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- Availability Notice for PM Camera /2
- (C) Copyright IBM Corp., 1992
- ====================================
-
- Author: J. von Kaenel
-
- Requirements:
- -------------
- - This version of PM CAMERA /2 requires at least IBM OS/2 version 2.0.
-
- Abstract:
- ---------
- PM Camera /2 has the ability to take screen shots of OS/2 Presentation Manager
- screens, screen parts or active windows. The pictures taken may be saved in
- OS/2 BMP (1.1), PSEG38PP, PostScript and Encapsulated PostScript file format.
- Additionally it may also be put into the Clipboard for use by other
- applications.
-
- BMP files are saved in OS/2 1.1 file format with 8, 4 or 1 bit(s) per pixel
- depending on the display capabilities.
-
- PSE files are binary equivalent to PSEG38PP or PSEG3820 files on host systems.
- They are especially useful for inclusion into BookMaster Documents. To include
- them into host documents, upload the .pse file binary to the host and convert
- them into a real PSEG38PP or PSEG3820 by using the PBIN2PSE EXEC (PSEG38PP and
- PSEG3820 files are identical, they can be converted into each other by just
- renaming them).
- To generate a PSE file, a halftoning process is applied. It is possible to
- select among 4 types (Diagonal, Diamond, Circle and Square) and three sizes
- (4x4, 6x6 and 8x8) of dither matrices. The output may be scaled by an
- arbitrary factor between 0.1 and 10.0 during the halftone operation. This
- process may take quite some time.
-
- PostScript files are generated as color images, black and white images, or by
- using a special technique, where each pixel is mapped to a colored square. The
- special technique is useful when it is not clear whether a color printer is
- available or not (Note: this may however require several hours to print large
- images!). The PostScript file can be generated in two flavors: PS which is
- printable, and EPS which is for inclusion into other PostScript files (e.g.
- via Page Maker). They may be scaled by an arbitrary factor between 0.01 and
- 10.00 or fit to the page (the program determines the scaling factor).
- Optionally the picture can be rotated (Landscape) by 90 degrees if needed.
-
- How to install:
- ---------------
- After 'unzipping' PMCAM2.ZIP you should have the following files:
- (The CONFIG.SYS column indicates which symbols must be changed to
- include access to the location where you have installed PM Camera).
-
- ┌─────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬─────────────┐
- │ File │ Description │ CONFIG.SYS │
- ├─────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
- │PMCAM2.ABS │ Short Abstract │ - │
- ├─────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
- │PMCAM2.DOC │ This documentation │ - │
- ├─────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
- │ASIS.TXT │ The Licence Agreement │ - │
- ├─────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
- │PMCAMERA.EXE │ PMCAMERA Program │ PATH │
- ├─────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
- │PMCAMERA.DLL │ Hotkey Code │ LIBPATH │
- ├─────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
- │PMCAMERA.HLP │ Online Help │ HELP │
- ├─────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
- │POSTPROC.CMD │ Example Post Processor │ PATH │
- ├─────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
- │PBIN2PSE EXEC │ VM/370 EXEC for PSEG38PP │ - │
- └─────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴─────────────┘
-
- Put the PMCAMERA.HLP, PMCAMERA.DLL and PMCAMERA.EXE files
- to any directory you like and make sure that the PMCAMERA.DLL file lies
- somewhere on your LIBPATH.
-
- The PBIN2PSE EXEC is a VM host exec used to convert the stream oriented binary
- .PSE files generated by PM Camera /2 into record oriented host page segments.
- If you do not have a mainfraime with BookMaster, this exec is not needed.
-
- You can add an entry for PM Camera in a Desktop Manager Group. Be sure to
- specify the complete path where you've placed PMCAMERA.EXE.
-
- Command Line Syntax:
- --------------------
-
- PMCAMERA [/option] [/option] ...
-
- The options are:
- /PATH=... to choose the path for the file to be saved
- /FILE=... to choose the filename of the file to be saved
- (a file name of the form XXXXXXnn will take
- XXXXXX as the name and nn as the initial
- file number)
- /NONBR suppresses incremental file numbering
- /FULL or /PART or /ACTive grab the full screen, a part of it or
- the active window
-
- /CLIPboard or /NOCLIPboard enable/disable save of picture to clipboard
-
- /BMP or /NOBMP enable/disable save of picture as OS/2 bitmap
-
- /PSEG38pp or /NOPSEG38pp enable/disable save of picture as PSEG
- /PSEGSCale=... choose scaling factor between 0.1 and 10.0
- /PSEGINVert invert black and white on a page segment
-
- /PS or /NOPS enable/disable save of picture as PostScript
- /PSSCale=... choose scaling factor between 0.1 and 10.0
- /PSFIT or /PSNOFIT enable/disable fit to page
- /PSFITA4 or /PSFITLETTER fit to A4 or Letter sized paper
- /PSPS or /PSEPs save as printable (PS) file or as one for
- inclusion into other PostScript files (EPS)
- /PSLAndscape or /PSPOrtrait enable/disable rotation of picture by 90 degrees
- /PSCOlor, /PSBW or /PSBOth save in Color PostScript, PostScript (black and
- white) or a special form which uses squares to
- represent pixels and prints on either color or
- black and white printers (however very slow)
-
- /SOUnd or /NOSOUnd enable/disable beep when picture is taken
- /MOUse or /NOMOUse enable/disable capturing of mouse pointer
-
- /DSIze=... select size of dither matrix: 4, 6 or 8
- /DMAtrix=... select type of dither matrix:
- DIAGonal, DIAMond, CIrcle or SQuare
-
- /PRIority=... select the priority of saving the image
- LOW or NORmal
-
- /MIN minimize PM Camera /2 after start
-
- /CMDfile=... specify the name of a .cmd file which will be
- invoked after the files are saved. See the
- POSTPROC.CMD file which comes as an example
- with this package.
-
- /LOGo or /NOLogo do or do not display a logo panel (default is
- taken from system settings)
-
- the default settings are:
- /PATH='current directory' /FILE=PMGRAB00 /BMP /FULL
-
- Known Limitations:
- ------------------
- - The 'fit to page' option for PostScript output assumes an A4 or Letter
- sized page