Version History and ToDo List

•	[Feature] New option to auto-file older screenshots into a subdirectory based on date -- useful in keeping your workspace cleaner.

•	[Minor Feature] You can now use Ctrl+A in the thumbnail panel to select all files.

•	[Minor Feature] When capturing desktop and no active window is selected; instead of the file comments saying "explorer.exe" they say "Desktop"

•	[Minor Feature] Transparency tool setting was not being saved between runs.

•	[MinorFeature] In addition to existing commandline options, you can now just pass filename or directory name on commandline to open that file or directory, which makes SC suitable for using as an "Open With" program (also unminimizes from tray when launched in this way, even if already running).

•	[MinorFeature] You can pass "-scan" commandline option to initiate a scan -- note that you can do this even if Screenshot Captor is already running -- it will trigger a scan in the existing running instance.

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[Feature] When you rename a file using the "Name:" box, SC no longer forces a resave of the file, which could result in image degradation and an updated file date; it now does a pure file rename (object file as well) if nothing but filename has changed (and extension is unchanged of course). If you change the file extension from the "Name:" box, a new file will be created.

•	[Feature] You can now cancel an autoscroll capture by hitting the escape key.

•	[BugFix] In latest version a bug was introduced where if you changed screenshot directories you couldnt load images from the new directory (it always reverted to the old directory).

•	[Feature] You can now ask SC to autosave scans as PDF files in a specific directory, and to auto-open if desired.

•	[Feature] New PDF save button on scanner toolbar saved current image to specific directory; can be used to save multiple images to one multi-page pdf.

•	[BugFix] Triggering zoom-to-selection was reducing the selection size by one pixel on right and bottom edge.

•	[BugFix] Option to grab scanner background was not happening early enough so sometimes autoselection of foreground was not working in scanner captures.

•	[MinorFeature] SC now asks for confirmation when using the Delete All action.

•	[BugFix] When thumbnail panel was disabled completely, changes to the current file by an external tool were not detected.

•	[BugFix] SC was not remembering what monitor it was last on in multi-monitor configurations. sorry!

•	[BugFix] Post-capture dialog was showing on primary monitor regardless of main form position.

•	[MajorFeature] Full support of scanning functionality -- you can now use SC as your scanning tool of choice.

•	[MinorFeature] Discarding an image from quick popup now clears the image display, and doesn't perform any postcapture stuff.

•	[MinorFeature] Image Effects/Color Dialog is now forced to a large size over the original image.

•	[Feature] New second-instance commandline option passing; you can now pass commandline arguments when you call Screenshot Captor, and if an instance is already running -- these arguments will be passed to the FIRST instance while the second silently exits.

•	[Feature] New commandline arguments to begin a scan or initiate a capture.

•	[Feature] Screenshot Captor now registers itself as a potential target of Windows WIA/ImageCapture services -- so scanner buttons can be programmed to launch it and initiate a capture (or call with -scan on commandline manually).

•	[BugFix] The %file% parameter in external commandline tools was being cleared on startup.

•	[BugFix] Print configurations (margins, stretch) were not being properly saved and restored.

•	[BugFix] The post-capture popup dialog was sometimes not selectable without using alt-tab or keyboard to bring it to focus.

•	[BugFix] The post-capture popup dialog was hiding the save as and print dialogs.

•	[MinorFeature] Added support for custom commandline args in external file explorer/image editor, by using $$1 where file/folder should be specified.

•	Carriage return characters in filename (from variable field replacements) were causing file save errors; now converted to underscores.

•	You can now specify separators in your custom tool configuration by using - as the title.

•	Added new filename actions for external tool launching that forces files saved with no objects (and re-adds object after).

•	If you use the %fileplain% field when launching tools now, it will pass the image file without objects, and continually reload it and add back objects when it changes.

•	Sort by date of thumbnail panel was failing on users who have file extensions hidden.

•	Fixed bug where SC could crash when capturing windows who have client maximized outside normal window area (Photoshop full screen mode).

•	Tried to fix errors when SC is trying to save a blank filename or an illegal filename; now SC will try to shorten a filename which is too long, or add a default filename if the constructed one is blank.

•	Fixed bug in the "Explore at Screenshot Directory" if launched before showing main form.

