RE: Capturing display file images for documentation

I've never used those tools. I've just created a text box in Word, and done
a cut and paste from the emulation window to the text box. Then I choose a
monospaced font like Courier to align the characters. I can then resize the 
Text in the window as needed to fit the box. Choosing borders can place a
sharp cornered or rounded border around the text.  I've never tried to
capture any graphics like this, only green text screens.

 
Steve Morrison
Beacon Insurance
Phone 940-720-4672
Fax   940-720-4345


-----Original Message-----
From: Reeve [mailto:news@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 1:39 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: Capturing display file images for documentation

I'm trying to capture display file images with "real" data for
documentation.  My results are lousy: the JPG images, when pasted into a
Word document, look pasty (slightly fuzzy) even though they're 200K or more.

 

Client Access uses the IBM3270 font (8 x 18).  I'm using both ScreenPrint
Platinum 4.8 and SnagIt 7 to capture the images: they're both good products,
although SnagIt appears to have more tools.  I'm not using progressive
encoding on ScreenPrint.

 

The images seem to be sharper when I go to monochrome and reverse color.
The Client Access color scheme is the standard black background, and I
wonder if this isn't causing the problem.  I'm not planning on printing the
document, so I don't have to worry about black toner.

 

Does anybody have any suggestions for CAX/ScreenPrint/SnagIt settings?  Or
this there a better product/approach to this task?

 

Thanks,

Reeve

 

 

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