Print Screen

[Mark Bassett]

I am using some screen capture software in parallel with IADS. Whenever I use the print screen key, IADS prints a page from the default printer (in addition to the screen capture being taken). Is there a way to disable this function on my workstation?

Thanks,
Mark Bassett

[Jim Bretz]

Hi Mark,

Actually, IADS doesn't capture the print key screen, so this must be a
setting in Windows. Looks like you might have to disable it's default
behavior.

If you can't find anything, let us know and we can dig in further,
Jim

[Michael Jones]

I just looked into this, and we are indeed using the PrintScreen key
to produce printouts (in addition to the other mechanisms)
This was a feature request from users that was implemented back in
September '02. Unfortuantely old enough for both Jim and I to have
forgotten it even existed.

I'm sorry Mark, but currently there is no way to disable this. I'll
add a feature request to our database to make it an option to not use
that key.

In playing around with it a bit, I've found that if you do not have an
Analysis Window selected, you can successfully perform a screen
capture without a printout (click a blank area of the Windows Desktop
to de-select the AW) but if you are specifically trying todo a window
capture of the AW, that's not an option.

There is also a mechanism built-in to IADS for capturing images. If
you have an AW selected the hotkey combo is Ctrl-Shift-F1. For
individual data displays, try Right-Click->Save Image.

The first time you perform a screen capture you will be prompted to
choose where to store the image files. Each successive entry will then
use the same location.

The resulting bitmaps will be named Username.DesktopName.IRIGTime.bmp

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[Mark Bassett]

Ah, I think the Ctrl-Shift-F1 shortcut is what I am trying to accomplish with the capture software. I will have to give that a try.

Thanks,
Mark