
MenusFKEY6  Macintosh Screen Dump Utility v1.0m 03/29/88

by Guillermo Ortiz

   Macintosh Developer Technical Support
   
"Copyright 1988 by Guillermo and Apple Computer, Inc.

WARNING: NO CLAIMS ARE MADE REGARDING THE FITNESS OF THIS SOFTWARE FOR ANY 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!

FIle: MenusFKEY6

Installation: Use ResEdit to move the FKEY6 resource in this file to your system 
folder along with all other FKEYs you may have installed in your system.

This FKEY works on a Macintosh Plus, SE or II.

Use: You invoke this FKEY the same way all other equivalent ones, press 
command-shift-6, the program will then save a PICT file 'Screen n' to your boot 
volume (if enough space is available in the disk). The FKEY waits until the command 
key is released to take the snap shot, this version incorporate this feature 
specifically to allow the oportunity to pull down menus.

Known Limitations: If the program being executed has a small size resource then 
the FKEY may not be able to save the screen ( an empty picture is created), when 
this problem is encountered quit the program change the size ( 768K is normally 
enough), re-launch the program and do it again. For example, the Finder normally has 
a size of 160K, to use this FKEY it is necessary to increase the size in order
to get the desired results.

Only ten files, Screen 0 through Screen 9, are created, rename or delete old files if 
needed.

Capturing Hierarchical Menus while an item in the main menu is hilited is a little bit
tricky ( there is a 'feature' in the menu manager that causes this ), release the 
command key, pull the menu down and then move the cursor toward the secondary menu; 
the screen is saved the moment the cursor is out of the main menu item.

Using the MenuDown capture feature causes certain problems when dealing with special
menus, for example PopUp Menus, TearOff Menus, etc. Use it with great care, crashes
may occur.