JasCapture Help Index

The Index lists all Help topics available for JasCapture.  Use the scroll bar to see entries not currently visible in the Help window.

To learn how to use Help, choose "Help" - "How to Use Help" from the above menu.

General Information

Using JasCapture

Menu Options

Capture Setup

Printer Setup

View Last Capture

Help

About

Close

Associated Dialog Boxes

The "JasCapture Setup" Dialog Box

The "Disk Saving Setup" Dialog Box

The "Print Setup" Dialog Box

Purchasing the Licensed Version

Other Products from JASC, Inc.


Using JasCapture

Before you start making your captures, you will want to configure the way JasCapture will capture images.  This is explained in the "Capture Setup" help topic.

Once you have JasCapture configured the way you want, it is unnecessary to open the menu to make your captures.  Simply start JasCapture and press your designated hot key to make your captures.  If "Area" or "Defined Size" capturing was selected in the Capture Setup, you will need to define the area or place the defined size.  This is explained in the "JasCapture Setup" dialog box help topic.

JasCapture will remain running until "Close" is selected from the JasCapture Menu or until Windows is exited.


Capture Setup

Use this selection to configure the way JasCapture is to work.  For a more detailed description of specific configuration options, see the "JasCapture Setup" dialog box help topic.

How to configure JasCapture

1. From the JasCapture Menu select "Capture Setup".  This will activate the "JasCapture Setup" dialog box.

2. In the "Capture" area choose the type of capture you will be doing.  Including the cursor in the capture may be selected for all but "Area" and "Defined Size".

3. In the "Hot Key" area choose the key combination that is to activate JasCapture.

4. In the "Image Processing" area select any image processing that should be done to each image captured.  The available options are; Greyscale, Invert Colors and Convert to Black & White.

5. In the "Send To" area select where JasCapture should send your captured images.  The available options are; Clipboard, Printer and Disk.  When sending to printer and disk, you can also have the file name printed underneath the captured image.

6. If you have selected "Disk" from the "Send To" area of the dialog box in step 5, the "Setup..." button will activate the "Disk Saving Setup" dialog box.  Choose the directory where the image is to be sent, the image file format it is to be saved as and how the image is to be named.

Note:  If "Disk" is not selected from the "Send To" area in step 5, this button will not be available for use.


JasCapture Setup Dialog Box
The "JasCapture Setup" Dialog Box

The "Capture:" Area

The Capture area will allow you to select the type of capture that is to take place.  To select one of the options, click on the desired option button.  The allowable options are:

Area -- This option will allow you to define the area that is to be captured.  When the hot key(s) are pressed, the mouse cursor will turn to cross hairs.  Move the cursor to the upper left corner of the area to be captured.  Hold down the left mouse button and drag to the lower left corner of the area.  Release the mouse button.  The area defined will then be captured.

Full Screen -- This option will capture the full screen.

Client Area -- This option will capture the client area of the active window.  The client area is the area inside the frame of the window.  It will not include the title, frame, or menu bar of the window.  However, it will include anything inside the window frame.

Window -- This option will capture the active window including the title, frame, menu bar, etc.

Object -- This option will capture the Windows object that the mouse is over.  When the mouse is over an object and that object is outlined, click the left mouse button to capture the object.

Defined Size -- This option will capture an area of width and height that has been entered into the Defined Size edit boxes.  When the hot key is pressed, a box displaying the defined capture area will appear.  The box may be moved in any direction with the mouse.  A click of the left mouse button will activate the capture.

Include Cursor -- This option will include the mouse cursor in the captured image.  It will not be available when capturing "Area" and "Defined Size" since the cursor is used in the capturing process.

The "Hot Key:" Area

The Hot Key area will allow you to select the hot key combination that will be used to activate the capture.  You must pick one of the functions keys by clicking on its option button.  In addition, you can select "Alt", "Ctrl" and/or "Shift" to be used in conjunction with the function keys by clicking on the appropriate check box.

The "Image Processing:" Area

The image processing section will allow you to select any image processing that should happen to each capture.  To select one or more of the image processing options, you can click on the associated check box.  Your available options are:

Greyscale -- This option will convert your colored image to a greyscaled image.

Invert Colors -- This option will create a negative image of your capture (change each color to its compliment).

