1.1 Welcome

Welcome to FullShot 6.0!

FullShot is the complete image capture, image database and screen printing program designed for users who need to work with images from Microsoft Windows screens.


1.2 System Requirements

FullShot 6.0 is a 32-bit Windows application. It requires one of the following Windows operating systems on your PC:

Windows 95

Windows 98

Windows NT 4.0 (workstation or server)

Windows 2000 (workstation or server)

If you don't have any of the above Windows installed, you need to upgrade your system software before installing FullShot 6.0.

The total hard drive space needed is 6MB. The total memory requirement is 32MB for the Standard Edition. 64MB is recommended for the Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition. The more memory you have, however, the smoother FullShot 6.0 will run.


1.3 What FullShot Can Do for You

Capturing images

•	Capture images in five capture types in the Standard Edition: screen capture, window capture, region capture, title & menu capture, and freehand capture. The Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition have four more capture types: mouse pointer capture, button capture, command bar capture and auto-scroll document capture.

•	Capture images by using on-screen Snapshot Buttons or Hotkeys.

•	Capture images in 4-bit (16 colors), 8-bit (256 colors), 15-bit (32K colors), 16-bit (64K colors), or 24-bit (16.8M colors) color modes, as well as in black-and-white mode.

•	Capture images in 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200 resolution.

•	Capture a complete screen or separate objects on the screen such as dialog boxes, menus, command buttons, option buttons, toolbars, and mouse pointers.

•	Capture any rectangular or freely drawn region of a screen you define using a mouse.

Printing images

•	Print images on any printer that Windows supports automatically or manually.

•	Print images with text annotations in multiple formats.

•	Print images with a Header and a Footer.

•	Print images in any size.

•	Print images in multiple alignments and orientations.

•	Print multiple images on one page.

Viewing and Converting Images

FullShot is a perfect image viewer for the following popular image formats: BMP, CUR, DIB, EPS, GIF, ICO, JPG, PCD, PCT, PCX, PNG, PSD, RAS, RLE, TGA, TIF, WMF, and WPG.  FullShot can also read and display HTML pages.

FullShot can convert images among supported image formats.

Editing images

•	Add frames around images.

•	Resize images.

•	Flip or rotate images.

•	Translate color images to grayscale or black-and-white.

•	Change image colors.

•	Reduce image colors to produce smaller files.

•	Crop images to a smaller size.

•	Erase part of an image.

•	Merge two or more images into one.

•	Change image resolution.

Annotating Images

•	Write image annotations

•	Save image annotations

•	Print image annotations

Building an Image Database

•	Build an image database automatically or manually.

•	Support six indexes to search an image database.

•	Support the point-and-click intuitive search method.

•	Support the type-to-locate search method.

•	Support built-in backup procedures.

•	No programming is required.

•	View an image database sequentially in the thumbnail mode.

•	Intuitive data tips can bring up record information quickly.


1.4 FullShot 6.0 Editions

FullShot 6.0 is released in three editions: Standard Edition, Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition. See the features list for comparison.

	Standard Edition	Professional Edition	Enterprise Edition
Multiple Monitor Support	♦	♦	♦
Supported Formats
BMP	♦	♦	♦
CUR	♦	♦	♦
DIB	♦	♦	♦
EPS	♦	♦	♦
GIF	♦	♦	♦
ICO	♦	♦	♦
JPG	♦	♦	♦
PCD	♦	♦	♦
PCT	♦	♦	♦
PCX	♦	♦	♦
PNG	♦	♦	♦
PSD	♦	♦	♦
RAS	♦	♦	♦
RLE	♦	♦	♦
TGA	♦	♦	♦
TIF	♦	♦	♦
WMF	♦	♦	♦
WPG	♦	♦	♦
Capture Modes
Screen Capture	♦	♦	♦
Window Capture	♦	♦	♦
Region Capture	♦	♦	♦
Title & Menu Capture	♦	♦	♦
Freehand Capture	♦	♦	♦
Pointer Capture		♦	♦
Button Capture		♦	♦
Command Bar Capture		♦	♦
Auto-Scroll Document Capture		♦	♦
Image Resolution Settings		♦	♦
Viewers
Still Image Viewer	♦	♦	♦
Animated GIF Viewer	♦	♦	♦
Thumbnail Viewer		♦	♦
HTML Viewer			♦
Printing
Print Image	♦	♦	♦
Print Multiple Images	♦	♦	♦
Print All Images on One Page	♦	♦	♦
Print Image Database Record			♦
Print HTML Page			♦
Image Utilities
ImageExplorer		♦	♦
BatchConvert		♦	♦
Image123 Database
Database Creation			♦
Database Management & Backup			♦
ID Index			♦
Subject Index			♦
Title Index			♦
Keyword Index			♦
Create Index			♦
Update Index			♦


1.5 Installing FullShot

1.	Start Windows.

Close all running applications.

2.	Insert the FullShot 6.0 CD into your CD-ROM drive.

3.	If the Setup program doesn't get loaded automatically,

click the Start button,

choose the Run command,

type d:\setup and then click OK.

If the CD-ROM is not on D: drive, use the other drive letter.

If you received FullShot from one of the Inbit download sites, follow instructions on the web site to install FullShot.

4.	Follow the on-screen instructions to install FullShot.


1.6 Registering FullShot

After you install FullShot, send in the registration card enclosed with your copy of the program. You can also register your copy at www.inbit.com/register.htm.

Registration entitles you to free technical support and information about future updates. If you need to call technical support, be ready to give the support programmer your license number, which appears on the FullShot CD jewel case or disk envelope. You can also find your license number in the About FullShot dialog box.


1.7 Starting FullShot

The FullShot 6.0 icon should already be on your desktop window when the installation is completed. Double click on the icon to start FullShot 6.0.

If you have already deleted the FullShot icon:

1.	Click the Start button.

2.	Choose the Programs item.

3.	Choose the FullShot 6.0 submenu.

4.	Choose the FullShot 6.0 application.


1.8 Uninstalling FullShot

To uninstall FullShot:

1.	Insert the FullShot CD into your CD-ROM drive D: (or other drive letter).

2.	Run SETUP.EXE.

If you received the software from one of the Inbit download sites, it is called FSHOT600.EXE. Run this executable instead. In the future version upgrade, this file may be called FSHOT601.EXE, FSHOT602.EXE to reflect the version change.

3.	The SETUP.EXE or FSHOT600.EXE has a built-in uninstaller that will check your system to see if you have an installed version of FullShot 99. If the uninstaller finds a previously installed version, it will display a dialog box. You may follow the on-screen instructions to remove FullShot completely.

4.	If the uninstaller fails to find the installed copy of FullShot, you may remove FullShot manually by deleting the entire FullShot 6.0 folder. It is installed to your C:\Program Files folder by default.


1.9 Technical Support

Call:	1-408-730-9819. Support is available only to registered users. Be ready with your license number that is printed on your CD jewel case or disk envelope. You can also find your license number in the About FullShot dialog box.

Fax:	1-408-730-1756

Internet: 	support@inbit.com

Write:	Inbit Inc.

P.O.Box 391674

Mountain View, CA 94039

USA


2.1 FullShot Window

The main FullShot window is a workspace where you can view and work on captured or imported images. It can contain more than one image at a time, each in a separate window.


2.2 Snapshot Buttons

The easiest way to capture images is with Snapshot Buttons. Clicking one of the buttons carries out the corresponding type of capture.

=	Screen Capture

=	Window Capture

=	Region Capture

=	Freehand Capture

=	Button Capture - available in the Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition

=	Command Bar Capture - available in the Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition

=	Document Capture with Auto-Scroll Technology - available in the Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition

By default, S, W and R buttons are turned on in the Standard Edition. And S, W, R, B, C and D buttons are selected in the Professional Edition and the Enterprise Edition.

The Snapshot Buttons will be displayed on the title bar of the top most application window.


2.3 Toolbar

To know the name of a particular button, stop the mouse pointer over it. FullShot will display the name shortly.

  Open Image command. Use this command to open an image file. You can also use the FullShot Explorer to open image files.

