TopWare 18: Liquid/Image.iso/liquid/top2187/sclip.doc

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                     █ SHAREWARE EDITION        v1.2 █
        A screen-capture program for Microsoft Windows

    Copyright 1994 ANDROMEDA SOFTWARE.  All rights reserved.

SuperClip is a clipboard viewer that can save all or part of the
image on the clipboard to a graphics file in BMP, GIF, or PCX
format.  In Windows, the entire screen can be captured to the
clipboard at any time by pressing the PrtSc key (Shift-PrtSc on
84-key keyboards), or just the currently active window by press-
ing Alt-PrtSc.  SuperClip does not need to be running in order to
do this.  SuperClip can then be opened to save the entire clip-
board, or the image can be cropped by using the mouse to frame
a rectangle of any size within the window before saving to disk.

To save, choose the desired format from the File menu.  A dialog
box will list the files of the selected format in the current
directory.  You may select one of the files listed or type a new
file name in the edit box.  To change to another drive or direc-
tory, highlight that item in the list box and click OK.

When minimized to an icon or hidden by another window, SuperClip
is still active in "popup" mode, which means it will pop up onto
the screen or become visible whenever an image is placed on the
clipboard.  You can then save the entire image or any rectangular
portion.  To return to the application that was interrupted, just
click on that application's title bar or minimize SuperClip back
to an icon.  You can turn popup mode off by selecting "Popup" in
the Options menu, which will remove the checkmark next to this
menu item.

In popup mode, SuperClip will pop up when you press the PrtSc key
OR when another application places a bitmap on the clipboard that
is compatible with SuperClip.  The compatible formats are DDB
(Device-Dependent Bitmap) and DIB (Device-Independent Bitmap),
the two most commonly-used bitmap formats.  If you attempt to
save a clipboard bitmap whose format is not one of these two,
SuperClip will respond with a dialog box that says "No bitmap
exists on the clipboard."


Cropping the Clipboard Image

The SuperClip display window can scroll the clipboard image hor-
zontally and vertically by means of the scroll bars.  To mark a
rectangular area for cropping, move the cursor to one of the top
corners of the desired rectangle, depress the left mouse button,
move the cursor to the diagonally opposite corner and release the
button.  Repeat this process to erase the rectangle and draw a
new one.  The width and height of the rectangle in pixel units
will be displayed in the title bar, as will the x,y coordinates
of the upper-left (UL) and lower-right (LR) corners of the rec-
tangle.  The origin of these coordinates is the upper-left corner
of the window display area.

To save the cropped image, select the desired format from the
File menu.  To erase the rectangle, press Esc or position the
cursor anywhere on the image and click and release the left mouse
button.


File Menu Item: Save as BMP

Select this menu item to save the contents of the clipboard to an
uncompressed Windows Bitmap File with the filename extension BMP.
16-color, 256-color, and 24-bit TrueColor modes are supported.


File Menu Item: Save as GIF

Select this menu item to save the contents of the clipboard to a
CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format file with the filename ex-
tension GIF.  This format utilizes LZW compression, and supports
16 and 256-color modes.  GIF does not support 24-bit color modes.


File Menu Item: Save as PCX

Select this menu item to save the contents of the clipboard to
a PC Paintbrush file with the filename extension PCX.  16-color,
256-color, and 24-bit TrueColor modes are supported.


File Menu Item: Open BMP

Select this item from the File menu to open a BMP file and place
it on the clipboard.  The image can now be saved in any of the
three available formats, or cropped and then saved.


Main Menu Item: Options
Three options are available:

Clear clipboard.
  Select this menu item to empty the clipboard.

Popup mode.
  This is the default mode of SuperClip.  When minimized to an
  icon or hidden by another window, SuperClip will pop up onto
  the screen whenever the clipboard receives a new bitmap image.
  Select this menu item to turn popup mode off or back on again.
  To return to the application that was interrupted, click on
  that application's title bar or minimize SuperClip back to an
  icon.

Client rectangle.
  Select this menu item to draw, without using the mouse, a
  rectangle that contains the entire client area of the SuperClip
  window.  When the image is saved, the window borders and scroll
  bars will not be included in the image.  To erase the rectan-
  gle, press Esc or click and release the left mouse button.


Help Menu

Online Help is available to explain the features of SuperClip.

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SuperClip for Microsoft Windows, Shareware Edition, Version 1.2
Copyright 1993, 1994 ANDROMEDA SOFTWARE.   All rights reserved.

To register and receive the Professional Edition of SuperClip,
send $29.00 + $1.00 shipping to:

ANDROMEDA SOFTWARE
125 North Prospect St.
Washington NJ 07882

NJ residents please include sales tax.

Steven A. Brown, programmer
CompuServe [73140,3340].
INTERNET: [e-mail]


CREDIT CARD ORDERS

Be sure to specify version number 1.2, so that your account will
be charged the correct amount ($30.00 total).

If your need for the Professional Edition of SuperClip is urgent,
e-mail your order with your name, address, VISA or MasterCard
account number, and expiration date.  The file SCLIP.ZIP will
then be uploaded to your CompuServe e-mailbox as a binary file,
usually within 24 hours, and the sales slip will be mailed to
you.

In cases of extreme urgency, e-mail your order as above, then
dial 1-908-689-0047, wait for the beep at the end of the recorded
message, enter the code "ASAP" from your touch-tone keypad, and
hang up.  This will signal us that an e-mail order is waiting to
be processed.


                   DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

THIS SOFTWARE IS SOLD "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY AS TO PERFORMANCE
OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED.  BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRON-
MENTS INTO WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED.  GOOD DATA PROCESSING PRO-
CEDURE DICTATES THAT ANY PROGRAM BE THOROUGHLY TESTED WITH NON-
CRITICAL DATA BEFORE RELYING ON IT.  THE USER MUST ASSUME THE
ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM.  ANY LIABILITY OF THE SELLER
WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF
PURCHASE PRICE.