Capture Menu for documentation

Hi.

Is there a way to capture a menu, so we can put a picture of the menu in the
documentation?

TIA

Augie

Hi Augie,

I have not try it yet but I have heard that using the snapshot utility would
allow you to get a .bmp file of the existing screen, so you can use it in
your ms-windows box to document it.

Oscar Soto


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Hi.

Is there a way to capture a menu, so we can put a picture of the menu in
the
documentation?

TIA

Augie
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“Oscar E. Soto” <osoto@infosel.net.mx> wrote in message
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Hi Augie,

I have not try it yet but I have heard that using the snapshot utility
would
allow you to get a .bmp file of the existing screen, so you can use it in
your ms-windows box to document it.

The problem with snapshot is you need to click on a button ( i beleive),
hence you can’t have a program menu display at the same time you click
on the button. My guess of Augie’s problem.

Oscar Soto


“Augie Henriques” <> augiehenriques@hotmail.com> > escribió en el mensaje
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Hi.

Is there a way to capture a menu, so we can put a picture of the menu in
the
documentation?

TIA

Augie


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Mario Charest <goto@nothingness.com> wrote:
: The problem with snapshot is you need to click on a button ( i beleive),
: hence you can’t have a program menu display at the same time you click
: on the button. My guess of Augie’s problem.

You’re right. The QNX 6 version of snapshot has a time-delay feature so
that you can choose the area and then bring up the menu you want to
capture.

For the QNX 4 docs, we used an older program called phgrab that had this
feature, but I don’t think it shipped with Photon past version 1.1. We had
to sweet-talk one of the developers into keeping a copy of it for us. Maybe
if you’re lucky, you can track down a copy of it.


Steve Reid stever@qnx.com
TechPubs (Technical Publications)
QNX Software Systems

“Steve Reid” <stever@qnx.com> wrote in message
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Mario Charest <> goto@nothingness.com> > wrote:
: The problem with snapshot is you need to click on a button ( i beleive),
: hence you can’t have a program menu display at the same time you click
: on the button. My guess of Augie’s problem.

You’re right. The QNX 6 version of snapshot has a time-delay feature so
that you can choose the area and then bring up the menu you want to
capture.

For the QNX 4 docs, we used an older program called phgrab that had this
feature, but I don’t think it shipped with Photon past version 1.1. We
had
to sweet-talk one of the developers into keeping a copy of it for us.
Maybe
if you’re lucky, you can track down a copy of it.

Hi

Can I get a copy, please?

Augie


Steve Reid > stever@qnx.com
TechPubs (Technical Publications)
QNX Software Systems

Augie Henriques <augiehenriques@hotmail.com> wrote:
: Can I get a copy, please?

It looks like there is a way to do it with snapshot. Try something like
this:

sleep 5; snapshot -A 100100 -o 5050 -f print1.bmp

You’ll have 5 seconds to display the menu before snapshot runs.

Good luck!


Steve Reid stever@qnx.com
TechPubs (Technical Publications)
QNX Software Systems

“Steve Reid” <stever@qnx.com> wrote in message
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Augie Henriques <> augiehenriques@hotmail.com> > wrote:
: Can I get a copy, please?

It looks like there is a way to do it with snapshot. Try something like
this:

sleep 5; snapshot -A 100100 -o 5050 -f print1.bmp

Are you typing this in a pterm window? Or did you change the command
options for snapshot?

It will take some time getting the correct coordinates for all the different
menus we want to capture :slight_smile:

TIA

Augie

You’ll have 5 seconds to display the menu before snapshot runs.

Good luck!


Steve Reid > stever@qnx.com
TechPubs (Technical Publications)
QNX Software Systems

Augie Henriques <augiehenriques@hotmail.com> wrote:
: Are you typing this in a pterm window? Or did you change the command
: options for snapshot?

Type it in a pterm window.

: It will take some time getting the correct coordinates for all the different
: menus we want to capture :slight_smile:

Tell me about it. :slight_smile:


Steve Reid stever@qnx.com
TechPubs (Technical Publications)
QNX Software Systems

“Augie Henriques” <augiehenriques@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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“Steve Reid” <> stever@qnx.com> > wrote in message
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Augie Henriques <> augiehenriques@hotmail.com> > wrote:
: Can I get a copy, please?

It looks like there is a way to do it with snapshot. Try something like
this:

sleep 5; snapshot -A 100100 -o 5050 -f print1.bmp

Are you typing this in a pterm window? Or did you change the command
options for snapshot?

It will take some time getting the correct coordinates for all the
different
menus we want to capture > :slight_smile:

Just capture the whole screen, then using your favorite graphic editor
remove the unwanted stuff?

TIA

Augie


You’ll have 5 seconds to display the menu before snapshot runs.

Good luck!


Steve Reid > stever@qnx.com
TechPubs (Technical Publications)
QNX Software Systems