  Save Image command. Use this command to save an image to a file. You can also use drag & drop method to drag an image to a folder in the FullShot Explorer.

  Print command. Use this command to print the active image.

  Copy Image command. Use this command to copy the active image to the Clipboard.

  Paste Image command. Use this command to paste an image from the Clipboard to the FullShot window.

  FullShot Explorer command. Use this command to turn on/off the FullShot Explorer.

  Notepad command. Use this command to Open/Close the image notepad.

  Normal Pixel Size command. Use this command to view the active image in its original pixel size.

  Fit to Window command. Use this command to view the active image by using the entire window space.

  Full Screen View command. Use this command to view the active image in the full screen mode.

  Merge Images command. Use this command to merge multiple images into one.

  Frame command. Use this command to add a color frame to the active image.

  Zoom In command. Use this command to enlarge the active image.

  Flip Horizontal command. Use this command to flip the active image horizontally.

  Flip Vertical command. Use this command to flip the active image vertically.

  Rotate Right command. Use this command to rotate the active image to the right.

  Rotate Left command. Use this command to rotate the active image to the left.

  Select Image command. Use this command to select the active image for changes.

  Crop command. Use this command to trim the unwanted edges.

  Send to FullShot Window option. Turn on/off Send to FullShot Window mode.

  Send to Printer option. Turn on/off Send to Printer mode.

  Send to Clipboard option. Turn on/off Send to Clipboard mode.

  Send to File option. Turn on/off Send to File mode.

  Close All command. Use this command to close all of the open windows.

  Folder Thumbnail View command. View all of the supported images in a folder, available in Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition.

  Launch BatchCon, available in Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition.

  Launch ImageExplorer, available in Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition.

  Click Summary Report button to display ImageExplorer statistics, available in Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition.

Image123 database toolbar buttons are listed in Chapter 11 .


2.4 FullShot Explorer

The FullShot Explorer lets you open, save and delete images in an easy way. The color bar icon in the FullShot Explorer indicates an image file in one of the supported formats.

To open an image file, navigate and find the file and then single click on it.

To save an image from the FullShot window to your hard drive, drag and drop the image to the destination folder.

To remove the active image from your hard drive, press Del key on your keyboard.


2.5 Left Click vs. Right Click

The FullShot Explorer supports both the left click and the right click of your mouse buttons. By default the left click opens a new image window or a record window, and the right click replaces the image or the record data of the top-most window. You can change the options and swap the left click and the right click actions.

To change the click options:

1.	Pull down the View menu.

2.	Choose the Image View Options command.

3.	Set your options.

4.	Click OK.

X = 5 and Y = 5 in the Display Option means that images are displayed at 5 pixels from its left window edge and 5 pixels from its top window edge. You may change these values.


2.6 FullShot Status Icon

When FullShot is loaded, the FullShot status icon is displayed in your system tray where your other hardware and software icons are displayed. If the status icon is not in the system tray, you may want to change your FullShot Setup and turn it on.

Right click on the FullShot camera icon to open up a popup menu.

Open FullShot: Brings FullShot window to top and run FullShot in the foreground mode, same as press the hotkey Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F.

Hide FullShot: Hides the FullShot window and the taskbar icon and runs FullShot in the background mode, same as press the hotkey Ctrl+Shift+Alt+B. If you choose this command, the status icon will be the only object that represents FullShot on your desktop.

About FullShot: shows the FullShot version and copyright information.

Remove Status Icon: removes the status icon from the system tray. FullShot will run without this icon.

Exit: Quits FullShot.

For more information about the background and foreground mode setup, see FullShot Setup .


2.7 Capturing Images

1.	Start Windows.

2.	Start FullShot.

3.	Minimize FullShot if you wish.

4.	Start the program from which you want to capture screen images.

5.	Click one of the FullShot on-screen Snapshot Buttons.

If you prefer to use Hotkeys, the default Hotkeys are:

Full Screen Capture	CTRL+1

Window Capture	CTRL+2

Region Capture	CTRL+3

Title & Menu Capture	CTRL+4

Freehand Capture	CTRL+5

The Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition have four more capture modes:

Mouse Pointer Capture	CTRL+6

Button Capture	CTRL+7

Command Bar Capture	CTRL+8

Document Capture	CTRL+9

By default, captured images are displayed in the FullShot windows.


3.1 FullShot Settings

FullShot comes with a set of default settings. It works just fine without your changing any of its settings. You do have many options, however, if you want to use FullShot differently. In this chapter we present you with general settings which affect overall FullShot behavior. In the next chapter, we’ll discuss capture-related settings.


3.2 FullShot Setup

The FullShot Setup command opens up the FullShot Setup dialog box.

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You can load FullShot with Windows automatically. You can load FullShot directly in the form of a minimized icon on the taskbar. If you want to load FullShot unnoticeably, unselect the Display FullShot logo box option.

If you choose to run FullShot in the background mode, FullShot will be hidden and it doesn't even appear on the taskbar. When you need to switch between the Background mode and the Foreground mode, press the hotkey combination Ctrl+Shift+Alt+B and Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F.

You can install the FullShot icon in your system tray to identify its running status. See Chapter 2 to learn more about the status icon and its popup menu.

By default, the FullShot Setup program has installed the FullShot icon on your desktop. You can let FullShot to remove the icon in this dialog box.


3.3 Destination Setup

FullShot sends all captured images to the FullShot Window by default. If you need to change the destination, you can turn on/off the individual destination buttons on the toolbar.

 = Send to FullShot Window

 = Send to Clipboard

 = Send to Printer

 = Send to File

You can also use Capture Setup to set more options.

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If you use FullShot as a direct screen printing program, select the Printer option only, and then set print settings (see Chapter 7 for details). If you plan to capture and save many images during a session, you can make the process quick and easy by selecting the File as a destination (see Chapter 6 for details). For those of you who prefer to use the Clipboard to transfer captured images, select the Clipboard option.

Please note that the Button tab, the Command Bar tab and the Document tab are available only in the Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition.


3.4 Capture Setup

Capture settings in this page affect all of the capture types.

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Hide Mouse Pointer: Select if you don’t want the captured image to include the mouse pointer; leave unselected if you do want the image to include the mouse pointer.

Add Frame and Mat: Select if you want to add the currently defined frame and mat automatically to the captured image; leave unselected if you don’t want to add a frame and mat automatically.

Bring FullShot to Top: Select if you want the FullShot window to appear above other application windows after you capture an image; leave unselected if you don’t want the FullShot window to appear on top after image captures.

Display Image Info: Select if you want to see a dialog box showing image attributes immediately after you capture it; leave unselected if you don’t want the image info dialog box to appear.

As Is: Select to leave color images unchanged when you capture them.

Black & White: Select to change color images automatically to black-and-white as you capture them using color to black-and-white mappings set with the Set Black & White.

Grayscale: Select to change color images automatically to grayscale as you capture them.

Invert: Select to invert color or monochrome images automatically as you capture them.

Reduce Color: Select to reduce color depth automatically when you capture an image. For example, a 24-bit true color image is reduced to 8-bit, and an 8-bit color image is reduced to 4-bit. FullShot does not reduce the color depth, however, if the captured image has too many colors for the reduced color level.

Resolution: You can preset a resolution so that all captured images are processed in that resolution. There are three preset resolutions: 72dpi, 150dpi and 300dpi. After an image is captured, you can change the image resolution to any value by using Change Resolution command from the Tool menu. Resolution option is only available in the Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition.


3.5 Snapshot Button Setup

Snapshot Buttons are the easiest way to capture images. Seven of the nine capture types have a snapshot button. The Mouse Pointer capture does not need a snapshot button; the Title & Menu capture cannot use a snapshot button. You can turn on/off any snapshot button through the Snapshot Button Setup dialog box.

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There are three more Snapshot Button types in the Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition:

By default, the snapshot buttons use your system button color. You can change it to your favorite color. Select the Hide in Capture option if you don't want to see the snapshot button image in your captured images.


