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OS/2 Help File
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1992-05-01
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Extended help for "Open Image" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog is where the name of the file to open is specified. There are four
areas of interest on this dialog:
o Format area
o Files area
o Directories area
o Pushbutton area
The "format area" is where you select the format of the file you wish to load.
If you want the Image Toolkit to determine the format for you, select
"(Determine the file format)".
The "files area" is where you see the files in the current directory.
Double-clicking on a file in this list is the same as selecting the file and
then selecting the "Open" pushbutton.
The "directories area" is where you see both the subdirectories beneath the
current directory and the available drives from which to choose.
Double-clicking on a file in this list is the same as selecting the directory
and then selecting the "Open" pushbutton.
The "pushbutton area" contains the pushbuttons corresponding to the available
actions that can be performed on this dialog.
"Open" will either opens the currently selected or entered file, refreshes the
file list with the specified filename mask, or changes to the specified
directory. The order of precedence is as follows: if a filename has been
entered or selected and does not contain any "wildcard" characters, this will
attempt to open the file and load the image contained therein; if the filename
does contain any "wildcard" characters, this will refresh the file list using
the specified filename mask; else, this will change the current directory to
the one entered or specified.
If nothing is entered and nothing is selected, it is taken as though "*.*"
were entered in the filename area.
"Properties" will display the format-specific properties dialog, allowing you
to specify any format-specific options to be used upon loading. It is the
decision of the format handler to use the specified options or not.
"Cancel" will return you to the previous window with no action taken.
"Help" will display this panel.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Extended help for "Save Image" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog is where the name of the file to save is specified. There are four
areas of interest on this dialog:
o Format area
o Files area
o Directories area
o Pushbutton area
The "format area" is where you select the format of the file you wish to save.
The "files area" is where you see the files in the current directory.
Double-clicking on a file in this list is the same as selecting the file and
then selecting the "Save" pushbutton.
The "directories area" is where you see both the subdirectories beneath the
current directory and the available drives from which to choose.
Double-clicking on a file in this list is the same as selecting the directory
and then selecting the "Save" pushbutton.
The "pushbutton area" contains the pushbuttons corresponding to the available
actions that can be performed on this dialog.
"Save" will either saves the currently selected or entered file, refreshes the
file list with the specified filename mask, or changes to the specified
directory. The order of precedence is as follows: if a filename has been
entered or selected and does not contain any "wildcard" characters, this will
attempt to save the image with the specified filename; if the filename does
contain any "wildcard" characters, this will refresh the file list using the
specified filename mask; else, this will change the current directory to the
one entered or specified.
If nothing is entered and nothing is selected, it is taken as though "*.*"
were entered in the filename area.
"Properties" will display the format-specific properties dialog, allowing you
to specify any format-specific options to be used upon saving. It is the
decision of the format handler to use the specified options or not.
"Cancel" will return you to the previous window with no action taken.
"Help" will display this panel.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Extended help for "Print Image" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog is where you specify the printer and the printing options to be
used. There are five areas of interest on this dialog:
o Printer list
o Alignment area
o Options area
o Printer page
o Pushbutton area
The "printer list" is where the currently installed printers are listed, with
the default printer selected when the dialog is initially displayed.
The "alignment area" is where you can "snap" the image to a particular side or
the center in both the horizontal and the vertical directions.
The "options area" is where you can select any additional options to apply to
the print job.
Print to file By checking this checkbox, you can enter a file name to
which the printer output will be spooled. To obtain a
hardcopy from this file, you simply need to copy the file
to the printer.
The "printer page" is a depiction of the printable area for the printer you
have selected. Here you can manipulate the image by using mouse button 1.
When the pointer is in the middle of the image, depressing the button will
allow you to change the position on the printer page, while depressing the
button when the pointer is positioned on one of the image edges allows you to
change the size of the image in the direction corresponding to the edge the
pointer is on.
Selecting a new printer in the printer list automatically resizes the printer
page.
The "pushbutton area" contains the pushbuttons corresponding to the available
actions that can be performed on this dialog.
"Print" will attempt to print the image using the options specified on this
dialog on the selected printer.
"Properties" will display the printer-specific job properties dialog allowing
you to specify any printer-specific options to be used when printing.
"Cancel" will return you to the previous window with no action taken.
"Help" will display this panel.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Extended help for "Scrap" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The main window is where all actions are performed. There are three areas of
interest (annotated in the picture above):
o The action bar
o The display area
o The miniature view
o The rulers
The action bar is where all of the actions are selected from. By moving the
cursor to an item and pressing F1, you can get help for that menuitem.
The display area is where the last screen captured is displayed. Within this
area, you can select an area of interest by depressing the first mouse button
on one corner, moving the mouse to the opposite corner, and releasing the
mouse. The selected area is "highlighted" as shown in the picture above.
(The miniature view is not used at this moment) The miniature view is used for
drag-n-drop purposes. When used with applications that support the private
format used by Scrap, you can copy the contents of the display area to other
appplications without going through the clipboard. The advantage of doing this
is that you don't lose what is currently in the clipboard.
The rulers are where information about the size and position of the selected
area and the mouse is given. There are mouse trailers that follow the mouse
when it is inside the display area. When an area is selected, markers are
placed on each ruler to indicate each of the corners.
For more information, choose one of the following topics:
o Capturing the desktop
o Selecting an area
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Extended help for "Ruler style" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use the ruler dialog to change the appearance of Scrap's rulers. The following
field groups are currently displayed:
o Ruler units
o Tick intervals
o Number units
The ruler units group allows you to specify the base units for the rulers.
