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Mr. Snappy

Mr. Snappy is a simple screen-capture utility for Microsoft Windows 3.1.  It adds to Windows the same feature that is available to Macintosh OS users: the ability to take a snapshot of the screen and save it as a file.  Mr. Snappy also lets you print snapshots directly, or place them on the Windows Clipboard for sharing with other applications.

Installation

Running Mr. Snappy

Configuration

Registration


Installation
Installing Mr. Snappy

To install, start Windows and run the installation utility (SETUP.EXE) provided with Mr. Snappy.  The installer will create a new directory for Mr. Snappy (if desired), copy the program files to this directory, and add the Mr. Snappy program icon to one of the program groups in Program Manager.  The installer will also add Mr. Snappy to the StartUp group so that it loads automatically each time Windows is started.


Running Mr. Snappy

If it is not already loaded, start Mr. Snappy by double-clicking its icon in Program Manager.  Mr. Snappy will load and appear at the bottom of the screen as an icon.  Once loaded, Mr. Snappy waits for the hotkey combination Alt-Shift-S, which can be pressed regardless of which Windows application is active.  (Mr. Snappy also responds to Alt-Shift-3, which is a familiar key combination for Macintosh users.)

If you have selected Full Screen or Active Window as the source (see Configuring Mr. Snappy), a snapshot is immediately taken.  If you have selected Selectable Area, a special cross-hair cursor appears; with the mouse, click drag this cursor to define a rectangular area of the screen you want to snap.  When you release the mouse button, the snapshot is taken.

If you have selected Save to Disk as the destination (see Configuring Mr. Snappy), the snapshot is stored as a BMP file on your disk.  If you have selected Send to Printer, the standard Print dialog opens, allowing you to select a printer or change printer options.  When you choose OK, the snapshot is sent to the printer.  (In some cases, this may take a minute or two.)  If you have selected Put on Clipboard, the snapshot is placed on the Windows Clipboard as both a bitmap and a device-independent bitmap (DIB).  This allows you to paste the snapshot into any graphics or word-processing application.  If you have a 256-color display, Mr. Snappy also places a copy of the active palette on the Clipboard.


Configuration
Configuring Mr. Snappy

After Mr. Snappy is loaded, it can be configured by clicking once on the icon (to bring up the System menu), then selecting Setup... from the pop-up menu.

Snapshot Files Directory

Enter the name of the DOS directory into which Mr. Snappy should store snapshots.  This defaults to C:\.  Mr. Snappy will store files with names like SNAP001.BMP in this directory, incrementing the number in the filename each time.

File Format

Mr. Snappy can save snapshots in either 8-bit or 24-bit Windows Device-Independent Bitmap (BMP) format.  If your display is set for 256 colors (or fewer), you can select either 8-bit or 24-bit format.  Otherwise, only the 24-bit format is available.

Source

Mr. Snappy gives you the option of snapping the entire screen, a selectable portion of the screen, or the area occupied by the active window.  If you choose to snap the entire screen or the active window, a snapshot is immediately taken; otherwise, a special cross-hair cursor appears, and a rectangular area can be selected by dragging the cursor across the page.

Destination

You can store snapshots on disk, place them on the Clipboard, or print them directly.  If you select Save to Disk, each snapshot is stored as a separate BMP file in the directory you specified.  If you select Send to Printer, each snapshot is immediately printed.  Mr. Snappy prints snapshots in approximately the same size as they appear on-screen.  If you select Put on Clipboard, snapshots are placed on the Clipboard in Bitmap, DIB Bitmap, and (for 8-bit displays) Palette formats.

Enable Sound

To announce that a snapshot was successfully taken, Mr. Snappy plays a special camera shutter sound through your Windows sound device.  If you do not have a sound device installed, a two-tone signal is played through the computers built-in speaker.  You can disable these sounds by un-checking this option.

Save

Choosing Save stores the new settings in Mr. Snappys configuration file, so that the settings are invoked each time Mr. Snappy is started.  Choose OK (instead of Save) to make temporary changes.


Registration

Mr. Snappy is shareware.  If you have evaluated the program and expect to continue using it, please register your copy.  After starting Mr. Snappy, click on the icon to open the System menu, then choose Register.  You can print the registration information and send it in.