HyperSnap-DX is Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT screen capture 
tool.  
Unlike any other of such tools, it can capture not only 
standard desktop programs, but also multimedia and games 
running in DirectX/ Direct3D or 3Dfx Glide modes, and most 
video/dvd players.  It can save and read pictures in over 20 
graphics formats, including GIF (transparent and 
interlaced), JPEG (progressive) and much more.  Use hotkeys 
or an autotimer to grab a desktop, hilited window or any 
area.  Include cursor in images, crop, change colors and 
resolution, acquire from TWAIN devices.  Auto scroll web 
pages and other long documents to capture more than you can 
see on the screen.  Contains tons of other useful features.  

INSTALLATION
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Install this program by running the self-extracting archive, 
HySnap.exe or SETUP.EXE (e.g.  double click on its icon).  You 
will be prompted for the target folder, where HyperSnap-DX files 
will be installed.  A HyperSnap-DX group (menu) will be created 
in your Windows 95 or NT Start menu, together with an 
"Uninstall" icon that will completely remove HyperSnap-DX if 
necessary.  

If the uninstall script file (UnHSDX.bat in your Windows 
directory) was accidently deleted, you may still completely 
uninstall HyperSnap-DX by running: 

  hsdx -uninstall

and then deleting its files and directory manually. To recreate
HyperSnap-DX menu under Windows 95 "Start" button you may run
again HySnap.exe, if you saved it, or just run:

  hsdx -install

and enter the same directory where HyperSnap-DX is already 
installed.

Register your copy of HyperSnap-DX by selecting "Register" under 
the program's Help menu, or from within the help menu.  This 
program is a 'try before you buy' shareware program that relies 
on your support for continued development, and single user 
registration is only $25.00.  When you register HyperSnap-DX you 
will receive a code that fully enables the software and become 
eligible for priority support.  You will also be able to obtain 
free updates of the program through our Web page (address below) 
with which you can use your registration code, until the next 
major release.  

You may also purchase HyperSnap-DX licenses in our WEB Store
on the Internet. It uses secure connection to insure privacy.
Hyperionics Web Store accepts Visa, Master Card, American Express
and Discover/Novus credit card payments.

To register copies of HyperSnap-DX please use the "Register" 
program usually provided with HyperSnap-DX to make payments.  We 
accepts different payment methods, including credit card and 
checks/money orders.  You may also mail us your check or money 
order directly, provided that it is drawn on a US bank, payable 
to "Greg Kochaniak".  

     Greg Kochaniak
     Hyperionics
     3146 Chestnut Street
     Murrysville, PA 15668, USA

     e-mail: gregko@hyperionics.com
     http://www.hyperionics.com
     
See also a list of international distributors on our Web site or
in HyperSnap-DX help file.

License cost for HyperSnap-DX 3:
     Single licenses: $25 each, or $7.50 upgrade from HyperSnap 2
     Site license:  $750, or $300 upgrade from HyperSnap 2
	    (Site licenses cover a single organization for an area
	    of up to one hundred miles (160 km) in radius.)
     World-wide license:  $2000 or $700 upgrade from HyperSnap 2

HyperSnap-DX may be also registered using CompuServe SWREG forum (GO 
SWREG) and search for HyperSnap-DX.  The price for single 
user license over CompuServe is $27 due to the 15% charge they 
impose.  

Distribution is permitted provided you follow these 
instructions: You are free to make copies of the distribution 
archive (HYSNPxxx.ZIP or HySnap.exe) and pass it along to others 
for their evaluation provided that no modifications or additions 
are made to the software, its documentation, or any associated 
files, and it is not bundled in a distribution of any other 
software .  

Support is available through the addresses listed above, whether 
you are a registered user or not.  Registered users receive 
priority treatment, of course.  E-mail will always receive the 
quickest response.  


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Changes log:

As you can see, HyperSnap-DX receives continual attention as we 
listen to users' comments and suggestions to make it the best 
screen capture utility for Windows 95 and NT possible.  Your 
input is always welcome.  

Greg Kochaniak, Hyperionics
3146 Chestnut Street, Murrysville, PA 15668, USA
e-mail: gregko@hyperionics.com
http://www.hyperionics.com

1999.07.12 HyperSnap-DX 3.42
Using different 3Dfx picture filters depending on user's selection
on "Special Capture" window.
Restored "Print Screen" key handling for DirectX and Glide 
captures (necessary if some picture disappears when any other
key is pressed).
The Special Capture hot key selection was not saved, and always
restored to default Scroll Lock key on HyperSnap-DX exit - fixed.
Trying to get the current screen resolution for Glide3X games
now from DirectX - this should make games like NFS:High Stakes
snap correctly now.
Fixed: font size and header/footer alignment for printing were
not used or saved correctly on some Win95/98 machines.
Fixed: NFS:High Stakes game would not capture correctly
Fixed: Saving WPG, PNG or PSD files would result in files with
wrong extension to the name.
Worked around a bug in some ATI graphics card drivers that caused
a crash in Region capture or Crop function.