3.6 Hotkey Setup

Hotkeys are the second way to capture images. Each of the nine capture types has its own hotkey or hotkey combination. A hotkey combination can be any key (except F1, which is used for Help) and one or more of these system keys: CTRL, SHIFT, ESC and ALT. The default hotkey settings are:

CTRL + 1	Screen Capture

CTRL + 2	Window Capture

CTRL + 3	Region Capture

CTRL + 4	Title & Menu Capture

CTRL + 5	Freehand Capture

The Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition have four more capture modes:

CTRL + 6	Mouse Pointer Capture

CTRL + 7	Button Capture

CTRL + 8	Command Bar Capture

CTRL + 9	Auto-Scroll Document Capture

You can change hotkeys easily through the Hotkey Setup dialog box.

You need to use the mouse to select hotkeys. If you use a number key from the numeric keypad, make sure NUM LOCK is turned on. Do not use SHIFT in combination with number keys from the numeric keypad.

If you don't want to use any hotkeys, select Turn off all hotkeys. FullShot will not monitor any keyboard activities when the hotkeys are in the sleep mode.

Tip In general, it’s best to select hotkeys that won’t conflict with keys your current application uses. If a FullShot hotkey matches the key for an application, pressing it first carries out the action your application defines for the key and then captures an image. Thus, you may find that the application has changed the image you wanted to capture. The easiest way to avoid such conflicts is define a hotkey combination that, like the default selections, includes one or more systems keys, for example, CTRL+1 for screen captures.

Tip FullShot’s keyboard display always includes the standard 101 keys. If your keyboard has a different number of keys, make sure you select only hotkeys that are actually available on your keyboard.


3.7 FullShot Clock

The FullShot Clock has nothing to do with image captures. It is for your convenience. The clock is always displayed next to the Snapshot Buttons on the title bar of the active window. You can change its settings and color through a dialog box.

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To turn off the clock, unselect both the Time and Date options. By default, the FullShot clock will not be displayed on the title bar of a dialog box. Select On Dialog Box option if you want to see the clock on the active dialog box.


3.8 Master Reset

The Master Reset command allows you to change all settings to their original defaults.


3.9 Load Settings & Save Settings

The Load Settings and Save Settings commands let you load or save settings stored in separate FULLSHOT.INI files. These commands are particularly useful if you want to set FullShot up in a particular way for many different users throughout a company or if several different people are using the program on a single PC and each wants to customize settings to suit his or her needs.


4.1 Capturing a Screen

A screen capture includes everything you see on your display screen or everything in the area you define. By default, screen captures include the whole screen.

To capture a screen:

Click [image] button or

Press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+1)

You can change the screen capture area within your monitor resolution through the Capture Setup command.

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FullShot supports multiple monitors. In the Screen Capture settings, you can select either the Primary Monitor only or All Monitors.

FullShot lets you set a countdown timer for screen capture. This feature can help you capture screens that might change with any keystroke or mouse click. A capture is delayed for the number of seconds you specify so you have time to arrange the screen the way you want it to look.

To use the countdown timer:

1.	Select the Countdown option.

2.	Specify the number of seconds.

3.	Click [image] or press the current hotkeys to start the capture.

Timer beeper starts.

4.	Arrange the screen the way you want to capture it.

After the number of seconds you specify, FullShot automatically captures the screen.

5.	Turn off the countdown timer after you capture the screen.


4.2 Capturing the Active Window

FullShot lets you capture not only complete screens, but also separate “windows” that are part of a screen. “Windows”, in this sense, refers not only to full size application or document windows, but also to smaller objects within these windows, such as dialog boxes, list boxes etc.

An active window is a window on top of other windows. A dialog box is an active window; an application window is an active window, etc. There can be only one active window at anytime. FullShot has its own way to recognize the active window. As long as the Snapshot Buttons can be displayed on a window’s title bar, that window is the active window.

To capture an active window:

1.	Choose the Active Window option

2.	Click [image] button or

press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+2)

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As in the screen capture mode, FullShot lets you set a countdown timer for window capture. This feature can help you capture windows that might change with any keystroke or mouse click. A capture is delayed for the number of seconds you specify so you have time to arrange the window the way you want it to look.

To use the countdown timer:

1.	Select the Countdown option.

2.	Specify the number of seconds.

3.	Click [image] or press the current hotkey to start the capture.

Timer beeper starts.

4.	Arrange the window the way you want to capture it.

After the number of seconds you specify, FullShot automatically captures the window.

5.	Turn off the countdown timer after you capture the screen.


4.3 Capturing a Window You Select

FullShot can capture any windows. As long as you see something with a border on the screen, FullShot can capture it. If the window you are trying to capture is not active, use the Select a Window mode.

To capture a window you select:

1.	Choose the Select a Window option.

2.	Click [image] button or

press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+2)

The mouse cursor changes to a window selection shape.

3.	Click on the window you want to capture.


4.4 Capturing an Overlapping Window

By default, window capture setup has the Capture with Current and Erase Background selected so that overlapping objects can be captured automatically. If you want to capture two or more overlapped application windows, you may capture them separately and then merge them into one. See Merging Images in Chapter 9 for details.


4.5 Capturing a Region on the Screen

The Region Capture lets you define any arbitrary rectangular area on the screen to capture.

To capture a region on the screen:

1.	Click [image] button or

Press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+3)

The mouse pointer turns to a crosshair.

2.	Move the pointer to a corner of the area you want to capture and press the left mouse button to anchor the starting point.

3.	With the left mouse button held down, drag the mouse pointer to the corner diagonally opposite to the starting point until the flexible box completely surrounds the area you want to capture.

4.	Release the mouse button. The flexible box disappears and the area it encircled is captured.

There are several options you can set for the region capture.

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4.6 Capturing a Menu

The title & menu capture defines a rectangle area that includes all the objects you select. FullShot can recognize and separate four title/menu objects. If you want to omit any part of the captured area that is not an actual part of a menu object, select the Erase Background option.

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To capture a dropdown menu or popup menu:

1.	Open the menu you want to capture.

2.	Press the currently defined hotkeys for title & menu capture (e.g. CTRL+4)

There are limitations to the dropdown menu captures. If you cannot capture a particular dropdown menu from an application, that's because the dropdown menu might be implemented in a different way. Especially when the menu bar is implemented as a special toolbar, menu capture may fail. If that's the case, try to use the Command Bar Capture mode, available in the Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition.


4.7 Capturing an Area Freehand

The Freehand Capture lets you capture any arbitrarily shaped area on the screen.

To capture an area freehand:

1.	Click [image] button or

press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+5)

The mouse pointer turns to a pen.

2.	Move the pointer to an edge of the area you want to capture and press the left mouse button.

3.	With the mouse button held down, drag the mouse pointer around the area you want to capture until the border surrounds it completely. If you don’t join the edges of the figure you draw, FullShot will calculate the capture area for you.

4.	Release the mouse button. The surrounded area is captured.

Below is a freehand capture sample.

There are several options you can set for the freehand capture.

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4.8 Capturing the Mouse Pointer

The Pointer Capture is available only in the Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition.

In many programs, the mouse pointer changes depending on the action you are carrying out. For example, when you select the Airbrush tool from the toolbox in the Windows Paint program, the mouse pointer changes to an airbrush image. FullShot lets you capture the current mouse pointer as a separate image in any form.

Mouse pointer capture samples:

To capture the mouse pointer:

Press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+6)

There is no setting you need to set for the mouse pointer capture.


4.9 Capturing a Button

The Button Capture is available only in the Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition.

There are many buttons on the screen - 3D style buttons and flat style buttons. They can be of any size. They can be placed next to each other. Using the button capture, you can capture buttons individually.

Button capture samples:

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To capture a 3D style button:

1.	Click [image] button.

The mouse pointer turns to an arrow-on-button shape.

2.	Click the button you want to capture.

To capture a flat style button:

1.	Park the mouse pointer over the button to make it 3D look.

2.	Press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+7)

Select Add a frame around the button if you want to have a black single line border around the captured images. There are many button images captured from FullShot in this User's Guide. All of them are captured with the Add a frame around the button option selected.


4.10 Capturing a Command Bar

The Command Bar Capture is available only in the Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition.

