[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Using SHIFT-PrtSc in a Batch File ?

cmanis@petro.UUCP (Cliff Manis) (07/12/87)

I need to be able to print the screen in a batch file.  Using Shift-PrtSc or
whatever.  Does anyone have a program that can do this.  There must be some
hooks somewhere in DOS.  I am using IBM DOS 3.1   Thanks for any help, and
am awaiting any results of this msg.

Cliff Manis      (..!seismo!gatech!petro!cmanis)
                San Antonio, Texas 

ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown) (07/15/87)

In article <309@petro.UUCP> cmanis@petro.UUCP (Cliff Manis) writes:
>I need to be able to print the screen in a batch file.  Using Shift-PrtSc or
>whatever.  Does anyone have a program that can do this.  There must be some
>hooks somewhere in DOS.  I am using IBM DOS 3.1   Thanks for any help, and
>am awaiting any results of this msg.
>
>Cliff Manis      (..!seismo!gatech!petro!cmanis)
>                San Antonio, Texas 

Try this little four-byte program (DEBUG script--run DEBUG, then type the
following exactly, including the blank line)

	a100
	int 5
	int 20

	rcx
	4
	n prtsc.com
	w
	q

This invokes the same routine shift-PrtSc invokes.  To use it, include the
line
	PRTSC
in your batch file (preferably with ECHO OFF).

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