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From: briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Screen->MacPaint DA
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Date: Mon, 10-Jun-85 13:59:21 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 10 13:59:21 1985
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> I need a way to get what's on the screen at random times into a
> MacPaint document.  One way might be to have a DA that copied the
> screen to a file in MacPaint format and then asked for a file
> name.  Seems simple enough, has anyone done it?  Can such a DA
> be bought or aquired?
> 
> Oh, DA = Desk Accessory.  Thanx in advance.

*** REPLACE THIS MESS WITH YOUR LINEAGE ***

Page 72 of the Macintosh manual - the basic introductory one - tells how the
system has this capability built in.  Command-Shift-3 takes a "snapshot" of
the screen and puts it into a document named Screen 0 (or Screen 1, etc. etc.
up to Screen 9).  With Command-Shift 4, you can print the active window
immediately, or if Caps Lock is down, print the entire screen immediately.

These snapshots contain exact screen images, including the mouse cursors and
everything.

-Brian Diehm
Tektronix, Inc.