A Command Bar is a general name for all kinds of toolbars, menu bars, resizable bars, coolbars, etc. Some of them can be docked on any side of a main window, and others can float around on the screen. There can be a dropdown menu and submenus from a command bar. The command bar capture is designed to capture this type of images.

In the traditional interface, the menu bar can not be moved and it always stays under the title bar. You need to use the Title & Menu Capture to capture menu bar and dropdown menu images if that's the case with your application. However, if the menu bar is designed using a toolbar or resizable bar or movable bar style, it becomes a kind of Command Bar. You need to capture menu images using the Command Bar Capture for that interface.

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There are three options you can select in the command bar capture setup. The sample image in the Command Bar property page shows a floating toolbar with a dropdown menu.

To capture a command bar without a dropdown menu:

1.	Click [image] button.

The mouse pointer becomes arrow-on-a-bar shape.

2.	Click on the command bar you want to capture.

Here are two capture samples.

To capture a command bar with dropdown menus:

1.	Click the command bar button to open the dropdown menu and submenus if any.

2.	Press the hotkey (Ctrl+8).

Let's see a capture sample.


4.11 Capturing a Long Document

The Document Capture is available only in the Professional Edition and Enterprise Edition.

The content of a window is called a document in FullShot. A document can be a web page, a spreadsheet, a word processing document or a layout design. When a document is larger than a window viewing area, the displaying window can't display all of its content. Document Capture can help you capture such a document by using auto-scroll method.

To capture a long document:

1.	Click [image] button or press the currently defined hotkeys (e.g. CTRL+9).

The mouse pointer becomes arrow-with-scroll shape.

3.	Click on the document you want to capture.

4.	FullShot will automatically scroll the document vertically and try to capture the entire document.

To stop a long document capture, click anywhere on the screen. FullShot will just show you whatever it has captured.

Please note that FullShot may not be able to capture a long document from all of the windows. Some applications use non-standard or special scroll method, or even special window rendering routines. As a result, FullShot auto-scroll may fail to make a window scroll automatically. In this case, you can capture individual window content and then use the image merge function to manually make a long document shot.

There is only one option you can set for a document capture - add a frame automatically when performing a document capture. To set this option, click the Document tab in the Capture Setup.

The performance of a long document capture depends on your system RAM. Since the final bitmap image can be very large, make sure you have sufficient memory available for a very long document.


5.1 Open/Close

Every image window in the FullShot main window has a built-in notepad. It is always at the bottom of the window.

 Click the notepad button on the toolbar to open the notepad. Click it again to close the notepad.

Drag the splitter bar to open/close the notepad or change its size.


5.2 Load/Save

You can load a text file into the notepad. You can save your writings or changes in a separate text file.

When you save an image, FullShot will save your image notes in a separate text file with the same filename.

You can drag-and-drop your image with image notes directly into the FullShot Explorer for file save. For details see Chapter 6.


5.3 Copy/Paste

You can copy the image notes to the Clipboard or paste the Clipboard contents to the notepad just as you would the Windows Notepad. Select the text before you copy it.


6.1 Image File Conversion

FullShot lets you open and save files in many popular image formats. You can open a file in a supported format even if it was created by another application; thus FullShot can act as an image file conversion program.


6.2 Supported Formats

18 popular image formats are supported in FullShot.

BMP	Windows Bitmap format, the Microsoft standard format for Windows.

CUR	Windows Cursor format, the format used to store cursor images used for Windows applications.

DIB	Windows Device-Independent Bitmap format, a variant name for the BMP format.

EPS	Encapsulated Postscript format. FullShot will display its preview image.

GIF	CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format, a popular image exchange format used by the CompuServe Information Service and other on-line graphics sources.

ICO	Windows Icon format, the format used for on-screen icons in Windows.

JPG	Joint Photographic Experts Group format used for true color 24-bit photographic images scanned or digitized from films.

PCD	Kodak Photo CD format.

PCT	Macintosh Pict format.

PCX	Originally Painbrush format, supported by many desktop publishing and graphics programs.

PNG	Portable Network Graphics, a standard specified by the World Wide Web Consortium for Internet and web development.

PSD	Adobe PhotoShop format.

RAS	Sun Raster format.

RLE	Windows Run-Length Encoded bitmap format, a compressed version of standard Windows BMP format.

TGA	Truevision TARGA format.

TIF	Tagged Image File format, supported by many desktop publishing programs.

WMF	Windows Metafile Format. FullShot can handle bitmap or raster images in this format, not vector images.

WPG	WordPerfect Graphics format, supported by the WordPerfect word processing and graphics program. FullShot can handle bitmap or raster images in this format, not vector images.


6.3 Opening or Importing an Image File

To open an image file, navigate and find the file using the FullShot Explorer. And then left click on the filename to load it into a separate FullShot window. To open an image file into the top window, right click it.

You can also click the Open button on the toolbar and use the traditional method to open an image file.


6.4 Saving an Image to a File

To save an image to a new file:

1.	Find the target folder in the FullShot Explorer where you want to save your image.

2.	Click on the image in the FullShot window.

3.	Hold down the mouse button and drag the mouse pointer to the target folder name in the FullShot Explorer.

4.	Release the mouse button when you see the target folder is highlighted.

5.	FullShot opens the Save As dialog box.

6.	Select a file format in the Save As dialog box.

7.	Type a filename in the Save As dialog box.

8.	Click Save.

To save an image to an existing file:

1.	Find the target file in the FullShot Explorer.

5.	Click on the image in the FullShot window.

3.	Hold down the mouse button and drag the mouse pointer to the target filename in the FullShot Explorer.

4.	Release the mouse button when you see the target filename is highlighted.

5.	Click the Yes button to confirm that you want to replace the image file.

To save an image automatically as you capture it:

1.	Choose the Capture Setup command from the Options menu.

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2.	Select the File destination.

You may want to unselect other destinations. If the File option is the only destination, all captured images will directly go to your hard drive.

3.	Select a File Option.

Increment Filename: When saving files, FullShot automatically assigns the filename and file type set with Set File. If the filename ends in a number (e.g. the default filename is 'SHOT0000.BMP'), FullShot increases the number sequentially for each new file. By default for example, the next filename will be SHOT0001.BMP. If the filename doesn't end in a number, FullShot automatically overwrites any file already saved with the currently set name.

Prompt Filename: When saving files, FullShot opens the Save As dialog box that lets you set a filename and file type.

Filename by Time: When saving files, FullShot automatically creates a filename using the current date and time in the form of DDHHMMSS, where DD is the current date, HH the hour, MM the minute, SS the second. For example, a PCX file created on the 25th of the month at 1:05:16PM is saved under the name 25130516.PCX.

If you select the Increment Filename, continue with the rest of steps. Otherwise, your setup is complete. Click OK.

4.	Click Set File to set options.

The Set File opens up the standard FullShot Save As dialog box. You need to choose a directory, a file format, and a starting filename with one or more digits at the end. FullShot saves the captured image by default as a BMP file under the name SHOT0000.BMP in your current working directory.

5.	Click the Save button.

FullShot will remember your settings and save captured images sequentially when you perform a capture.

6.	Start a capture.

Please be aware that all captured images are saved to your hard drive directly. FullShot will not display them unless you also select the FullShot Window as a destination.


6.5 Batch Save All Images

If there is more than one image in the FullShot main window that you want to save to files, you can do it in a quick and easy way by using the Save All command.

To save all images to files:

1.	Choose the Save All Images command from the File menu.

The standard FullShot Save As dialog box opens up.

2.	Choose a target directory (folder).

3.	Choose a filename.

4.	Click Save.

Suppose that you have 20 images. Suppose that the filename you use is MYFILE.GIF. And then FullShot will save your images as MYFILE01.GIF, MYFILE02.GIF, MYFILE03.GIF … MYFILE20.GIF.

Selecting Automatic Color Reduction option will guarantee that you save all the images in the minimum color format.


6.6 Graphics Mode and File Size

The way Windows is set up on your system influences how efficiently FullShot runs and how much information it needs to hold in memory or save to a file. There are two important concepts you need to understand.

