Capturing and printing Windows v3.00 windows and screens -- If you read pages 58-60 of the Windows v3.00 manual, it states (incorrectly) that you can capture screens and windows in .BMP format. Unfortunately, it actually captures screens and stores them in a .CLP format which is incompatible with .BMP. And the Clipboard lacks any print facility.. So how do you do it? Well, I have found a rather roundabout way to do it. If you just want to get a screen or window captured and printed, bring up Windows in standard or 386 mode, and press the print screen key to capture the entire window, or Alt-Print Screen to capture only the currently active window. Next, bring up GCP (ignore the warning message if you haven't "marked" GCP) and use the Edit Paste option to copy the contents of the clipboard into GCP. (You can't paste a whole screen into PC Paintbrush directly, it clips the picture.) Then use GCP's Save As function to save the captured screen to a .PCX file, saving the colors by selecting the default # of planes. Then you bring up PC Paintbrush and load the file to print it. Set up your laser printer for 300 dots per inch and Landscape mode.. Set up dot matrix printers similarly (high res and landscape).. Then you can use PC Paintbrush to print the file. If you want a black and white image that you can use in Write, PageMaker, CorelDraw, etc., it gets a bit more complicated. First of all, you should save your current Windows color scheme by using the control panel. Pick a name and save it. Then you must use the Notepad editor to edit two files. First, edit the CONTROL.INI file, and remove the color scheme name you just created from the line that says "Color Schemes=". Then save this file and edit the WIN.INI file, removing the "[colors]" section and replacing it with the WINB&W.CLR file contained in this ZIP file. You have to edit WIN.INI rather than CONTROL.INI or use the control panel, as there are several items which cannot be set directly. Save the WIN.INI and reboot Windows to bring up the new colors. Now you are ready to capture your screen, using the same process as with the color screens, but specify 1 plane for the PCX output file. You will have to edit the file a bit, as there is currently no way to alter the colors of the up/down arrow buttons in the scroll bar and menu bar. (The other colors should be black and white for the most part, although some programs still use color for some things, which you may also have to edit.) (Windows changes colors to solid black.) After you have to file edited, you can save it and print it or recapture the screen (using the "View Picture" function of PC Paintbrush and the Print Screen key) to copy it to the clipboard for pasting to other apps. You need to have adequate memory and need to be in standard or 386 mode to do these things. After saving your file, use GCP's "Empty Clipboard" command to clear out more memory which you will need for PC Paintbrush. If you have a high resolution 256 color driver, you will need a lot of free extended or expanded memory to capture a whole screen. When you are finished, edit the WIN.INI file, removing the B&W colors you installed before. Then run the control panel and select your old color scheme which you saved before. In addition to the WINB&W.CLR file, there is also a WINCLR.CLR file and a WINCLR.CTL file. The former is a WIN.INI version of my color setup (you might want to check it out) and the .CTL file is a version to add it as a color scheme for CONTROL.INI. Well, that's it.. Isn't it simple?? But at least there is a way! Hopefully Microsoft will fix the clipboard to save files in .BMP format to bypass all this other stuff, in the meantime, GCP comes to the rescue! Also, note that GCP professional v4.20's .BMP format is not compatible with the new .BMP format. The current shareware version (v4.20SW) as well as other files and messages re: Windows and Synergistic Enterprises programs are available on the Synergistic Enterprises BBS at (213) 653-6398. (300/1200/2400 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 24 hrs.) The professional version of GCP (v4.20) is available for $60 (plus tax if you're in Calif.) plus $5 for COD orders by calling the message machine line below. Or you can save $5 by ordering direct by sending your check and order to the address listed. The new versions will NOT be released as shareware, but current shareware users will be eligable for updates and/or upgrades. For more information, call the BBS system. Look for W3GCP.TXT, and UPGRADES.TXT and download them. (Use "D filename" at the main menu prompt.) READ THE MESSAGES AS YOU LOG ON, IT WILL SAVE YOU TIME AND AGONY... (Read the bulletins, too...) --- Mr. Kim Levitt Synergistic Enterprises 8033 Sunset Blvd., #975 Los Angeles, CA 90046 (213) 852-1688 (messages) (213) 653-6398 (BBS) GCP tm is a registered trademark of Synergistic Enterprises.