al@aurora.UUCP (Al Globus) (06/06/85)
I need a way to get what's on the screen at random times into a MacPaint document. One way might be to have a DA that copied the screen to a file in MacPaint format and then asked for a file name. Seems simple enough, has anyone done it? Can such a DA be bought or aquired? Oh, DA = Desk Accessory. Thanx in advance.
stro@ur-univax.UUCP (06/09/85)
if by random you mean arbitrarily at your choosing, then just use the command- shift-3 routine to save the screen to disk. If by random you mean randomly chosen times determined by the computer, then you need a DA which merely picks a random time and then makes a call to the system routine which is called by the command-shift-3 routine. - S R at the U of R
jwp@utah-cs.UUCP (John W Peterson) (06/10/85)
No DA needed. Hitting Command-Shift-3 from most any Mac application generates a Macpaint file (named "ScreenN", 0 >= N > 10). See page 70 of the Macintosh manual...
briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm) (06/10/85)
> I need a way to get what's on the screen at random times into a > MacPaint document. One way might be to have a DA that copied the > screen to a file in MacPaint format and then asked for a file > name. Seems simple enough, has anyone done it? Can such a DA > be bought or aquired? > > Oh, DA = Desk Accessory. Thanx in advance. *** REPLACE THIS MESS WITH YOUR LINEAGE *** Page 72 of the Macintosh manual - the basic introductory one - tells how the system has this capability built in. Command-Shift-3 takes a "snapshot" of the screen and puts it into a document named Screen 0 (or Screen 1, etc. etc. up to Screen 9). With Command-Shift 4, you can print the active window immediately, or if Caps Lock is down, print the entire screen immediately. These snapshots contain exact screen images, including the mouse cursors and everything. -Brian Diehm Tektronix, Inc.
darin@tmq.UUCP (Darin Adler) (06/11/85)
> I need a way to get what's on the screen at random times into a > MacPaint document. One way might be to have a DA that copied the > screen to a file in MacPaint format and then asked for a file > name. Seems simple enough, has anyone done it? Can such a DA > be bought or aquired? > > Oh, DA = Desk Accessory. Thanx in advance. There is a key sequence which dumps the screen to a Paint document that is fairly well known. It is Shift-CMD-3. This will dump to a file called "Screen 0" and if that exists, "Screen 1" and so on. Just for grins, the code that does this is in the System file in the FKEY 3 resource. Darin Adler ihnp4!tmq!darin
egv@aicchi.UUCP (Vann) (06/12/85)
> No DA needed. Hitting Command-Shift-3 from most any Mac application generates > a Macpaint file (named "ScreenN", 0 >= N > 10). See page 70 of the Macintosh > manual... One of the things that I BELIEVE to be true about the new version of the FINDER is that it no longer supports the Command-Shift-3 function (or the Command-Shift-4 function for that matter). At least the version that I have merely called the SysBeep routine and fails to deposit a MacPaint document on the disk. I wonder what affect this will have on those who need such a feature to document books, articles and the like? -- Eric Geoffrey Vann Analysts International (Chicago Branch) (312) 882-4673 ..!ihnp4!aicchi!egv
darin@tmq.UUCP (Darin Adler) (06/13/85)
> One of the things that I BELIEVE to be true about the new version of the > FINDER is that it no longer supports the Command-Shift-3 function (or the > Command-Shift-4 function for that matter). At least the version that I have > merely called the SysBeep routine and fails to deposit a MacPaint document > on the disk. I wonder what affect this will have on those who need such a > feature to document books, articles and the like? This is not a function of the new Finder, but of the new Choose Printer desk accessory. If Choose Printer is used to choose an Imagewriter the Command- Shift-4 function will work as normal. The Command-Shift-3 function SHOULD be unaffected. Maybe I am addressing the wrong problem? The reason for the change is that the Command-Shift=4 is NOT implemented for the Imagewriter. Darin Adler ihnp4!tmq!darin
jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) (06/13/85)
> Maybe I am addressing the wrong problem? The reason for the change is that > the Command-Shift=4 is NOT implemented for the Imagewriter. Am I reading this right? Are you saying that in the new versions of the software, you can't print your screen if you don't have a laser printer? This is very bad, if true. I used to use "print screen" to make directory listings of my diskettes, for example. "print screen" has many uses. Oh well, at least we know now how to implement it ourselves... -- Full-Name: J. Eric Roskos UUCP: ..!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!peora!jer US Mail: MS 795; Perkin-Elmer SDC; 2486 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32809-7642 "Gnyx gb gur fhayvtug, pnyyre..."