1. Color Mode. Most display adapters used for Windows offer one or more of the following color modes:

16 Color 	Uses 4 bits for every pixel to display 16 distinct shades.

256 Colors 	Uses 8 bit for every pixel to display 256 distinct shades.

High Color 	Uses 15 or 16 bits for every pixel to display 32,768 or 65,536 distinct shades.

True Color	Uses 24 bits for every pixel to display 16.8 million distinct shades.

Although higher color modes give a wider range of possible colors, they also require greater processing power and generate larger image files. To make image captures more efficient, we recommend that you use the lowest color mode possible. Most screen captures won’t benefit from a mode higher than 256-colors.

2. Resolution. Graphics cards can provide one or more of the following resolutions:

640 x 480 pixels

800 x 600 pixels

1024 x 768 pixels

1152 x 864 pixels

1280 x 1024 pixels

1600 x 1200 pixels

Higher resolution means greater clarity and more contents, but also larger image files.


6.7 Color Reduction

If you want to get smaller image files for your captures, you may set up Windows as a 16-color or 256-color environment before you capture images. All high-color graphics cards come with drivers that support 16-color and 256-color modes. But if you need to run your Windows in a high-color or true color mode, you can do color reduction to produce smaller image files.

There are three ways you can do to reduce the amount of colors in images.

1.	Select the Automatic Color Reduction option in the FullShot Save As dialog box. All of the images will be analyzed and preprocessed individually before they are saved. This option will generate image files in the minimum color format.

2.	Choose the Reduce Color command from the Color menu to reduce the amount of colors in the active image.

3.	Select the Reduce Color option in the Capture Setup to add a process when the image is being captured.


6.8 Image Compression

Certain image formats provide compression. PCX, GIF, PNG, WPG, RLE and JPG, for example, are compressed image formats.

RLE is suitable only for 16-color and 256-color images. If you save a black-and-white image or color image with more than 256 colors, FullShot does not provide compression in the RLE format.

The TIFF (extension TIF) specification allows many different compression methods. FullShot can read most of them but does not provide any compression when saving files in TIFF format because of compatibility concerns.

The JPEG format (extension JPG) is supported mainly to let users import and export photographic images. It has the best compression algorithm for true color photographic images, and it can generate a very small image file. However, decompressing an encoded JPEG image does not necessarily restore the original bit-for-bit. As a result, you should not save screen images in JPEG format because they will not look as sharp when they are decompressed.

PNG format is a lossless specification and supports 1-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and true color image. It has better compression ratio than GIF. As a result, PNG format is highly recommended to all FullShot users.

Since FullShot supports the most popular formats for desktop publishing, you should be able to find a format you can use with almost any desktop publishing or graphics program. If you are not sure which format to use, try BMP or PCX format for the greatest degree of compatibility with other applications. Since PCX files have built-in compression, they are generally smaller than BMP files.


7.1 Configure FullShot as a Screen Printing Program

If you want FullShot to work like a screen-printing program, you need to send captured images directly to your printer. Follow the instructions below to make appropriate configuration.

1.	Choose the Capture Setup command from the Options menu.

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2.	Select the Printer destination.

Make sure the Printer is selected as the only destination. When a capture of any type is performed, FullShot will send the screen image to your printer directly.

3.	Select the Use Print Dialog Box option if you want to see the preview before you print.

We recommend you to select this option because you will have a chance to adjust scaling so that the image is printed on the page the way you want it. You can also write some notes under or above the printed image in the notepad provided in the print dialog box.

4.	Click Set Print to set options.

This will open up the FullShot Print dialog box. The dotted line indicates how much space a full screen image of your current screen will take on a page. Different screen resolution or different printer resolution will have different preview size. Changing scaling parameter will affect the image size on the page. If you have selected the Use Print Dialog Box option in the step 3, the image size in the preview window doesn't matter because you can change the scaling for every image you print.

5.	Click OK to complete the setup.

6.	Start a capture.

From now on, any capture of any type, large or small, will be treated as a screen-printing.

If you want to save the captured images, you need to unselect the Printer as the only destination and select other options.

You can turn on/off the Printer as a destination by clicking the Send to Printer button on the toolbar.


7.2 Print Images from FullShot Window

There are three print commands in the File menu:

Print

Print All One by One

Print All on One Page

To print the image in the active FullShot window:

1.	Click the Print button on the toolbar.

The image in the active window is displayed in the preview window.

2.	Set the Number of Copies.

3.	Adjust the Scaling parameter to make the image larger or smaller against the simulated page.

4.	Choose Portrait or Landscape mode.

5.	Click OK.

To print images in all FullShot windows:

Choose the Print All One By One command from the File menu. This command will sequentially print each and every image in the FullShot window.

Follow the same steps in printing the active image. Please note that you may preview all of the images one by one before you print them. The example below shows that 6 images will be printed and the image 5 is being previewed. Click Back or Next button to preview other images.

To print all images on one page:

Choose the Print All on One Page command from the File menu.

When the FullShot Print dialog box comes up, all of the images in the FullShot window will be displayed in the preview window. If you do not want to print a particular image, drag it out of the preview window, and FullShot will eliminate it from the page layout.

Each image takes up equal space on the page. Select the Show Grid option and the preview window will display dotted lines to let you know how the space is allocated. You can drag an image to another location and FullShot will automatically reformat the page layout.

The Column option is the most important factor that affects the page layout. Increase or decrease the number of columns will generate a  different page layout. There are 4 images in the above example, and they are displayed in 2 columns in the Portrait mode. If we choose to print the same images in 4 columns in the Landscape mode, the page layout will be totally different. Please note that the scaling parameter is also changed in the new layout.


7.3 Notepad

The notepad in the FullShot Print dialog box is the same as the one in each image window. Anything you entered there is displayed here. You may change the image notes and your changes will be replicated in the image notepad.

FullShot has default formatting for printing image notes. You can make a formatting change by clicking on other options. If you don't want to print the image notes, unselect the Print with image option.


7.4 Header and Footer

You can add a header to all printed pages at three possible locations. You may use macros in the header. You can change the font to make the header larger or smaller.

You can add a footer to all printed pages at three possible locations. You may use macros in the footer. You can change the font to make the footer larger or smaller.


7.5 Macros

A macro in FullShot is a single print conversion command that is translated into a FullShot action. $printdate, for example, is translated into the current printing date. It gives you a way to define a header or footer once and get consistently formatted printout. FullShot supports six macros in the notepad, header and footer.

By default, the header on the right is defined as ‘printed by FullShot at $printtime on $printdate’; the footer on the left is defined as ‘$filename, $filetime - $filedate, $res’.

Date and time used in the macros can be in different formats. Click Set Date/Time Format to change the format to the way you like it.


8.1 Edit Commands

Use the Copy Image command to copy the image in the active window to the Clipboard.

Use the Paste Image command to duplicate the image in the Clipboard to a FullShot image window.

Use the Copy Text command to copy selected text in the active notepad to the Clipboard.

Use the Paste Text command to duplicate the text in the Clipboard to the notepad in the active image window.

Use the Delete Image command to remove the active image from the hard drive. In the Merging Images mode, use the Delete Image command to delete the top image.

The Undo command undoes changes in the notepad only.

The Image Attributes command displays information about the active image.

The Summary Report command displays ImageExplorer statistics information.


9.1 Tool Commands

All of the FullShot tools work on the active image in the main FullShot window. If the command you choose works correctly, FullShot will generate a new image window.


9.2 Adding Frames

To add a frame or border, click the Frame button on the toolbar.

You may define the width of a frame. You may also use a mat that is another type of frames to be added at the same time.


9.3 Enlarging Images

To enlarge the image, click the Zoom In button on the toolbar.

Zoom In scales the image to 200% of its current size. You can also use the Scale command to enlarge the image to a preferred size.


9.4 Shrinking Images

To shrink the image, use the Zoom Out command that scales the image to 50% of its current size.

The Scale command lets you scale images more flexibly, but it can distort the image if your changes are not exactly multiples of the original, particularly if the image contains text.

