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DISCLAIMER & OTHER ISSUES.
These programs, ClipPrint.exe & ClipView.exe, written by Dave Saville
are all copyright 1996 by Dave Saville. These programs are freely
distributable, and may be used by and distributed along with any other
software, provided that these files are not internally modified, nor
sold as a complete package by themselves.
These programs are provided "as is" without any warranty of any kind
either expressed or implied. If they break you get to keep *all* the
pieces.
These programs are 'postcardware'. If you like them please send me a
postcard of something interesting in your local area, address below.
If you don't like 'em - tough.
WHAT DO THEY DO?
ClipPrint 1.0
I do a lot of remote support work and, at some unearthly time in the
morning, have several telnet sessions open as well as 3270. What I need
for the postmortem at the office is some evidence. It's all there in
various sessions and their history buffers, but I only want odd bits.
Copying with the mouse is fine but then what? Would you believe that the
clipboard viewer WON'T PRINT! So I wrote ClipPrint. Put it on your
toolbar/launchpad and one click will print the contents of the clipboard,
provided it contains text.
ClipView 1.0
This gives multiple text clipboards. It is based, visually, on the Unix
utility cutview. But it is not a port. ClipView traps the write to
clipboard messages and, if textual, copies them. Note that starting
a similar program such as the clipboard viewer itself will disable
ClipView, as only one program can trap the messages at a time.
Each clip is presented in ClipView as a single line containing two
buttons and a one line list box. The first (select) button shows
by a '>' which is the current clipboard contents. This rotates round
the 'free' lines each time a clip action is made. To restore to the
clipboard a previously taken clip just click the select button. The
second (lock) button shows a 'L' if the clip is locked. A locked clip
can be selected like an unlocked one, but will never get overwritten.
The list box shows the clip. The clip may be edited in situ but the
change will not be reflected to a paste action unless you also select
the changed clip.
Locking the last free clip will generate a further free line up to a
maximum of eight. You can also add lines by using the right mouse
button pop up. The pop up allows clips to be added, deleted, printed,
edited and the whole lot saved to a file. You can also toggle the
clip capture function.
INSTALLATION
ZIP file created with INFO-ZIP.
UNZIP the programs to a directory somewhere useful. Note that they need
the EMX dlls etc.. Drag the ClipPrint program to the launchpad.
If you don't print to LPT1 then open the settings notebook and change
the parameter to what you do use.
ClipView needs to know where to save the clips. It will use the current
directory unless you give it another working directory in the settings
notebook. It also needs some temporary space for clip edits. For this
it assumes an environment variable TMP that points to a temporary
directory. Clips are saved as pid.clip#.tmp
BUGS & FEATURES :-)
ClipPrint - none known
ClipView.
Editing in the list box does not result in an updated clip unless
the select button is also pressed. I have not yet found out how to tell
if a list box line has been changed rather than selected.
The buttons should have bitmaps but I have not yet worked out how to do
it without doing the whole button thing myself.
Should have a 'float on top' option.
Could do with smaller fonts.
Printing to a non existing port can be fun! I do not know how to tell
if there is actually a device on the end of a port.
Enjoy.
Dave Saville
49 Mungo Park Way
Orpington
Kent
UK
BR5 4EE
savild@gatwick.geco-prakla.slb.com