egv@aicchi.UUCP (Vann) (06/13/85)
> > One of the things that I BELIEVE to be true about the new version of the > > FINDER is that it no longer supports the Command-Shift-3 function (or the > > Command-Shift-4 function for that matter). At least the version that I have > > merely called the SysBeep routine and fails to deposit a MacPaint document > > on the disk. I wonder what affect this will have on those who need such a > > feature to document books, articles and the like? > > This is not a function of the new Finder, but of the new Choose Printer desk > accessory. If Choose Printer is used to choose an Imagewriter the Command- > Shift-4 function will work as normal. The Command-Shift-3 function SHOULD > be unaffected. Maybe I am addressing the wrong problem? The reason for > the change is that the Command-Shift=4 is NOT implemented for the Imagewriter. > > Darin Adler > ihnp4!tmq!darin As it turns out my problem was a MacTerminal disk that had no room to accept a MacPaint document. I tested my other disked and found that they ALL worked "as advertised". Sorry for the confusion. (NOTE: One thing that puzzled me (and mislead me in my attempt to solve a rather simple mystery was that the SYSTEM UPGRADE diskette has the same behavior... I shall have to check to see if it too merely was out of room.) -- Eric Geoffrey Vann Analysts International (Chicago Branch) (312) 882-4673 ..!ihnp4!aicchi!egv
darin@tmq.UUCP (Darin Adler) (06/16/85)
> > Maybe I am addressing the wrong problem? The reason for the change is that > > the Command-Shift=4 is NOT implemented for the Imagewriter. > > Am I reading this right? Are you saying that in the new versions of the > software, you can't print your screen if you don't have a laser printer? SORRY for the typo!! That sentence SHOULD read: ... Command-Shift-4 is NOT implemented for the LaserWriter Darin Adler ihnp4!tmq!darin
roy@nlm-vax.ARPA (Roy Standing) (06/17/85)
> One of the things that I BELIEVE to be true about the new version of the > FINDER is that it no longer supports the Command-Shift-3 function (or the > Command-Shift-4 function for that matter). At least the version that I have > merely called the SysBeep routine and fails to deposit a MacPaint document > on the disk. I wonder what affect this will have on those who need such a > feature to document books, articles and the like? > > Eric Geoffrey Vann I just checked this with my 4.1 finder. Both Command-Shift-3 and Command-Shift-4 work fine. Perhaps there are some defective copies of the new finder out. Roy A. Standing (roy@nlm-vax) National Library of Medicine
stro@ur-univax.UUCP (06/17/85)
/***** ur-univax:net.micro.mac / aicchi!egv / 7:35 pm Jun 12, 1985*/ > No DA needed. Hitting Command-Shift-3 from most any Mac application generates > a Macpaint file (named "ScreenN", 0 >= N > 10). See page 70 of the Macintosh > manual... One of the things that I BELIEVE to be true about the new version of the FINDER is that it no longer supports the Command-Shift-3 function (or the Command-Shift-4 function for that matter). At least the version that I have merely called the SysBeep routine and fails to deposit a MacPaint document on the disk. I wonder what affect this will have on those who need such a feature to document books, articles and the like? -- Eric Geoffrey Vann Analysts International (Chicago Branch) (312) 882-4673 ..!ihnp4!aicchi!egv /* ---------- */
stro@ur-univax.UUCP (06/17/85)
>One of the things that I BELIEVE to be true about the new version of the >FINDER is that it no longer supports the Command-Shift-3 function (or the >Command-Shift-4 function for that matter). At least the version that I have >merely called the SysBeep routine and fails to deposit a MacPaint document >on the disk. I wonder what affect this will have on those who need such a >feature to document books, articles and the like? I'm not sure, but I believe its the System that puts this routine into the event manager. Anyway, all versions I've ever seen do support these routines. However, if your disk is locked, the event manager will call SysBeep without putting up any dialog boxes ( ie, re:disk locked ) and, of course, fail to write anything on the disk. - S R at the U of R
vishniac@wanginst.UUCP (Ephraim Vishniac) (06/21/85)
> >One of the things that I BELIEVE to be true about the new version of the > >FINDER is that it no longer supports the Command-Shift-3 function (or the > >Command-Shift-4 function for that matter).... > > I'm not sure, but I believe its the System that puts this routine into the > event manager. Anyway, all versions I've ever seen do support these routines. > However, if your disk is locked, the event manager will call SysBeep > without putting up any dialog boxes ( ie, re:disk locked ) and, of course, > fail to write anything on the disk. Command-shift-mumble stuff is implemented with FKEY resources. If it were true that some future version did not come with your favorite functions built in, you could just cut out the old FKEY's from the old system file and paste them into the new one. As an example of this technique, the QUEAR (quick eject and reset) resource came in at least two forms: DA (DRVR, actually) and FKEY. The FKEY was number 9, so command-shift-9 made your Mac burp. -- Ephraim Vishniac [apollo, bbncca, cadmus, decvax, harvard, linus, masscomp]!wanginst!vishniac vishniac%Wang-Inst@Csnet-Relay