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9.5 Rotating and Flipping Images

To change the orientation of the image, choose one of the four orientation commands. For example, the original image is [image].

 Flip Horizontal ⇒

 Flip Vertical ⇒

 Rotate Right ⇒

 Rotate Left ⇒


9.6 Merging Images

To merge two or more images into one:

1.	Drag-drop the active image into the target image window.

2.	Choose a background color. By default, it is white.

3.	Position images.

6.	Click the Merge Images button.

There is no limit to how many images you can merge at a time. The top image has a border of dotted lines. If you do not want to see the dotted lines, unselect the Show Border on Top Image. To delete an image in the merging window, bring it to top, and then choose the Delete Image command from the Edit menu.


9.7 Changing Images to Black and White

To change each color either to black or white, use the Black & White command and then set the mapping methods. FullShot will analyze the image and determine the closest color for each translation.

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9.8 Changing Images to Grayscale

To change the image to grayscale, use the Grayscale command.


9.9 Inverting Image Colors

To change each color in a color image to its complementary color, use the Invert command.


9.10 Changing Image Colors

To change one color to another:

1.	Choose the Check & Change Color command from the Color menu.

The mouse cursor becomes black.

2.	Click on the color you wan to change.

The Check Color dialog opens up to show you the current color definition.

3.	Click the Change Color button to open the Color dialog box.

4.	Pick a new color and click OK.

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9.11 Reducing Colors

To reduce the number of colors in the active image, choose the Reduce Colors command from the Color menu.

This function results in a smaller file size with no loss of quality, so it is always wise to reduce colors if you can. FullShot first analyzes the image. If it is a true color image, it will try to reduce it to the 256-color level; if it is a 256-color image, it will try to reduce it to the 16-color level.


9.12 Cropping Images

Cropping function lets you trim all four edges of an image to eliminate parts you don’t want. You can crop each edge separately or all four at once using cropping lines that appears when you select the image.

To crop an image:

1.	Select the image by clicking the Select Image button.

2.	Move the cropping lines by dragging the handles at each corner of the selected area.

3.	Click the Crop button.

You can also use keys shown here to move cropping lines precisely:

←→	Moves the left cropping line; with shift key held down, moves the right cropping line.

↑↓	Moves the top cropping line; with shift key held down, moves the bottom cropping line.

i	Moves all four cropping lines in toward the center of the image.

o	Moves all four cropping lines out toward the edges of the image.


9.13 Erasing an Area within an Image

To erase an area within an image:

1.	Select the image by clicking the Select Image button.

2.	Move the cropping lines by dragging the handles at each corner of the selected area.

3.	Choose the Erase command from the Crop menu.


9.14 Changing Image Resolution

This function is not available in the Standard Edition.

To change image resolution:

1.	Choose the Change Resolution command from the Tool menu.

2.	Set new resolution.

3.	Click OK.

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This function doesn't generate a new image window.


10.1 Thumbnail Viewer

Thumbnail Viewer is not available in the Standard Edition.

You can use Thumbnail Viewer to display all of the images stored in a folder.

To use the Thumbnail Viewer to view images in a folder:

1.	Select the folder in the FullShot Explorer.

2.	Click the Thumbnail Viewer button to open a dialog box.

3.	Set the row and column parameters. The maximum number of rows is 20. The maximum number of columns is 40.

4.	Click OK.

You can right-click a folder name in the FullShot Explorer and launch the viewer directly.

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10.2 ImageExplorer

ImageExplorer is not available in the Standard Edition.

There are hundreds, even thousands, of images on your hard drives that you never realize taking so much disk space. When you surf on the net, your browser quietly gathers images and saves them to your hard drive for faster page jumping. Another amazing fact is that your Windows Explorer sometimes can't list all of those images.

ImageExplorer can list, sort and display all of the images on your hard drives no matter where they are and how they got there.

 To launch ImageExplorer, click the ImageExplorer button on the toolbar.

To sort images by Name, Size, Type, Modified Date or Location, click the correspondent column header.

There are three sections in the status bar that is at the bottom of the ImageExplorer:

1.	The total number of image files listed in the ImageExplorer.

2.	The total hard drive space taken by the entire listed image files.

3.	The number of open windows.

  Click Summary Report button to display image file statistics.


10.3 Select Image Formats and Drives

When you launch ImageExplorer, you will see a format selection dialog box.

This dialog box lets you select image formats and drives on which you want ImageExplorer to scan and list. Different PCs may have a different number of drives. There are one floppy drive, two hard drives, two CD-ROM drives and one removable drive in the above example. By default, only hard drives and all of the supported image formats will be scanned.

You can re-scan your PC at anytime by clicking the ImageExplorer icon on the toolbar.


10.4 BatchCon

BatchCon is not available in the Standard Edition.

BatchCon is a utility that can help you convert image files from one format to another easily.

To launch BatchCon, click the BatchCon button on the toolbar.

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To convert image files to another format:

1.	Select an input directory.

2.	Select an input format or All Supported Formats.

3.	Select image files that you want to convert or click Select All to select all image files in the selected directory.

4.	Select an output directory.

5.	Select an output format.

6.	Click the Convert button.

7.	BatchCon will show you the conversion result in its list window.

The above example shows that 6 files in D:\TESTING directory are selected, converted to PNG format and successfully saved in C: directory.


11.1 What is an Image123 Database

Image123 database is available only in the Enterprise Edition.

Image123 is an image database management system built into FullShot Enterprise Edition to help users manage a large amount of images. An Image123 database is a collection of image records. It consists of two files: the data file with a filename extension .123 and the index file with a filename extension .321.

The sample database included with the program is an Image123 database. The name of its data file is ImagePub.123, and the name of its index file is ImagePub.321. The data file and index file must be stored in the same directory.

There is no limit on how large an Image123 database can be. Your available hard drive space is the limit.

To access an Image123 database, you can use the following buttons on the toolbar.

 Open Database command. Use this command to open an Image123 database.

 Close Database command. Use this command to close the active database.

 Thumbnail View command. When an Image123 database is open, use this command to view images sequentially in the thumbnail mode.

 New Record command. Use this command to create a new image record.

 Add Record command. Use this command to add a newly created record into the active database.

 Update Record command. Use this command to update the changed record into the active database.

 Fast Build command. Use this command to build a large amount of image files into the active database automatically.

 Delete Record command. Use this command to remove a record from the active database.

 Add Image From Clipboard command. Use this command to copy an image from the Clipboard to the active record.

 Add Image From File command. Use this command to copy an image from a file into the active record.

 Delete Image command. Use this command to remove an image from the active record.


11.2 Open an Image123 Database

There are two ways to open an Image123 database.

1.	use the Open Database command from the toolbar or from the Database menu.

2.	use the FullShot Explorer.

Navigate the FullShot Explorer; find the database file and single click on it.

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After the database is opened, the FullShot Explorer will display seven more index folders.

You can open only ONE DATABASE at a time.


11.3 Information about an Image123 Database

To display information about an Image123 database, choose the Properties command from the Database menu.

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If you want to change the creator or company name, click the Creator data field or the Company data field. In the example above, you should click Harry Houston or Image Publishing LLC. Image123 will display a dialog box for you to make changes.

No other information can be changed.


11.4 Image123 Record

An Image123 record contains an image and information about the image. There are two folders in a record: the Record folder and the Image folder. There are several fields in that you can enter data about an image. In the sample database ImagePub.123, field1, field2, field3 and field4 are ID, Title, Subject and Description respectively.

The record ID field is a required field. It is a numeric field. It must be unique. An ID can be assigned only to one record. When a record is deleted from the database, its record ID is available for reassignment.

Field2 (Title) and Field3 (Subject) are also required fields. They may contain both numeric and alphabetic data. You must enter data into those fields before you can add a record into the active database. Field4, the Description field in the sample database, is not required. You can enter whatever into that field or leave it empty.

Create Time and Update Time are displayed in the middle of a record. You may not change them. When you create a new record, the Create Time is recorded and saved; when you update a record, the Update Time is recorded and saved with the record.