Pels, metric (centimeters), and English (inches) are the choices allowed.
The tick intervals group allows you to specify at what interval tick marks are
to be displayed. Unit, half unit, and quarter unit are the choices allowed.
The number units field allows you to specify whether or not numbers should be
displayed. For pel units, the interval is 100 pels; for metric units, the
interval is 1 centimeter; for English units, the interval is 1 inch.
A sample ruler is provided on the dialog to show what the rulers would look
like if "OK" is selected.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Keys help for "Scrap" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The following keys can be used as short cuts for commonly-performed actions:
PrintScreen Captures the current desktop contents. See also "New
capture".
Ctrl+S Saves the currently selected area. See also "Save".
Ctrl+P Prints the currently selected area. See also "Print...".
F3 Exits Scrap
Alt+Backspace Unselects any selected area.
Ctrl+Insert Copies the currently selected area to the clipboard. See
also "Copy to clipboard".
Ctrl+H Hides Scrap. See also "Hide".
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Help for menu "Display" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This pulldown menu contains actions dealing with the display area.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Help for menuitem "New capture" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem will capture the current desktop and display it in the
display area. Additionally, an area can be automatically selected for you and
the mouse pointer may or may not be included in the capture depending on the
current application settings.
The PrintScreen key can be used to perform this action from anywhere on the
desktop.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Help for menuitem "Save" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem when an area is selected saves the selected area to
disk with the last filename entered. If no filename has been associated with
the current capture, this behaves like "Save as...".
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Help for menuitem "Save as..." ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem displays a dialog allowing you to specify a file name
and file format to save the selected area as.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Help for menuitem "Print..." ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem displays a dialog allowing you to print the selected
area on any local printer queue. Additionally, you can change the destination
size and position on the printer page.
For LAN printers, the following conditions must be met:
There must be defined a local queue associated with a local printer
definition. The printer definition must use the same printer driver that is
used on the server for the printer in question.
The port number (e.g. LPT1, LPT2, etc.) specified in the queue must match that
which is used on the "NET USE" command.
When PM sees an application spooling a print job to the local queue, it
determines that this is to be printed on a LAN printer by the matching port
numbers, so it sends the print job over the LAN to the server automatically.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Help for menuitem "Exit" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem exits Scrap.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Help for menu "Edit" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This pulldown menu contains actions dealing with editing the contents of the
display area.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Help for menuitem "Undo" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem unselects any selected area.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. Help for menuitem "Select all" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem selects all of the captured desktop.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. Help for menuitem "Copy" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem copies the selected area to the clipboard as a bitmap.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. Help for menu "Options" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This pulldown menu contains actions dealing with the application options.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. Help for menuitem "Ruler style..." ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem displays a dialog allowing you to change the appearance
of the rulers. Attributes such as the units and the tick marks can be set.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. Help for menuitem "Include pointer" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem will toggle the inclusion of the mouse pointer in
subsequent screen captures.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. Help for menuitem "Select active window" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem will automatically select the active window in
subsequent screen captures. This is compared with "Select active main window"
where the frame or dialog window containing the active window is selected.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. Help for menuitem "Select active main window" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem will automatically select the frame or dialog
containing the active window in subsequent screen captures. This is compared
with "Select active window" where only the active window is selected.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. Help for menuitem "Hide" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem hides Scrap so that subsequent captures do not include
Scrap's window. Selecting Scrap from the "Task List" unhides it.
Note that although Scrap is hidden, the PrintScreen key will still capture the
current screen contents.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23. Help for menuitem "Save options" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this saves the current application options to OS2.INI.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24. Help for menu "Help" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This pulldown contains actions dealing with online help.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25. Help for menuitem "Help for help..." ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem displays help for using the OS/2 Help Manager.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 26. Help for menuitem "Extended help..." ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem displays extended help for the main window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 27. Help for menuitem "Keys help..." ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem displays help for the active keys and their associated
actions.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 28. Help for menuitem "Help index..." ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem displays the help index.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29. Help for menuitem "About" ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this menuitem displays the "About" box.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 30. Field help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this will change the rulers' base units to pels.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 31. Field help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this will change the rulers' base units to centimeters.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 32. Field help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this will change the rulers' base units to inches.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 33. Field help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this will add tick marks on every base unit.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 34. Field help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this will add tick marks on every base unit and half unit.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 35. Field help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this will add tick marks on every base unit, half unit, and quarter
unit.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 36. Field help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Checking this will sequentially number every base unit interval on the rulers.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 37. Field help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this will change the rulers' appearance to reflect the changes made
on this panel.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 38. Field help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this will return you to the previous dialog or window without taking
any action.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 39. Field help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting this will display extended help for the current dialog.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 39.1. Capturing the desktop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You can capture the screen at any time from anywhere on the desktop by pressing
the PrintScreen key. When this is done, the currently displayed desktop is
retrieved and displayed in the display area allowing you to select one or more
areas.
See also Selecting an area.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 39.2. Selecting an area ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You select an area to indicate to Scrap what it should manipulate when save,
print, or copy to clipboard is requested. Selecting an area is as easy as
dragging the mouse (with the first mouse button) over the display area. The
area that would be selected is displayed with its colors inverted. Once the
desired area is highlighted, release the mouse button to select it.
To unselect the area, select "Undo selection" from the "Edit" menu. To select
the entire desktop, select "Select all" from the "Edit" menu.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The "Task List" is known as the "Window List" on OS/2 version 2.0.