1999.06.08 HyperSnap-DX 3.41
Bug fixes: saving GIF and maybe some other format files, captured
in 16 bpp (65536 colors) screen mode would make corrupt files.
Printing with reverse black and white of images captured in 
16 bpp color mode did not work correctly
"Special Capture" option would be turned off after exiting and
restarting HyperSnap-DX

1999.06.08 HyperSnap-DX 3.40
New in this version:
- support for multi-monitor systems (Windows 98, Windows 2000)
- text headers and footers when printing images
- corrected color filter for screen captures from 3Dfx Voodoo3
  cards
- added option to start HS-DX with Windows (Startup menu)
- added the ability to configure "Toggle Help and Zoom" key, 
  previously fixed to F1.
- modified the mouse operation in Crop and Capture Region
  operations to easier pick up e.g. (0,0) point.
- upgraded Leadtools DLL distributed with HyperSnap-DX to ver.
  10
- miscellaneous small enhancements and bug fixes

1998.12.31 HyperSnap-DX 3.30.00
Added the ability to capture images from hardware overlays,
which are largely used in video software (e.g. DVD players).
The limitation is again, that the overlay must have been
created and managed with DirectX in the target program, 
otherwise we'll still capture only the color rectangle
(the overlay key color).

Good news is a new way to snap DirectX screens, including
games, videos, DVD etc. It is no longer necessary to start
HyperSnap-DX and enable DirectX capture first, before the
target program. HyperSnap-DX can be started or stopped at
any time, and it will capture these screens correctly.
DirectX and Glide capture is now a lot more stable, should
not cause game/computer crashes or lock-ups.

Other changes: 

Added new "Quick Crop and Scale" function to Capture menu. 
Added "Toggle Cursor Capture" button to the toolbar. 

Added a setting to change picture resolution, in dots per 
inch (dpi). This setting affects how images are printed 
or pasted into other documents. Also added a "zoom" window 
for Region capture and crop operations, which lets you to 
see the area around the cursor under 3x or 4x magnification.

Fixed a problem with color captures from 256 color 
applications using entire system palette.

Fixed the problem under Windows 98, where selecting Region
capture from the menu or when HS window was in front, did 
not permit you to use keyboard to control region selection.


1998.09.15 HyperSnap-DX 3.21.00
Added support to capture games using DirectX 6 technology.
Corrected some small errors regarding saving files in EPS
and other formats.

1998.08.05 HyperSnap-DX 3.20.00
Added ability to capture pictures from Glide 3.x applications.
Selecting "DirectX and Glide Capture" now displays a dialog
to actually choose DirectX/Direct3D and/or Glide capture
technology, and set image post processing and gamma correction
factor. Some more small fixes for Glide and DirectX captures.
Added Gamma Correction, Rotate and Mirror options to the
Image menu.
Window close button will now only minimize HyperSnap-DX, and
not completely exit it, if "Display Tray Icon" option is 
turned on.

1998.06.19 HyperSnap-DX 3.13.00
Earlier versions of HyperSnap-DX would sometimes hang when
snapping pictures from high action games running in Glide
mode on 3Dfx Voodoo2 and compatible hardware. This has now
been fixed. Other small changes: now saving the last captured
area between sessions, more command line options and other
small fixes.

1998.05.19 HyperSnap-DX 3.12.00
Page Setup preview did not display correct scale for pictures
loaded from files, if constant scaling factor was selected.
Fixed full screen capture for some rare programs that use palettes
in 8 bit color mode, that don't contain Windows static colors.
Added "Optimized or Std. Windows" palette choices to Save As...
options
Added "Black and White" palette choice to "Color Resolution" on
Image menu.

1998.04.22 HyperSnap-DX 3.11.00
New features: Quick Save function extended for auto-number and
prompt for name options to work together.
New "Black and White" palette setting under Image/Color Resolution
Page Setup dialog extended in Scaling section, to set fixed scaling
_or_ auto-fit, if the picture is too large for given scale.
Bug fixes: occasional crash in Crop functions. Problem with 
printing some GIF files in constant scale factor. Occasional crash 
if Quick Save had an invalid file name.

1998.03.26 HyperSnap-DX 3.10.03
More small changes and bug fixes: print sometimes would not work.
Added Esc button handling to Window capture, to let you interrupt
it that way. Also space bar in Window capture now works the same
as left mouse button - using it, e.g. when you click on a menu,
will prevent the execution of this menu function.
Made Quick Print and the Print button on the toolbar to start
printing at once, instead of bringing up Print Dialog first.