You can enter keywords for a record. There are four keywords assigned to this record. However, there is no limit on how many keywords you can use for a record. Since the Keyword field is not a required field, you don't have to use any keyword for a record.

The Record Notepad and the Image Notepad use an unformatted field that you can put anything into it. When you see the black dots on the Record tab or the Image Tab, it means that there is memo in the notepad.

 click the Notepad button to open or close the notepad window. You may also drag the separator bar to open or close it.

The Image Attributes are not editable fields. They are descriptions about the stored image.

The Image folder can display the image in the normal pixel mode or the fit-to-window mode.

 click Normal Pixel Size button to display it in the normal pixel mode.

 click Fit-to-Window button to display it in the fit-to-window mode.

There is no limit on how many image records you can open at a time. But the more records you open, the more memory Image123 will take to maintain all of the data and images. The minimum RAM requirement is 32MB. 64MB or more is a big plus to view more images and records at the same time without drying up your system resources


11.5 Changing Record Field Names

ID, Title, Subject and Description are default field names assigned by Image123 to Field1, Field2, Field3 and Field4 respectively. You can change them to something else to suit your needs.

To change record field names:

1.	Pull down the Database menu.

2.	Choose the Properties command.

3.	Click the Display tab.

4.	Make changes.

5.	You can also select a field name that will be displayed on the record window title bar. By default this field is the ID field.

6.	Click OK.

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11.6 Viewing Images in the Thumbnail Mode

To view images of an Image123 database sequentially, use the thumbnail view feature.

1.	Click the Thumbnail View button on the toolbar.

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2.	Set rows and columns of the thumbnail view mode accordingly. The more rows and columns you set, the smaller the thumbnail image windows are. 3x6 mode is used by default.

3.	Set a starting record ID.

4.	Click OK.

As you can see from the sample screen shot above, the Image123 database thumbnail viewer uses data tips to provide information about an image record. You can double click an image thumbnail to load and display the entire record.


12.1 Database Indexes

An Image123 database supports six indexes. When a database is opened, all six indexes are loaded and ready for search.

Each index matches a record field. In the sample database,

The ID index is the ID field.

The Title index is the Title field.

The Subject index is the Subject field.

The Keyword index is the Keyword field.

The Create index is the Create Time field.

The Update index is the Update Time field.

The Description, Image Attributes, Record Notepad and Image Notepad don’t have an index.


12.2 Index Entry Normalization

All index entries are normalized by Image123 internal standards. The basic rules used are as follows.

Field1 (ID) index: leading zeros are added to make sorting and displaying easier.

Create Date and Update Date indexes: use YYYY-MM-DD format.

Field2 (Title), Field3 (Subject), and Keyword indexes: accept only 0-9, A-Z and space and convert them to upper cases. You can use special characters in those data fields, but Image123 will eliminate them when building indexes. This normalization rule makes sorting and searching straightforward.


12.3 Data Tips

Image123 database uses data tips extensively for index entries. Stop the cursor on any index entry for a while, and Image123 will provide information on how many records contain the index entry. Since the ID index is a unique index and no two records can share the same ID, the data tip for the ID index entry is the content of the field2 and field3. In the sample database, the field2 is the Title field; and the field3 is the Subject field.

Here are some samples of data tips.


12.4 Point-and-Click Searches

A Point-and-Click search means that you move the mouse pointer over to an index entry and click on it to launch a search. This is the most intuitive way to perform a database search. You can do a point-and-click search on any index. Suppose that we are searching the sample database ImagePub.123.

Click the Title index tab.

Move the mouse pointer over to the RED LOG entry.

Click the RED LOGO entry.

Since there is only one record that has this index entry, the point-and-click search will load the record and display it immediately.

 The blue open book icon means that one or more records containing the index entry are opened.

If more than one record has the same index entry, the point-and-click search will display the search result in the Search folder for you to review. For example, let's search the Subject index and click on the BANNER entry.

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Click a search result entry in the Search folder will load and display the record. As we mentioned in Chapter 2.5, you may use the left click to open a new record window and use the right click to replace the top record window or vice versa.


12.5 Type-to-Locate Searches

If you are searching a large database, the index may contain hundreds or thousands of entries. The point-and-click search method may be inconvenient. The type-to-locate search method is an alternative to the point-and-click method.

To perform a type-to-locate search:

1.	Click the index tab you want to search on.

2.	Type a letter. Image123 search engine will move the index list to the first entry that starts with what you typed. The entry will be highlighted.

3.	Repeat the step 2 until you see the entry you want.

4.	Press ENTER key to perform the search.

Image123 will use the highlighted entry as the search term. No matter what you type, there is at least one entry to be highlighted. If only one record contains the index entry, the record will be opened and displayed. If more than one record has the index entry, the Search holder will be on top and the search result will be listed in the Search folder.

You can use the type-to-locate search to any of the six indexes. In the example below, two letters F and O are typed in the Title index. If you hit the ENTER key, the FOXTAIL entry will be used as the search term.

You can use the star sign at the end of a type-to-locate search as the wildcard search operator. Any entry that starts with what you typed will be on the search result list. In the search example below, type FL* and then hit the ENTER key will get 5 records in the Search folder.


12.6 Using Search Operators

Image123 supports six search operators and two Boolean logic operators. We have already used the star sign as the wildcard operator in the previous section. Other operators are:

> (greater than)

>= (greater than and equal to)

< (less than)

<= (less than and equal to)

= (equal to) is the default operator if you don't use any operator. Two Boolean operators are supported to connect two search criteria:

& (and)

| (or)

Since Image123 uses the Type-to-Locate method for all of the six indexes, those operators can be used in the search typed in the Search folder only. The exact search format should be:

INDEX NAME + SEARCH OPERATOR + SEARCH TERMS + BOOLEAN OPERATOR + SEARCH OPERATOR + SEARCH TERMS

Do not type the '+' sign. It is used here to differentiate search components. The italic part is optional.

Here are some searches performed in the sample database ImagePub.123.

For ID, Title and Subject indexes, you need to type the exact index name because those names can be changed. See Chapter 11.5 regarding how to change record field names.

For Keyword, Create and Update indexes, you may use KW, CD and UD as abbreviation respectively.


12.7 Changing Index Options

By default, all six indexes are turned on so that the intuitive point-and-click search is available on all of the indexes. However, when the database is growing large, loading all indexes can be a time-consuming task. Plus, you may not need certain indexes like Create Date or Update Date.

To change index options,

1.	Pull down the Database menu.

2.	Choose the Properties command.

3.	Click the Index tab.

4.	Set your options.

5.	Click OK.

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13.1 Creating an Image123 Database

To create a new Image123 database,

1.	Pull down the Database menu.

2.	Choose the New Database command.

3.	Select a folder and a filename.

4.	Enter the Creator and Company names.

5.	Click the Save button.

You don't have to add .123 to the file extension. FullShot will do it for you automatically.

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13.2 Setting Database Options

When a database is created, there is no record in it. Before you enter any record into the database manually or use the Fast Build feature to build multiple files into a database automatically, you may want to set the database build options so that Image123 can provide as much data as possible to reduce your typing workload.

To set the database build options,

1.	Pull down the Database menu.

2.	Choose the Properties command.

3.	Click the Build tab.

4.	Set your options.

5.	Click OK.

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The build options will decide how Image123 will provide information to Field2, Field3 and Field4 from an input filename. In the sample database, they are Title field, Subject field and Description field respectively.


13.3 Creating a New Record

To create a new record, click the New Record button on the toolbar.

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The record ID is provided by Image123 based on what's your last key in the active database. You can change the ID to any number as long as that number is not taken.


13.4 Adding an Image to a Record

To add an image to the new record,

1.	Click the Add Image button on the toolbar.

2.	Select the folder and the filename.

3.	Click the Open button.

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Title, Subject and Description will be provided by FullShot based on your settings in the database build options. No keyword is provided by default.

You can use the FullShot Explorer to load an image to the active record.