•	Fixed rare bug that could cause an exception when waking from hibernation (especially on multimonitor systems); or when turning off secondary monitors [Thanks Roman!]

•	Added some new variable/macros based on image filename that can be used when calling commandline tools.

•	Added new advanced post-capture commandline tool box where you can configure multiple commandline applications to run after a screenshot is taken. See here for more options you can pass to the post-capture commandline tools.

•	Added new "Move To" menu item which will create a folder based on current date and move all screenshots into it; useful for quick organizing of screenshot folder.

•	Added new "Move To" menu for moving only old files and sorting into subfolders based on date of screenshot; userful for cleaning up a big directory of screenshots.

•	Post-capture popup dialog SaveAs now defaults to template filename and configured file type/extension.

•	Added new interlace special effects, including one meant for security purposes that will blur and then interlace.

•	[BugFix] Thumbnail option to not change to new thumbnail was not being obeyed.

•	[BugFix] SC would sometimes select the entire screenshot contents when capturing a region inside the active window.

•	[BugFix] The option chosen on SaveOverwrite popup was not being saved if triggered while exiting.

•	Attempting to make all region and object capture modes work better on multimonitor setups; no need to activate from desired monitor.

•	Trying to skip the cleared screen message which used to show on saving image.

•	[Bugfix] Trying to eliminate floating point error some were seeing on region capture.

•	[Bugfix] Main form could stay hidden even when there was a pending overwrite/cancel/save dialog trying to be shown.

•	Fixed bug where the copy-to-clipboard button on bottom was being hidden.

•	Improved detection of non-traditional window skins, and better edge detection for skinned windows (for example capturing bblean-skinned windows).

•	On launch of a second instance the user is now shown an explanation of how to activate the already running instance from the system tray.

•	Clicking the save+ button now increments the _ver00# suffix instead of resulting in _ver001_ver001 type chains.

•	Added a few commandline options to control how SC is started (-maximize, - minimize, -show)'

•	Added Portable mode support (edit the configdir.ini file and add line PORTABLE=TRUE); when enabled no system files or any files outside of the program directory will be written

•	Rebuilt with latest version of ImageEn library -- graphics operations run faster (especially shadowing operations -- yay!)

•	Working with UnicodeImageMaker was broken again -- fixed now: text is remembered within bitmap objects.

•	Modified parsing of configdir.ini for better use of ScreenshotCaptor on portable drives.

•	Hopefully improved auto sorting with latest images at bottom of thumbnail list (this seemed to break in earlier version).

•	Added new date formatting options using the $dt:%DATEFORMATSTRING% format.

•	Added current browser url to info that gets captured and can be added to image comments.

•	You can now use %comments% in an email template to include screenshot comments.

•	Setting the option to auto print on capture no longer displays print preview dialog.

•	VistaFix: Another bugfix to prevent the license key from being lost after exit. sigh.

•	Fixed broken select of active window -- it wasn't saving and loading properly from saved files.

•	VistaFix: Updated license key system to save license keys in subdirectory of User Documents directory.

•	Added a small delay to try to fix problem where menu-triggered captures were leaving display artifacts of menu on screen (please report if not fixed).

•	Changed default DPI to 96 (bigger images when pasted into MS WORD, see here and here).

•	VistaFix: The default configuration and screenshot directory is now in User Documents directory.

•	BugFix: Fixed minor bug in post-capture processing could cause problems with portrait size monitors.

•	VistaFix: Better checking for if screenshot directory is writable (and figures out an alternative if not); good for dealing with vista evilness.

•	VistaFix: ScreenshotCaptor now explicitly avoids all evil Vista virtualization (see my post here).

•	VistaFix: Installer no longer offers to run program after installation due to more vista uglyness.

•	BugFix: Sometimes the entire screen was being pre-selected after a capture.

•	MinorFeature: Added more magic wand selection modes (See Edit->Selection Mode menu)

•	SMTP password for sending email screenshots is now hidden under * in options.

•	Updating the image component for lots of minor efficiency and appearance tweaks (thanks to www.hicomponents.com)

•	Fixed Unicode Image Maker support, which seems to have been broken recently.

