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- SnapShot/32 allows you to capture any part of Windows 95 or Windows NT
- desktop and whatever is displayed on it. The picture can be printed or
- saved as a bitmap (BMP) or GIF file for further processing. To install
- this program, just uncompress the SNAPxxx.ZIP file to an empty directory
- on your hard disk and add it's icon to Windows 95 or NT.
-
- SnapShot/32 is a shareware software that should be registered with it's
- author. To register this copy of SnapShot/32, start the program
- SNAP32.EXE and select the "Register" function under "Help" menu.
-
- You are free to make copies of the distribution archive (SNAPxxx.ZIP)
- and pass it along to others for their evaluation provided that no
- modifications or additions are made to the software, its documentation,
- or any associated files, and it is not bundled in a distribution of any
- other software .
-
- Usage of SnapShot/32 is very simple. Just select one of the functions
- under "Snapshot" menu:
-
- Desktop - capture the whole desktop (all you can see on the screen)
-
- Rectangle - cross-cursor will appear. Click with left mouse button
- where you want the capture rectangle to start, then rubber-band a
- rectangle to enclose the desired region, and click the left mouse
- button again. Click right mouse button at any time to abort this
- function.
-
- Window - click with the left mouse button on any window you want to
- capture. The whole window, together with title bar and borders will
- be included. If you click inside a window, you may get only one of
- it's sub-windows instead. If this happens, try again, but click
- rather on a title bar or a frame of the window you want.
-
- Client - capture client area of a window, i.e. it's inside, without
- title bar or borders.
-
- When the capture is finished, you can view the image in SnapShot/32
- window. Next you can copy it to the clipboard for processing in other
- programs supporting Windows Device Independent Bitmap format by
- selecting Edit/Copy function, save to BMP or GIF file or print it.
-
- Starting with version 2.30 there are some advanced options available:
- "Repeat last capture" function and hot-key.
- "Auto capture and save" feature - save pre-defined screen area to a file
- every time the "Repeat last capture" hot key is pressed, or a specified
- time elapses.
- "Save with cursor image included" option.
- Please read the "Help" screens while working with SnapShot/32 to learn
- more about them.
-
- To register copies of SnapShot/32 please contact:
-
- Greg Kochaniak
- 3146 Chestnut Street
- Murrysville, PA 15668, USA
-
- e-mail: gregko@kagi.com (preffered)
- http://198.207.242.3/gregko/gregko.htm
-
- License cost:
- Single licenses: $20 each
- Site license: $500
- Site licenses cover a single organization for an area of up to
- one hundred miles (160 km) in radius.
- World-wide license: $1500
-
- Please use the REGISTER program usually provided with SnapShot/32 to
- make payments. I use KAGI SHAREWARE registration service, which accepts
- different payment methods, including credit card and invoices.
- If you live in US or Canada you may also mail me your check or money order
- directly, payable to Greg Kochaniak.
-
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-
- Changes log:
-
- Ver. 2.40, released 1995.08.23
- Fixed the printing bug under Windows 95 (it would not print at all),
- introduced since ver. 2.34.
- Changed the way license numbers are generated. Until now the numbers
- were based on the name of the machine, where the program was running.
- Now they are based on the name of the owner, so that people could use
- SnapShot/32 on several machines. Still the "single user license" number
- must be entered separately on each machine, but since it is tied to
- the owner name, one can install it e.g. on her/his desktop and laptop
- computer independently. The name of the owner appears in the "Help/About"
- box. People who registered earlier and have licenses based on machine
- names can upgrade to a "single user license" at no cost by sending
- me an email message or a letter containing their machine name and
- old license number. The old licenses will still work.
-
- Ver. 2.34, released 1995.07.30
- Bug fix: SnapShot/32 saves it's position and window size on exit, and
- when restarted, it's window is positioned as before. This created
- problem when the saved position was completely off-screen so the window
- was not visible. Fixed by checking for any corner of SnapShot/32 window
- being off-screen, and if so - repositioning the window to the center of
- the screen. Also modified the message that appears if SnapShot/32 can
- not register its hot keys, e.g. due to another program (sometimes
- another copy of SnapShot/32) using them. This message is less cryptic
- now, explains the reason and suggests changing the keys with "Configure
- Hot Keys" dialog under "Options" menu.
- Also fixed: "Enable hot keys" check box in hot keys setup dialog was
- not doing anything.
-
- Ver. 2.33, released 1995.07.23
- Added ability to read GIF files, but only in registered version.
- You may read-in GIF file to view it, print it, translate to BMP
- file or change the GIF file attributes like interlaced mode and
- transparent background.
-
- Ver. 2.32, released 1995.07.14
- Working on a MAP file for a GIF image for one of my WEB pages I
- needed to read coordinates of points on the bitmap. Added the
- display of last mouse click coordinates to the title of
- SnapShot/32 window.
-
- Ver. 2.31, released 1995.07.12
- There seems to be a bug in Win95 betas - when asking how many
- colors the display supports ( GetDeviceCaps( dhdc, BITSPIXEL ) call )
- it says "2" even if it's in 16 color mode. For this reason the
- bitmaps or GIFs saved in 16 color mode were black and white only.
- Worked around this bug by forcing 16 colors always if less colors
- are reported.
-
- Ver. 2.30
- Added hot key configuration dialog.
- Added "Repeat last capture" function and hot-key.
- Added the "Auto capture and save" feature - save pre-defined screen
- area to a file every time the "Repeat last capture" hot key is pressed,
- or a specified time elapses.
- Added "save with cursor image included" option.
- Fixed a problem with hot-keys, which did not operate under NT 3.5
- if SnapShot/32 window was not in foreground.
-
- Ver. 2.29
- Made separate functions "Save BMP" and "Save GIF" under "File" menu
- for easier access. Save GIF has now options to set interlaced mode
- for GIF file (fade-in effect on WEB) and to set transparent background
- attribute. The transparent background is available only in registered
- version.
- Added "Setup" button to "Print" dialog for easier access.
-
- Ver. 2.28
- (there was no 2.27 release)
- Fixed GIF save for graphics cards with more than 256 colors.
- Fixed BMP save - used to save always 256 color bitmaps, now it's
- the same as the display color resolution.
-
- Ver. 2.26:
- Fixed problems with color printing.
- Removed printing and clipboard copy restriction for non-registered
- version.
-
- Ver. 2.25:
- Changed registration info, added REGISTER application.
-
- Ver. 2.24:
- Changed hot keys to F12, since PrintScreen did not work on Windows 95.
- Fixed printing on Windows 95.
-
- Ver. 2.23:
- Added hot-keys (PrintScreen with different Shift and Ctrl combinations).
- Among other things they allow capture with menus pulled down.
-
- Ver. 2.22:
- Fixed the capture problem on Windows 95, that caused parts of
- SnapShot/32 windows be visible after selecting one of the functions from
- Snapshot menu.
-
- Ver. 2.21:
- Fixed the problem that sometimes caused SnapShot/32 to hang on startup.
-
- Ver. 2.20:
- Added ability to save captures in GIF format, importang e.g. for people
- working on HTML (Web) documents.
- Worked around a problem in NT 3.51 beta and Win95 where Print Setup dialog
- crashed the program.
-
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