapshot, the FKEY will beep.
-
- To install the ScreenShot FKEY, just double-click on the "ScreenShot
- Installer" icon. A dialog box will appear, with a radio button for
- each FKEY slot in your system. If a slot is occupied by an FKEY, the
- corresponding radio button will be dimmed. In that case, use ResEdit
- to remove the FKEY from your system (note the usual precautions with
- respect to using ResEdit). After selecting the FKEY slot, click
- "Install", and the FKEY will be installed and the Installer will exit.
-
- At this point, pressing the command-shift-number combination you
- chose will cause a snapshot to be taken.
-
- Clicking the "Try It" button in the Installer's dialog will take a
- screen snapshot.
-
-
- The ScreenShot FKEY is shareware; the requested contribution is $10.
- If response (accompanied by the fee) is sufficient, I will invest time
- in improving the FKEY, in particular adding the ability to take snapshots
- while buttons or menus are held down.
-
- Send your questions, comments, or contributions to:
-
- Rich Siegel
- 11 Hammond St., Apt. #9
- Waltham, MA 02154
- Internet: siegel@endor.harvard.edu
- UUCP: ╔!harvard!endor!siegel
-
- ScreenShot is ⌐1989 Richard M. Siegel. All rights reserved. This program
- may not be sold or used as inducement to purchase another product without my
- express written permission. ScreenShot may be freely distributed on the
- condition that this file and the ScreenShot Installer program are distributed
- together.
-
- Portions ⌐1988 Symantec Corporation.
-