eichmann@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (David Eichmann) (08/22/90)
I'm looking for a way to do a screen snapshot that includes pull-down menus. Any recommendations? - Dave === David Eichmann Dept. of Statistics and Computer Science West Virginia University Phone: (304) 293-3607 Morgantown, WV 26506 Email: eichmann@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu
ABurton@massey.ac.nz (A.K. Burton) (08/22/90)
In article <863@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> eichmann@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (David Eichmann) writes: > > I'm looking for a way to do a screen snapshot that includes pull-down >menus. Any recommendations? What you need is a screen capture utility (I use Capture 2.0) and a little init called MenuSaver. MenuSaver allows you to select the pull-down menu you want to capture and then you use the screen capture keyboard sequence you would normally use and you have your pull down menu. Capture 2.0 is a commercial screen capture utility, I also understand that Exposure is very good. You can get a shareware screen capture utility from anonymous FTP from sumex (36.44.0.6) called screensnap 2.2 in the /info-mac/utils directory. I haven't tried the combination of screensnap and menusaver so I'm not certain it will work. Menusaver is shareware/PD I can't remember which. If people want it I will track down the exact source. Hope that helps. Allan Burton Macintosh Consultant Massey University Palmerston North New Zealand Email A.K.Burton@massey.ac.nz
cckweiss@castor (08/22/90)
In article <863@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> eichmann@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (David Eichmann) writes: > > I'm looking for a way to do a screen snapshot that includes pull-down >menus. Any recommendations? > >- Dave I use SnapJot for screen capture. It cost about $40.00 from Mac Connection. It is far and away the best screen capture utility I've used. It will capture anything, at any time, including pull-down menus and modal dialog boxes. It will save as Paint or PICT, in at least 256 colors. It keeps all captures open as screen windows, until you close them. That is, when you capture a screen or part of a screen, SnapJot puts the capture into a window that you can move around, save, or close. Great software, no conflicts I've found (and I use Multifinder with about 15 INITs), and great support, the one time I actually needed it. Oh yeah, and it runs on every Mac. I use it on a ci with the internal video. No problem. Ken Weiss
vturner@nmsu.EDU (Vaughan Turner) (08/22/90)
Have you tried FlashIt from sumex? It may not be the most capable, but it will capture menus, and although I think it will capture colors, I haven't had the need to try that (If anyone would like to send me a color laserwriter, I'll try it out! :-) [Archived as: /info-mac/cdev/flash-it-12b2.hqx] Hope this helps, Vaughan -- Vaughan Turner BITNET: mcswvt@nmsuvm1.bitnet Box 3AT Computer Center preferred--> INTERNET: vturner@nmsu.edu Las Cruces, NM 88001 You lose... Thanks for playing! -Nature
Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix) (08/24/90)
DE> I'm looking for a way to do a screen snapshot that includes DE> pull-down menus. Any recommendations? I've got an INIT called MenuPicture which allows this--I even get snapshots while using the Shortcut/Boomerang menu from within the SF box. From the MenuPicture docs: ----------------------- What it is This little piece of software allows FKEY's (command-shift-number key combinations) to get executed while the mouse is down. It lets the command-shift-3 FKEY in the system make screen pictures while you have a menu pulled down, for instance. Usage To install MenuPicture INIT, simply drag it into your System Folder and restart your Macintosh. Drag it out of the System Folder and restart to remove the INIT. To temporarily disable it, hold down just about any key while your Mac boots (Shift is a sure bet). You will find that while the mouse is down, if the command and Shift keys are down, the system will respond to things you type (like command-shift-3, which creates a MacPaint image of the screen). Depending on your needs, you may or may not want the cursor visible in your picture. If either the Caps Lock key or Control key (on new keyboards) is down, the cursor will be hidden in the picture. If both Caps Lock and Control are up, the cursor will be visible. How it Works MenuPicture works by patching the Macintosh ROM routine StillDown. Every time StillDown is called, the INIT sees if there is a key-down event pending, and if the command and shift keys are down. If so, it calls GetNextEvent, which processes the event. ----------------------- Hope this helps. --Adam-- -- Adam Frix via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!200.2!Adam.Frix INET: Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG