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| Thread ID: 114241 | 2010-11-23 22:05:00 | 'Print Screen' issue | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 1156018 | 2010-11-24 19:08:00 | Ah good point, for some reason I thought he was using Win7 + WinXP Mode... In that case, use Jing! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1156019 | 2010-11-24 19:48:00 | Billy, Let's differentiate between: (a) DOS command window - i.e. the screen is totally taken up by the 80 character x 50 line which was DOS standard, what you get, for example, when you enter CMD in the RUN box (b) DOS in a box - i.e. a smaller version of the DOS standard that is shown within a reduced window sitting on the XP desktop. The size of this reduced windows can be increased by adjusting the parameters in the short cut properties. In my experience (a) does not comply with PrintScreen but (b) works very well with PrintScreen. So are you using (a) or (b) for your DOS app? |
coldot (6847) | ||
| 1156020 | 2010-11-24 20:11:00 | In Windows7 and XP there are two methods of a command prompt. There is cmd.exe and command.com. Either could be opened full screen or in a window by default. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1156021 | 2010-11-25 08:11:00 | So what happens when you do Alt + PrtScn and then past it into Paint? What about the Snipping tool? Alt-Print Screen does nothing. I use Irfanview not Paint, but regardless, I've previously tried Paint as well but there's nothing there to paste. A quick check in Task Manager to see what apps are running showed that in XP and W2K cmd.exe is behind it, but in W95 the program name (FSGRP) appears instead. In XP I've also tried W95 compatibility mode but it made no difference. There is a variation though, between the W2K laptop and my old W2K desktop. The (now dead) desktop maximised to full screen, but on the laptop it appears as a smaller window, which I think is something to do with the settings for the LCD screen, but I don't know what yet. The size settings in the shortcut change the image in the shortcut but it doesn't affect the on-screen display. Cheers Billy 8-{) :confused: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1156022 | 2010-11-25 19:07:00 | Update your kit, then Bobs your uncle. I know you like to do things the hard way, but the time must come,so let it be now. Put up boarding fees if there is a dosh shortage. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1156023 | 2010-11-25 21:00:00 | I'd use Jing then :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1156024 | 2010-11-25 22:05:00 | I fired up my XP Pro computer and ran an old 1984ish DOS game (Hitchhikers Guide) in both "DOS" windows from cmd.exe and command.com. Print screen works saving to clipboard with both and then pasting into IrfanView, with either a full screen display or a small DOS window. So rather than using another program it would be better to find out why clipboard appears to be not working. Edit:www.google.co.nz |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1156025 | 2010-11-25 23:30:00 | Update your kit, then Bobs your uncle. And what kit would that be Ciccy? I finally have a new computer, and it is right up to date hardware wise, though I do intend to stick to XP. I can't update the instrument or its software, it is a specialised 3-axis electromagnetic field logger and there is nothing like it anywhere else in the world. Nor would I want to replace the thing, it is an amazing device and has earned me a great deal of income. I can't update the DOS software and the manufacturer has no plans to rewrite it for W2K compliance either. They did make a Windows version several years ago, which had a number of flaws, but it is still at V 1.0!! I just need to find out why print screen doesn't work on the new computer when the source is a dos file image because that is where the problem lies. I'm hoping it is associated with the clipboard error I get when copying out of metapad. As an aside, does anybody know what operates the windows clipboard? Is it an exe or some other bit of fancy software? Cheers Billy 8-{) :annoyed: Just opened a command prompt window, maximised it then did a print screen and it worked. I'm not sure what this means but I checked and it uses CMD.exe exactly the same as the program does in W2K and XP. |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1156026 | 2010-11-25 23:38:00 | Have you tried this running in a DOS window as I suggested? | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1156027 | 2010-11-26 00:08:00 | Hows this (sorry not very clear, Image.F1 doesn't seem to be working), says clip.exe (this is Vista). | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
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