Convert to B&W -- This option will create a black and white image of your capture.  Everything greater than a median intensity will become white, everything smaller will become black.  This can be a great space saver for documents that are to be printed in only two colors.

The "Send to:" Area

The "Send to" section allows you to designate the various places that the capture should be sent to.  To select one or more of the options, click on the associated check box.  The different places that the capture can be sent to include; clipboard, printer and the disk.

Clipboard -- This option will save the captured image to the clipboard.  Note:  Since only one image at a time is stored in the clipboard, only the last capture will be available.

Printer -- This option will send the captured image to the printer.  If you are also saving to the disk and want to print the image name and location under the image, place a check mark in the "Include File Name" box by clicking on it.

Disk -- This option will save the captured image to the directory and format that you have specified.  Use the "Setup..." command button to select the directory and format to be used.

The "Setup..." Command Button

This will activate the "Disk Saving Setup" dialog box.  This will allow you to select the directory and format to use when saving a captured image.  You can also set up how the file is to be named.  See the "Disk Saving Setup" dialog box help topic for a full description.

The "Cancel" Command Button

If you change your mind and want to back out without saving the changes you have made click the "Cancel" command button.

The "OK" Command Button

Click the "OK" command button (or press "Enter") to save the changes that you have made.


Disk Saving Setup Dialog Box
The "Disk Saving Setup" Dialog Box

The "File Name:" Area

This allows you to choose between automatic file naming and being asked to name the file immediately after the capture has occurred.

To use automatic, sequential naming, click on the "Use Auto File Names" option button.  The file name used will be the three characters appearing in the "File Name Prefix:" edit box followed by numerics.  The new name will be one number higher than the highest numbered image of the same format in the same directory.

To name each file as it is captured, select the "Ask For File Name" option button.  When the capture is made, the standard "Save As" dialog box will appear.  Use this dialog box to save the capture to the desired location.

The "Directories:" Display

This displays the current directory that the image will be saved to.  If you change the drive and/or the directory (by using the "Drives" drop box and/or "Directories" list box), the "Directories:" display changes accordingly.

The "Directories:" List Box

The "Directories:" list box displays the directories available for saving images.  If you want to save to a different directory, double click on the directory of your choice.

The "Drives:" Drop Box

The "Drives:" drop box displays the current drive you have selected for saving images to.  Clicking on the arrow will display all the available drives on your system.  Click on the drive you want to change to.

The "File Format:" Drop Box

The "File Format:" drop box lists the file format that the captured images are to be saved as.  Clicking on the arrow will display the formats available for capture saving.  The formats available are three of the most common bitmap image formats; BMP, PCX, and TIF.  To change between the available formats, click on the format you want to use.

The "Cancel" Command Button

If you change your mind and want to back out without saving the directory or format changes, click the "Cancel" command button.  You will be returned to the "JasCapture Setup" dialog box.

The "OK" Command Button

Click the "OK" command button (or press "Enter") to save the directory and the file format of saved images.


Printer Setup

This option allows you to select the active printer and allows you to configure the way the active printer should operate.

How to select the active printer

1. From the JasCapture Menu select "Printer Setup".  This will activate the "Print Setup" dialog box.  It will display the default printer and other printers that are installed for Windows.

2. Select either "Default Printer" or "Specific Printer" depending on where the printer that you want active is listed.  If listed in the "Specific Printer" drop box, highlight the printer that you want active.

3. Click the "OK" command button (or press "Enter").

How to change the configuration of a printer

1. From the JasCapture Menu select "Printer Setup".  This opens the "Print Setup" dialog box.

2. Click the "Options..." command button.  This will display a configuration box applicable to your selected printer.  This configuration box will be arranged differently depending upon which printer type you have selected.  Refer to your printer's manual for information about the various configuration selections.

3. You can change the configuration of the printer as you desire.  When finished, return to the "Print Setup" dialog box and click the "OK" button  (or press "Enter").

If the printer that you have selected is using a Windows 3.x or later printer driver, the changes you make to your printer's setup will only be effective for JasCapture.


Print Setup Dialog Box
The "Print Setup" Dialog Box

The "Printer:" Area

The printers already installed to Windows will be listed here.  If multiple printers are installed, you can select which printer will be active for this JasCapture session.

The "Orientation" Area

You may select whether the image will be printed across the shorter dimension (Portrait), or across the longer dimension (Landscape) of the paper.

