Getting Started

If you are using Capture 3.0 for the first time, it is recommended that you investigate the following topics.

About the Author

Capturing  - How to 'Grab' an image from the screen.

Configuring  - Exploring the multitude of options.

File Options  - What to do with the image once you have it.

Registering   - How to Register.

What If Something Goes Wrong

Why Should I Register  - Features that are enabled by registering.

Zoom  - Changes the scaling of the Capture Window


Zoom

The Capture Window  can be scaled by selecting the appropriate zoom factor (50%, 100%, 200% or 400%)  A check mark will appear by the current zoom factor.  HINT: 50% zoom factor is especially useful for Desktop Mode  capturing.

If the Save at Zoom Factor check box in the Capture Options  window, saves or copies the image at the selected zoom factor.


Capturing

In order to capture an image, click on the CAPTURE! menu item.  Additionally the Capture hotkey  can be pressed.  The default hotkey is CTRL+SHIFT+C (press all keys simultaneously)  What happens next is dependent on the mode that you are in.

Client Area Mode  - Copies the client area of a window to the  Capture Window

Desktop Mode - Copies the entire desktop to the Capture Window .

Region Mode  - Copies a user drawn square to the Capture Window .

Window Mode  - Copies an entire window Capture Window


Configurating
Configuring

All configuring is done in the Capture Options  dialog box.

The following modes are available.  Each is chosen by clicking the appropriate radio button.:

Client Area Mode  - Copies the client area of a window to the  Capture Window

Desktop Mode - Copies the entire desktop to the Capture Window .

Region Mode  - Copies a user drawn square to the Capture Window .  Icon Mode  and Fixed Mode  are submodes associated only with this mode.

Window Mode  - Copies an entire window Capture Window

Region Mode is the default mode.

The user has the option of setting up the hotkey .  Clicking on the Enable Hotkey check box enables and disables the hotkey.  There is also a combo box where the user can select the actual key.  The user has the option of A to Z, 0 to 9 and function key 1 (F1) to function key 12 (F12).

The Save at Zoom Factor check box enables and disables the Save at Zoom  feature.

Clicking on the OK button accepts the changes and closes the dialog box.  Clicking on the Cancel button closes the dialog box and reverts to the previous settings.  Clicking on the Save button saves the configuration info to the WIN.INI file under the heading [Capture3].


File Options

New

Save As

Copy

Options

Exit.


Registering

Step One:  Write check payable to Mark Mazurik

Step Two:  Send check (and maybe a letter with comments) to

Mark Mazurik

103 Calhoun St. #4

Clemson, SC  29631

Step Three:  Wait about a week.

Step Four:  In the registration window, type in the code exactly as it appears on the registration letter

Step Five:  Press the Register button.  If the application exists, you have entered the password incorrectly - try again.  This password only works with Capture version 3.0.

The Registration Window can be brought up by running the Capture program or by selecting Help/Register Info.

The password is saved so that it should only have to be entered once.

Why Should I Register?  About the Author


Region Mode

In Region Mode the user draws a box around the area that they wish to capture.  The area does not include the pixel that is covered by the box.  Only pixels in side the box are captured.

The box is draw by left mouse clicking on the upper left hand corner of the area to be captured, dragging the mouse (with the left mouse button down) to the lower right hand corner of the area and releasing the mouse button.  The box may be moved by pressing the right mouse button down at the time of the drag.

Fixed Mode is used when the user has selected the fixed mode or icon from the Capture Options screen.  When the user clicks the left mouse button, a presized box appears.  The user cannot change the size of the box, but rather drags the box to the desired location and releases the left mouse button at the desired location.

Icon Mode , a variation of Fixed Mode is also availible in Region Mode.

The cursor turns into the black crosshair in this mode.


Window Mode

In Window Mode the user clicks the cursor on the window that they wish to capture.

The user should realize that this mode may not yield expected results, while still functioning 100% properly.  This is due to the fact that many windows are made up of child windows and child windows have there own defining rectangles.  HINT:  If you desire the whole window,  click on the window's title bar.

The cursor turns into a window with a W and a small crosshair.


Client Area Mode

In Client Area Mode the user clicks the cursor on the window that they wish to capture the client area of.

The user should realize that this mode may not yield expected results, while still functioning 100% properly.  This is due to the fact that many windows are made up of child windows and child windows have there own defining rectangles.  HINT:  If you desire the whole window,  click on the window's title bar.

The cursor turns into a window with a S and a small crosshair.


Desktop Mode

In Desktop Mode, Capture! captures the entire screen.


What If Something Goes Wrong?

In the unlikely event that you find a REPRODUCIBLE bug, PLEASE contact the author at

Mark Mazurik

103 Calhoun St. #4

Clemson, SC  29631

If there is a fix, I will upload it to Compuserve and wuarchive.wustl.edu .

Those of you who have registered have my home phone number which may be more gratifying.


Capture Window

This is the window right beneath the menu.  It is also the one that has the picture in it after a capture.  It is the only window other then the Configuration Window.  I hope that clears things up!.


New

File/New clear the Capture Window  of any bitmap that might be there.


Save As

File/Save As saves the bitmap in the configured format (BITMAP or ICON) and in the specified number of colors [16 or 256).  Saving the contents of the Capture Window as an ICON or in 256 color mode is disabled until the Registration Password  is entered in the Registration Window .

The colors and format may be setup using File/Options


Copy

File/Copy copies the bitmap and associated palette to the Windows Clipboard.  This very useful feature is disabled until the Registration Password  is entered in the Registration Window .


Registration Password

Do you honestly think that the password is in here *&ha& & 3 - don't even try it.  Anyway, you are going to need the Registration Password to activate all of the disabled functions as well as to disable the 'nag' screen.


Fixed Mode

is used when the user has selected the fixed mode or icon from the Capture Options  screen.

Capturing is changed as follows.  When the user clicks the left mouse button, a presized box appears.  The user cannot change the size of the box, but rather drags the box to the desired location and releases the left mouse button at the desired location.

Fixed mode is activated by clicking on the Fixed Size check box and typing in legitimate values (natural numbers ) in the X and Y edit boxes.

Fixed mode is also activated by Icon Mode


Natural Numbers

The set of all positive, non-zero numbers.


Capture Options

Click on the File menu item then the Options subitem.


Exit

This obviously terminates the application.  The user is prompted to save a bitmap if it has not been previously saved/copied.


Why Should I Register
Why Should I Register?

The following features are enabled by entering the correct registration password.

256 Color File Save

Copy

Icon Saving

Client Area Capture

And best of all

NO MORE NAG SCREENS

How to Register   About the Author


Hotkey

A key combination that is sent to an application from any other application.  At least that is my definition of it.


Icon Mode

Icon Mode activates Fixed Mode in a preset 32 X 32 resolution as well as saving the file in ICON format (*.ICO).


Save at Zoom

This option allows the application to save and copy to the clipboard a bitmap at the selected zoom factor.  Save at Zoom does not work when the application is in Icon Mode .


About the Author

The author of Capture 3.0 is a part-time graduate student at Clemson University majoring in Computer Engineering.  $%#@, I hate talking about myself in the third person.  Anyway, I wrote Capture 1.0 to teach myself the Windows SDK.  This eventually grew (over the course of six monthes) to what is now Capture 3.0.  If you find this program useful, please send in the Registration Fee (or more).

This program was developed in Borland C++ 3.1 (using the C Compiler), the incredibly helpful Bounds Checker for Windows from Nu-Mega Technologies Inc., and Robo Help.