Re: Capturing display file images for documentation

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cut & paste is fine, except it does not ge the underlines and high 
intensity (bold). An old but venerable non-graphical method is to use 
STRCPYSCN with OUTDEV(*NONE) OUTFILE(somelib/somefile). The display 
attribute codes (HI, RI, UL, BLU, etc.) are in the outfile. Then bring the 
file down to the PC. Then have a macro that converts the various codes to 
Bold, Underline, etc., using Find/Replace. Could even do colors, I suppose. 
Put it into a text box, put a frame around it, voila! The codes used on the 
400 get changed when you convert to ASCII, you just need to figure them 
out. It's been too long, I don't remember them all.

BTW, no one has mentioned Paint Shop Pro, which has a pretty good capture 
facility, IMO. Cheaper than PhotoShop for sure.

Vern

At 03:28 PM 7/15/2004, you wrote:
> On a very basic level, green screen Client Access
> can be cut & pasted into Word if you adjust the Word doc
> to font Courier New, size 10.
> jim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Reeve" <news@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 2:39 PM
> 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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