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PrtSc V1.52
Copyright (c) 1993 by Jan Hagqvist
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1993, Jan Hagqvist, All Rights Reserved.
This program is FREEWARE. You may freely use and distribute this
program under the following conditions:
1) No modifications are made into the program or this documentation
and all the files are spread together. However, you are allowed
to compress all the files into an archive for distribution.
2) No money (other than nominal copying fees) is charged for its
distribution.
DISCLAIMER
THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DAMAGES, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL,
RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PROGRAM. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE
USE OF THIS PROGRAM IS ASSUMED BY THE USER.
What is PrtSc?
PrtSc is a little utility that makes the PrtSc-key to work as it
should, so by pressing the PrtSc-key, you get a dump of the foremost
screen. PrtSc needs DOS2.0 (V36).
How does it work?
PrtSc waits you to press the PrtSc-key and when pressed, it dumps
the current screen via printer.device using the current printer
preferences. PrtSc works in the background, so it should't slow
the machine down a lot. At least I've used it for months without
even remembering it's there.
How do I use it?
Copy the program to your c: drawer and execute it from there with
the 'run' command. PrtSc uses the printer.device so it should be in
the devs: drawer. All the other files that are needed to print
something, need to be in their own drawers too.
To get a dump of the foremost screen press the Shift and PrtSc-keys.
There's no matter which Shift you use, the Left or the Right, both
should do. The PrtSc-key should be found on the numeric keypad. In my
keyboard it is with the '*'-key.
The options window:
To enter to the options window, press Alt and PrtSc. The gadgets are
used to alter the output and work as follows:
Reset before/after dumping: If you need some extra manipulation with
the printer before you get the dump, try setting the reset before
flag, because your printer might need resetting before it can dump
the image.
ActiveScreen/FirstScreen: This gadget lets you choose whether to
print the ActiveScreen or the FirstScreen when you press PrtSc.
The ActiveScreen is the screen currently active (selected) and the
FirstScreen is the first (frontmost) screen in the Intuition screens
list. The arrow in the gadget shows which option is selected.
Aspect: Selecting this gadget makes the other dimension of the dump
to be scaled, so that the dump has the same aspect ratio as the
screen.
Center picture: Centers the image between the left and right edge of
the paper.
No formfeed: Prevents the page to be ejected after the dump.
Full columns: The width of the image is set to the maximum possible,
as determined by the printer limits.
Full rows: The height of the image is set to the maximum possible, as
determined by the printer limits.
Save config: Saves the gadget states in the file 's:PrtSc.cfg'.
The file is automatically loaded on the startup, if it exists.
Quit PrtSc: Simply quits the program.
To exit the options window select the CloseWindow-gadget.
Notes
- To alter the preferences that are not defined internally in PrtSc,
use the PrinterGfx program on your Workbench-disk, in the Prefs-
drawer.
- If nothing happens when you press the PrtSc-key, try pressing it
longer. If nothing still happens, try something like 'list to prt:'
to see if you get that printed. If nothing happens, check the
connections and that all the system files needed to print are
placed correctly.
- Since this program is FreeWare, you don't need to pay anything to
use it. If you really like it, however, and you would like to send
me something, how about sending in some of your own stuff or some
other PD software (preferably small packages or letters, so that I
don't need to get to the customs to pick it up).
- Special thanks go to Barlow Soper, for your help.
- The weather report: Kotka, Finland, October 14, 1993, 11:00 (9h GMT)
Oh dear, it's snowing! There are lots of birch leafs on the ground,
and the snowflakes melt immediately when they touch the ground. It
won't be a white day today. The temperature: outdoors +6°C (42.8°F,
279.15K), indoors +16°C (60.8°F, 289.15K, I've got a window open).
Should any comments come to your mind, please write to:
Jan Hagqvist
Reinolankatu 5 A 1
48600 KARHULA
FINLAND
History
V1.07 (Wednesday, 3 March 1993)
The first usable version of this program. There are no options yet.
The print size should be as many pixels as the screen size is. V37
is required.
Size = 1084 bytes
V1.08 (Wednesday, 23 June 1993)
A very minor update. I browsed the Kernel Manual and realized that
this might even work on V36 machines, so now it needs V36 to work.
Size = 1084 bytes
V1.50 (Thursday, 30 September 1993)
Fed up with creating a new version every other Wednesday, I finished
this one Thursday. Some would say it's a major update, now containing
a simple (disordered) options window, with some print options and
Save config/Quit-options. Still doesn't eat the '*'-char, when you
press Shift/Alt+PrtSc (though you can get rid of it by altering your
keymap).
Size = 3528 bytes
V1.52 (Wednesday, 13 October 1993)
Yet another Wednesday edition. Now the program creates a little input-
handler to eat the '*'-char, when PrtSc is pressed with a Shift or Alt
key. No need to use a script from Workbench anymore, the program can
handle the Workbench startup-message.
Size = 3980 bytes