CompuServe Thread

>> Does anyone know about a screencapture/grabber program which works >> within 3DStudio. Type the following at the DOS prompt or include it in your 3DS batch file: set screengrab=yes I believe it is documented in the readme.txt file. Press <ctrl><printscreen> for a screen capture. It was also documented in R3HIDN.TXT file here. – Dave

– There is a handy screen dump utility built into 3DSr3. This is primarily for people who are doing docs for IPAS routines and book writers, and others who need to be able to dump screens to disk. Here's how it works: In your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, place a line: SET SCREENGRAB=YES This enables the screen grab functionality of 3DS. Without this, the program won't do it. Run 3DS. At any point in the program, press CTRL-PRINT SCREEN. The screen saver will snap a picture of how the screen looks at this point, including the cursor position. The program will pop up a simple filename entry dialog, which just allows the entry of an 8-character filename with a 3-character extension. Type in the name you want to save the file to, specify the file type by including the extension (.gif, .tif, .tga, etc.), and then click on Save. (If you don't include an extension, it uses the current image file type you've set in the Configuration dialog.) This dialog does NOT respond to CR or ESC keys to Save or Cancel — they would confuse the program if you were doing a screen grab from within another dialog. If you select Save, the image is saved to the IMAGE-PATH under the name you entered. You may use any standard 3DS file type or .BXP file type. Saving to flics is NOT recommended. The screen grab will not work if you are inside the screen grab itself, viewing its file save dialog.