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Article #345Re: Windows and printscreen
From: Serge Ayotte
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:56
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:56
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holland@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Rich Holland) writes: > When I started out, my task seemed simple enough! i've got a 286 with > MS-Win 3.0 installed and I've got to dial up a mainframe and ocasionally > get a printout of something. It's such a hassle to hit PRTSCR, swap > back to windows, go into notepad, hit EDIT-PASTE-FILE-PRINT, and then > swap back to my program. I figured it'd be pretty easy to intercept the > PRTSCR keypress by writing a "shell" around my comm program. Hi there! What I'm saying is what I have at work, I run with Win 3.1 but if memory serves me correctly, this is still applicable in 3.0 too Create a PIF file for your program and enable in the RESERVE KEYS section all those related to PRINT SCREEN (even those for shift, alt, and ctrl). It works for me, I too have to use the mainframe of the company and print out a few stuff... See You around the 'Net!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | rider@geloser.CAM.ORG | | Matrix Rider Serge Ayotte | | Gentleman Loser System (private), Montreal/Quebec/Canada | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utcsri!bonnie.concordia.ca!clyde.concordia.ca!altitude!geloser.cam.org!rider From: rider@geloser.CAM.ORG (Serge Ayotte) Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.windows.ms.programmer,comp.la Subject: Re: Windows and printscreen Message-ID: <HP25PB1w164w@geloser.CAM.ORG> Date: 26 Aug 92 23:56:52 GMT References: <17192mINN2ut@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> Organization: Gentleman Loser System, Montreal/Qc/Cdn Lines: 26