1998.03.24 HyperSnap-DX 3.10.02
Minor fixes: Windows Metafile default extension was .wfm instead 
of .wmf. Printing margins did not work correctly (on Page Setup).
Added saving of toolbar and status bar visibility and positions.
Made Esc key abort Window Capture operation. Added toolbar icon
for Page Setup. Some more small fixes like that.

1998.03.13 HyperSnap-DX 3.10.00
Major update with many new features. You may now get HyperSnap-DX
in Basic or Pro version. New features in HyperSnap-DX 3.10 Basic 
version:

   New style of File/Open and File/Save dialogs.  

   New, powerful Page Setup dialog with a preview of how your 
   picture will be printed.  

   Toolbar with one click shortcuts to the most used menu 
   functions, which you may turn off if you don't like it.  

   Crop-out function to select rectangular areas from your 
   picture and turn them to white (or other "paper" color).  
   Useful e.g.  to edit out unwanted parts when capturing 
   cascading menus.  

   Support for Print Screen hot key, e.g.  to capture screen 
   savers, that are turned off by any other hot keys.  This will 
   also capture DirectX and 3Dfx Glide screen savers, if "DirectX 
   and Glide Capture" option is turned on.  
   
   New filter function if capturing pictures from 3Dfx controller
   to improve their quality (both Glide and DirectX/Direct3D 
   mode).

New features in HyperSnap-DX 3.10 Pro version - all of the Basic 
version plus: 

   Support for reading and writing of over 20 graphics formats, 
   including BMP, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PCX and many more.  

   Image maniuplation routines: resize, change color resolution, 
   convert to gray scale or dither to black and white.  More 
   image manipulation routines will be added here in later 
   releases.  

   Acquire images from devices supporting TWAIN protocol (e.g.  
   scanners, digital cameras).  


1997.12.09 HyperSnap-DX 3.08.00
Added saving on exit of the last disk folder (directory) used 
in File/Save As or File/Open and restoring it on next run.
Added two command line options: -nosetdir and -nosavedir to
preserve the old behaviour if necessary.
Fixed: bottom margin in printing was not set correctly (right
margin value was used instead).

1997.11.13 HyperSnap-DX 3.07.00
Added ability to capture screens from Win32 games using GLIDE
(3Dfx) technology. Improved DirectX captures - no more color
shifts and less crashes.

1997.10.14 HyperSnap-DX 3.06.00
Pasting HyperSnap-DX pictures into some programs, e.g. Lotus
Notes, would produce black picture. Fixed.
Fixed auto-scroll for MS Office 97 and Internet Explorer 4

1997.08.07 HyperSnap-DX 3.05.01
Bug fix - in Quick Save mode, if the time between the captures
was long, there were problems starting the Explorer and some
other applications on Windows 95. Also fixed: pressing a hot
key in Quick Save timed mode will abort the mode promptly,
without waiting for the next auto-snap to happend.

1997.07.18 HyperSnap-DX 3.05 (there was no public rel. of 3.04)
Added "Send by Email" item to the file menu. With MAPI enabled
mailer this will let you send the current picture to any email
recipient as GIF, BMP or JPEG file attachment.
Prepared HyperSnap-DX for localization (translation into other
languages)
Fixed a problem in saving BMP files: if the file was loaded from
disk or saved with some options, changing BMP options (color depth)
had no effect.
Added information about Hyperionics Web Store to "About" and
"Register" boxes.

1997.05.21 HyperSnap-DX 3.03
Added "Continue on error" check box to Quick Save dialog, so that
Quick Save is not aborted on a file error like "file busy" if you
want to save to the same file and e.g. continue pushing it to a
WEB server.
Added "Center Image on Page" to "Page Setup" dialog.

1997.05.05 HyperSnap-DX 3.02
Worked around a bug in Word 97 - it would not paste correctly
some of our 256 color DIB pictures (displayed big red X instead).

1997.04.25 HyperSnap-DX 3.01
On capture menu, if Quick Save item is checked on, and you click
on it while holding the Shift key on the keyboard, this will pop
up Quick Save setup dialog again, instead of checking the item off.
Fixed: Page Up/Down keys would not work correctly if you started
HyperSnap-DX with file name argument (to view the file) in a current
directory.
Fixed: Page Up/Down keys would not display files in alphabetical
order on Windows 95 (or FAT partitions under NT).

1997.04.16 HyperSnap-DX 3.00 
Final Release of version 3.00.

(List of chages from SnapShot/32 and HyperSnap 2 releases 
deleted)