The "Paper" Area

Select the paper size you are going to be printing on and where this paper size is located.

The "Options" Command Button

Click the "Options..." command button to produce additional dialog boxes containing various options for the selected type of printer.  You can change the configuration of a printer's operation for this JasCapture session.

The "Cancel" Command Button

If you change your mind and want to back out without changing the current printer selection, click the "Cancel" command button.

The "OK" Command Button

Click the "OK" command button  (or press "Enter") to activate selections you have made for this JasCapture session.


View Last Capture

Use this selection to display the last image that was captured.

How to view the last capture made with JasCapture

1. From the JasCapture Menu select "View Last Capture".  The last capture that was made will be displayed.

2. Press any key to return to Windows.


Help

Use this selection to activate the JasCapture on-line help system.

How to select "Help"

1. From the JasCapture menu select "Help".  This opens the "JasCapture Help" window containing an index of topics you can select for viewing.

2. Close the help window when you are through.


About

Use this selection to display general information about JasCapture and your video system.

How to select "About"

1. From the JasCapture menu select "About".  This opens the "About JasCapture" dialog box describing the copyright and the version of JasCapture you are using.

It also displays the video resolution that you are running Windows in (width x height x bits-per-pixel) as well as the file name of your video driver.

2. Click the "OK" button  (or press "Enter") in the dialog box.


Close

Use this selection to end your JasCapture session and unload JasCapture from memory.

How to select "Close"

From the JasCapture menu select "Close".  This unloads JasCapture from memory and ends the JasCapture session.


Purchasing
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JASC Products
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Products Developed by Jasc:

Paint Shop Pro

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Products Distributed by Jasc:

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Paint Shop Pro is a Windows graphics program that displays, converts, alters, scans, and prints images. It supports a wide range of file formats (see below), allows you to work with more than one image at a time, and has a built-in screen capture utility.

Provides batch conversion for large image conversion jobs.

Supports TWAIN-compliant scanning. You can save the image to the file type of your choice.

Adds image support to other applications via Paint Shop Pro's OLE server support.

Can alter images by flipping, mirroring, rotating in one degree increments, resizing, resampling, cropping, adding borders, and applying 19 standard filters.

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Professional Capture Systems

Professional Capture Systems (PCS) allows you to do screen capturing under both Windows and DOS.

The Windows program, JasCapture, allows you to capture a defined area, the full screen, a window, a client area, an object, or a predefined size. The capture can be sent to any combination of the clipboard, printer, and disk. Captures can be saved to BMP, PCX or TIFF. Requires Windows 3.1 or later.

The DOS program, DosCapture, allows you to capture standard and extended VGA text modes and standard VGA graphics modes. Captures are saved to PCX files. DosCapture requires a 286 processor or better and VGA.

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CDPlayer is an audio CD playing program for Windows and DOS that provides even more functions than a home CD player, including the ability to catalogue and browse through your CD collection. CDPlayer's features include:

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Repeat on any play function

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Pause

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Internal dialogue or running your soundcard mixer program.

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Illuminatus

Illuminatus is an impressive new program offering an alternative to both business presentation packages and complex multimedia authoring tools. Illuminatus is a multimedia publisher and works like a frame-based DTP package.  Illuminatus produces a standalone interactive multimedia publication which you can publish and distribute on CD or floppy disk.  Quickly and easily combine words, pictures, video, animation and sound into exciting interactive multimedia publications of all kinds and publish them on floppy disk or CD Rom.  NO PROGRAMMING.  NO ROYALTIES.

Features Include:

Page Options - Double click on your page to edit...

Background color or picture.

Timing - control how long the page stays in view.

Display - control the special effects to bring your page on or take it off again.

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and add a border.

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Close the publication.

Go to another page.

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Launch a program or extension.

Store text on disk (for recording scores/progress etc.).

Make the button invisible to act as a hot spot.

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Choose how your publication can be interrupted and protect it with a password to prevent unauthorized closedown.  Also choose how your publication closes.

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Create onscreen slideshows of any size from your graphics files using any special effects at your own speed.  You can even create simple animations, message boxes, and text effects with this feature.

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You can launch music or sound from any page.  Narration can play over the op of music and you can use a simple delay option to synchronize events.

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BMP, PCX, WMF, CGM, TIF, TGA, GIF, JPG, WPG

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