1.	Navigate the FullShot Explorer and find the image filename.

2.	Hold down Ctrl key and click the image filename.

3.	The image will be loaded into the record.


13.5 Adding Keywords to a Record

To add a keyword to a record, type it in the edit box below the keyword list and then press ENTER or click the Add button.

To change a keyword, click the keyword to select it. Click it again to open the edit box. Then you can make changes.

To delete a keyword, click the keyword to select it and then press the DEL key.


13.6 Writing Memos

You can write memos in the Record Notepad and Image Notepad. To Open/Close the notepad, click the Notepad button on the toolbar or drag the separator bar. The limit for the notepad is 64KB.


13.7 Entering a New Record

When you finish data entry on the record, click the Add Record button to enter it into the database. All indexes will be updated immediately.


13.8 How to Use FastBuild

If you need to add more than one image file into an Image123 database quickly, Fast Build is the best tool to perform this task.

Click the Fast Build button on the toolbar to open the Fast Build dialog box.

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To Fast Build image files to the active database:

1.	Select an input folder.

2.	Select input files or click the Select All button to select all files under the input folder.

3.	Click the Add button to add selected files to the fast build list.

4.	Repeat steps 1-3 to add more files to the fast build list. There is no limit on how many files you can build into a database at a time.

5.	Click a filename to preview it.

6.	Click the Build button to start the fast build process.

7.	Click the Close button to exit.

When the Fast Build is completed, the fast build list will be cleared.

To remove a file from the Fast Build list:

1.	Click the filename.

2.	Click the Remove button.

To clear all of the files from the Fast Build list:

Click the Clear All button.


14.1 Saving a Record

Sometimes you may want to move records from one database to another. Or you may want to send a record to your business associates. When you have such a need, you must save a record to a file.

To save a record to a file:

1.	Pull down the File menu.

2.	Choose the Save Record command.

3.	Select a directory.

4.	Type a filename.

5.	Click the Save button.

The record file has an extension .333.

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14.2 Saving the Image to a File

To save the image of a record to a file:

1.	Click the Save Image button on the toolbar.

2.	Choose a folder, a filename and a file type.

3.	Click OK.

Or

1.	Make the Explorer folder on top.

2.	Click the image, hold down the mouse button and drag the image to the folder where you want to save the image.

3.	Release the mouse button when you see the folder is highlighted.

4.	Confirm the filename and the file type.

5.	Click OK.


14.3 Loading a Record

To load an Image123 record:

1.	Open a database.

2.	Pull down the File menu.

3.	Choose the Open Record command.

4.	Navigate and find the file with extension .333.

5.	Click the Open button.

Or you can open a record file using the FullShot Explorer.

The opened record will adopt record field names of the active database. If you want to add the record into the database, make sure the record ID is unique.


14.4 Updating a Record

To change a record, you need to do a search and display the record in the FullShot window.

If you're updating a record, don't change its ID. Changing ID will generate a complete new record. You can change all of the editable fields. You cannot change the Image Attributes, Create Time and Upgrade Time.

To change an editable field, move the cursor to the field, delete the old data and then add new data.

To change the image:

1.	Click the Image tab to make it on top.

2.	Clicking the Delete Image button to delete the current image.

3.	If you add the new image from the Clipboard, click the Add Image From Clipboard button.

4.	If you add the new image from a file, click the Add Image button.

To change a keyword:

1.	Click the keyword to select it.

2.	Click it again to open the editing mode.

3.	Make changes.

4.	Press the ENTER key to complete the changes.

To remove a keyword:

1.	Click the keyword to select it.

2.	Press the Del key.

 When you're done changing the active record, press the Update Record button to enter changes into the active database. All indexes will be updated immediately.


14.5 Deleting a Record

To delete a record, you need to do a search and display the record in the FullShot window.

 click the Delete Record button to delete the record. All index entries will be removed accordingly.


14.6 Printing a Record

To print a record:

1.	Find and display the record.

2.	Pull down the File menu.

3.	Choose the Print Record command.

4.	Click OK.

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The image is printed on the left. All other data, including record notes and image notes is printed on the right. You can change the image size by clicking the Scaling spin buttons.

Same as image printing, you can use a header and/or a footer for the record printing.


15.1 Database Backup

Your image database is very important to you. Don't forget to back it up when you close it whether or not you have made changes to it. Making several backup copies is better than no backup. If you have an external drive, it's safer to back up your database on the external drive. Even though the Image123 database engine has built-in routines to keep the data file in synch with the index file, disasters do happen and your file could be damaged or lost one way or another.

If you want to make backup copies manually, make sure you back up both the data file and the index file to a safe place. The data file has the extension 123, whereas the index file has the extension 321. For example, to back up the sample database ImagePub.123, you need to copy both ImagePub.123 and ImagePub.321 to a drive that you think is safe.

To back up an Image123 database anytime, pull down the Database menu and choose the Backup Database command.

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15.2 Compacting an Image123 Database

If you have deleted records or updated your database by making changes, there will be wasted space in the database files. Use the Compact Database command from the Database menu to compact your database. The result database will be smaller. The original database will be renamed by adding OLD01 to its filename. You can delete it if you don't need it any more.

To compact a database:

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The option Re-arrange Record IDs will re-assign record IDs to the new database based on its current IDs. If you have deleted records, the IDs of the deleted records will be given to other records. For example, suppose that you have a database of 10 records with IDs from 1 to 10; suppose that you have deleted records 3, 5 and 7. Compacting this database with the Re-arrange Record IDs checked will generate a new database with IDs of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7.

For the sample database after the compacting process, there will be four files listed under the directory:

ImagePub.123 is the newly compacted data file.

ImagePub.321 is the newly compacted index file.

ImagePubOld01.123 is the original data file without compacting.

ImagePubOld01.321 is the original index file without compacting.

After testing your new database successfully, you may delete the original database. To play it safe, you may want to back it up for future reference.


15.3 Merging Databases

Merging databases is a process to add all of the records of one database to another database. To merge databases:

1.	Back up the first database before the merging process just in case something goes wrong.

2.	Open the first database by clicking the Open Database button.

3.	Pull down the Database menu.

4.	Choose the Merge Database command.

5.	Select the second database for merging.

6.	Click OK.

Be sure to back up the newly merged database.

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16.1 Unsupported Image Files

FullShot supports 18 image formats. It doesn't mean, however, that FullShot can open all of the files with the supported file extensions. If there is a file on your system that cannot be opened by FullShot, it is because FullShot doesn't understand how the image file is constructed. The best solution is to open this file by using the software that has created the file and then save it in a commonly used settings or options.


16.2 Unable to Open an Image123 Database

This problem happens only in the Enterprise Edition.

Problem:

You cannot open an Image123 database. The error message is 'Unable to Open the Image123 Database'.

Possible Causes:

1.	The database's index file with the extension 321 is missing.

2.	Your Windows session was crashed for whatever reason.

3.	There was a power outage during a database update.

4.	A virus or something else has damaged your database files.

Basic Knowledge:

1.	An Image123 database has two files. The data file has the extension 123; whereas the index file has the extension 321. Together they make a complete Image123 database. For example, the sample database that is shipped with the software is ImagePub.123 and ImagePub.321. Both the data file and the index file have to be stored in the same directory.

2.	Database directory means the directory where your database is stored.

3.	FullShot directory means the directory where the FullShot software is stored. This directory has FSHOT6.EXE and many DLL files.

Solutions:

Step 1: Check the directory where the database is stored and make sure both .123 and .321 files are there. If any of those two files is missing, the only way to get it back is copy your backups to the database directory. If you never back up your database, the database is no longer accessible.

Step 2: If 123 and 321 files are both there, the problem could be caused by a crash. Exit FullShot. Go to the FullShot directory and delete all of the files that have the extension FCS. And then run FullShot and load the database.

Step 3: If step1 and step2 can't solve the problem, your database must have been damaged. The only solution left is to copy your backup files back to the database directory. If you never back up your database, the database is no longer accessible.

Prevention:

If you are serious about your image database, back it up everyday or after every successful session. FullShot has an automatic backup reminder, and all you need to do is click the Backup button. If you have an external drive, making extra backup copies on the external drive is highly recommended.


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