Re: Capturing display file images for documentation -- MIDRANGE-L

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.
>
>
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> 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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