Capturing graphics from a full screen DOS program in XP?

Bjørn Sørheim

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Feb 28, 2013, 10:54:48 AM2/28/13

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(Is there a better group for this, maybe?)

This feature was left out from XP and onwards.
Is there a utility or program that could do this function??
I am mainly thinking about a program running in full screen,
as some DOS-programs do not run in a DOS-in-a-box window.

Could this be very complicated to do, asthe graphic screen could be
stored in a memory location different from program to program, or is
there a complication because of Windows latest versions 'doing away'
with DOS?

Bjørn Sørheim

Ivan Shmakov

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Mar 1, 2013, 1:07:10 PM3/1/13

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>>>>> Bjørn Sørheim <bsoe...@nixspam.online.no> writes:

> (Is there a better group for this, maybe?)

[Cross-posting to news:comp.os.msdos.misc.]

> This feature was left out from XP and onwards. Is there a utility or
> program that could do this function?? I am mainly thinking about a
> program running in full screen, as some DOS-programs do not run in a
> DOS-in-a-box window.

It should be possible to use a fully-featured PC emulation
software, such as QEMU, to run FreeDOS, and then the software in
question underneath. From the viewpoint of the host system, the
whole emulated video subsystem will reside in a window.

There's also DOSBox, which is mainly designed to run DOS games,
but may be able to run other software just as well. Similarly,
it can emulate certain video hardware "in a window."

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Herbert Kleebauer

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Mar 1, 2013, 1:59:18 PM3/1/13

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On 01.03.2013 19:07, Ivan Shmakov wrote:

> > > This feature was left out from XP and onwards. Is there a utility or
> > > program that could do this function?? I am mainly thinking about a
> > > program running in full screen, as some DOS-programs do not run in a
> > > DOS-in-a-box window.

A digital camera?

Rod Pemberton

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Mar 1, 2013, 6:44:51 PM3/1/13

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"Ivan Shmakov" <onei...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:87r4jz5...@violet.siamics.net...

There was a thread last fall on comp.os.msdos.programmer that
found these:

http://pixelmetrics.com/Snarf/index.htm
http://www.phatcode.net/res/194/files/st204f.zip

See "How to capture and convert a 80x25 text screen with colors to
an image format?" in comp.os.msdos.programmer on Oct 1, 2012 for
more.

There are also similar threads on "DOS ain't dead" forum:
http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum.php

Since the entire post wasn't forwared to comp.os.msdos.misc,
Bjørn Sørheim originally asked on comp.misc:

> (Is there a better group for this, maybe?)
>

> This feature was left out from XP and onwards.
> Is there a utility or program that could do this function??
> I am mainly thinking about a program running in full screen,
> as some DOS-programs do not run in a DOS-in-a-box window.
>

> Could this be very complicated to do, asthe graphic screen could
> be stored in a memory location different from program to
> program, or is there a complication because of Windows latest
> versions 'doing away' with DOS?

Rod Pemberton

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Jul 13, 2013, 2:28:31 PM7/13/13

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Have you tried any commercial screen capture software such as SnagIt?

TK
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