HiJaak Smuggler

Description and Use of HiJaak Smuggler

Using Smuggler, you can import images into any application that supports pasting graphics from the Windows Clipboard. When Smuggler finds an open Windows application that has an Edit/Paste command, it adds the Smuggler icon to the title bar of that application. This is useful for expanding your application's list of supported graphics formats to include HiJaak-supported formats. For a list of file formats supported by HiJaak Graphics Suite, click on the following:

Supported Formats

For information on using Smuggler with applications that support pasting graphics from the Windows Clipboard but do not have an Edit/Paste command, click on the following:

The Smuggler Learn Mode

If you are having problems using Smuggler, click on the following for troubleshooting, tips and tricks:

Troubleshooting Smuggler

Import an Image Using Smuggler as Follows:

1. If you placed HiJaak Smuggler in the Startup group when you installed, it should be running. If you did not, double-click on the Smuggler icon in the HiJaak Graphics Suite program group. If

2. Open the application into which you want to import an image.

3. Click on the Smuggler icon which is located in the application's title bar. You will see the Smuggler dialog box. You can also use the Smuggler hotkeys to access the Smuggler dialog box. By default, these keys are CTRL+SHIFT+S. For information on changing the Smuggler hotkeys, click on the following:
Smuggler Setup

4. The Smuggler dialog box contains a thumbnail window and an Index tree similar to HiJaak Browser. To search through another document, double-click on its node in the Index tree.

5. In the document, scroll through the thumbnails using the horizontal and vertical scroll bars.

6. [OPTIONAL] If you cannot find the file you want to use, click on the Search button (Alt+s). You will see the Create Search dialog box. For information about running a Search, click on the following:
How to Search for Files

7. Click on the thumbnail of the file you want to use.

8. [OPTIONAL] If you want to set processing options, click on the Options button (Alt+o). You will see the Options dialog box. Select options and click on OK. For more information on the available options, click on the following:
Destination Processing Options

9. Click on OK. The image appears in your application.


Smuggler Setup

How to Find This Dialog Box

Click on the Smuggler icon to pull up the System menu. Select Setup to see this dialog box.

Description and Use of This Dialog Box

This dialog box allows you to change the hotkeys used to access the Smuggler dialog box and the hotkeys used to set up Smuggler to work with applications that do not have an Edit/Paste menu item. It also allows you to exclude Smuggler from any application you want.

Change the Smuggler Setup as Follows:

1. Make sure Smuggler is running.

2. Click on the Smuggler icon to pull up the Smuggler System menu. Click on Setup (Alt+s). You will see the Smuggler Setup dialog box.

3. Note the key combination in the Smuggler Hotkey field. This is the combination of keys you will use to run Smuggler from your application. The default keys are CTRL+SHIFT+S. To change the hotkeys, click in the Smuggler Hotkey area (Alt+s). Press the key sequence you want to use. Valid key sequences are as follows:

ALT+character

ALT+CTRL+character

ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+character

CTRL+SHIFT+character

CTRL+character

F1... F12

A "character" is any letter, number or symbol key.

4. Note the key combination in the Learn Hotkey field. This is the combination of keys that set up Smuggler to work with applications without an Edit/Paste menu item. The default keys are CTRL+SHIFT+L. To change the hotkeys, click in the Learn Hotkey area (Alt+l). Press the key sequence you want to use. Valid key sequences are the same as those listed above. Make sure you don't use the same hotkeys for both running Smuggler and the Smuggler learn mode.
For more information on the Smuggler learn mode, click on the following:
The Smuggler Learn Mode

5. If you don't want to use Smuggler with an application, you can exclude Smuggler from that application. Click on the Add button (Alt+a). You will see the Exclude Application dialog box. Select the Drive, Directory and File Name of the application that you do not want to use with Smuggler. Click on OK. You will return to the Smuggler Setup dialog box with the application you selected in the Exclude Smuggler from Application list box. To delete an application from this list (i.e. have Smuggler add itself to the application's title bar), click on the application's name in the Exclude Smuggler from Application list (Alt+x). Click on the Remove button.


Exclude Application

How to Find This Dialog Box

Click on the Smuggler icon to pull up the System menu, then click Setup. In the Setup dialog box, click on the Add button, and you will see this dialog box.

Description and Use of This Dialog Box

If you have applications with which you don't want to use Smuggler, this dialog box allows you to exclude Smuggler from that application's title bar.

Exclude Smuggler from an Application as Follows:

1. Make sure Smuggler is running.

2. Click on the Smuggler icon to pull up the Smuggler System menu (Alt+Spacebar). Click on Setup (Alt+s) You will see the Smuggler Setup dialog box.

3. Click on the Add button (Alt+a). You will see the Exclude Application dialog box. Select the drive, directory and file name of the application. Click on OK. The application is added to the Exclude Smuggler from Application list. When you run HiJaak Smuggler and the selected application at the same time, the Smuggler icon will not be added to the title bar of the application.
To remove an application from this list, click on the application name and click on the Remove button (Alt+r).

4.  Click on OK.


The Smuggler Learn Mode

Description and Use of This Mode

Smuggler is able to add the Smuggler icon to an application's title bar by locating a Paste command in its Edit menu. If your application supports pasting graphics from the Windows Clipboard, but doesn't use the standard Edit/Paste command, then Smuggler will not add the icon. You can, however, set up Smuggler to work with that application.

Set Up Smuggler to Work with Your Application as Follows:

1. Make sure Smuggler is running. If you placed Smuggler in your Windows Startup group during installation, it should already be running. If not, double-click on the Smuggler icon located in the HiJaak Graphics Suite program group.

2. Run the application with which you want to use Smuggler.

3. Pull down the menu that contains the application's Paste feature.

4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the menu item that triggers the application's Paste feature.

5. Press the Smuggler setup hotkeys. The default hotkeys are CTRL+SHIFT+L.
For information on changing the hotkeys, click on the following:
Smuggler Setup

6. You will see a message box confirming that Smuggler has been set up to work with the application. Click on OK.

The Smuggler icon appears in the application's title bar any time you run both Smuggler and the application.

Note: If the Smuggler icon appears in an application that you don't want to use with Smuggler, you can remove it by using the Smuggler Setup dialog box or by closing Smuggler. For information on changing the hotkeys, click on the following:

Exclude Application