•	Added main screen checkbox to hide screenshot panel entirely (use Ctrl+H shortcut to toggle also).

•	Fixed bug where tiny window was displayed on first capture if you have pop-up capture form enabled.

•	When copying and pasting to programs that support DPI information, Screenshot Captor now honors the DPI settings in options (solves bug where images were small when being copied and pasted into outlook, etc).

•	The border type combobox inpreferences was swapping inside border with outside border.

•	ScreenshotCaptor will now properly crop non-rectangular windows automatically (and also properly select non-rectangular active windows in full screen captures for dimming effects, etc.)

•	Speeded up new capture displays by avoiding a redundant image file re-load.

•	Selection size in statusbar was off by one, file sizes were slightly off.

•	MyJunk folder now ONLY gets autocreated on startup, not every time you switch to MyJunk folder, and on demand if user tries to move files into it.

•	Hold Shift in MoveTo menu to switch to the target dir instead of moving; Hold Ctrl to switch after moving.

•	Copy image to clipboard on capture now works even if "don't autosave" is checked.

•	When you change to "preserve ratio" in resize box, the ratio is instantly fixed.

•	Added non-rectangular selection modes (good for cropping/blurring/shadows).

•	Hopefully fixed bug where MS Multimedia keyboard special keys were triggering screenshots.

•	Changed resize tool button to a drop-down list with common preset sizes.

•	Fixed bug where overwrite confirmation form previous setting was not being remembered.

•	Fixed a few cases where changes to file weren't marking the file as dirty.

•	New option to control how much working memory is used when program is minimized; can be useful in tradeing off fast wake-up vs. minimal memory use when minimized.

•	Screenshot directory will be recreated if possible if it is missing on startup, before switching to default directories.

•	Major update of Graphics Component (ImageEn) should result in faster image file loading.

•	Fixed issue of expanding config directory directives (%MyDocuments% etc.)

•	Fixed bug which could cause crash if you tried to do repeated captures while the postcapture form was still visible.

•	In post capture popup, if you select "keep image and show", it will skip autosaving if you have autosaving disabled in options.

•	Fixed bug where discarding image would still copy path to clipboard (and end up saving image) if copy to path on capture is checked.

•	Added ConfigDir.ini file for customizing the location of your settings/config files

•	Fixed bug with ini file saving floats in locale specific incompatible formats

•	Major addition: New non-automatic save option for new captures (new captures overwrite old until you save).

•	Big Addition - New Option to use a Post-Capture Popup dialog with commands for print, saveas, DISCARD, copy-to-clipboard [thx mtemp].

•	Fixed bug where some settings (thumbnail options) were not being saved on exit.

•	Added help entry about deleting images you dont want (What if I don't want to keep the capture?).

•	Testing code to properly handle dif scrollbar sizes on different machines during scrolling capture.

•	Removed ghosting grid borderlines when scrolling capture in Internet Explorer [THX JOTO]

•	Trying to fix a bug where Toolbar2k menus cant be windows-object-captured

•	Fixed bug causing error message (sometimes below window and thus invisible) if you have no active window and have an option to autoblur on capture.

•	Scrolling window capture in internet explorer was showing gaps in stitching.

•	Added copy path to clipboard button near filename on bottom panel and in edit menu.

•	Fixed internet explorer scrolling window capture losing bottom pixels when no horizontal scrollbar was visible.

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It seems that some antivirus programs are giving false alerts on the dll used in Screenshot Captor to monitor the keyboard in the new Red Box Object Capture Mode. The keyhook.dll file is now compressed to try to avoid these annoying false alarms. We will recompile the dlls and try to avoid the alert if it persists. If you get such a warning it is safe to ignore it.

•	[new feature] added options in preferences, resizedialog, and thumbnail dialog for customizing the resizing filters used, which can be useful to control smoothing during resizing.

•	[bugfix] vertical lines corruption on new captures was occuring after applying simple border (strange bug, thanks to db at bitsum technologies for helping to locate this).

•	[bugfix] trying to fix problem where redbox capture seems to not show properly on secondary multimonitor monitors.

•	[new feature] companion commandline capture program MiniCap released on donationcoder.com website.

•	New Red Box Capture mode supports scrolling window capture, new region capture, etc.

•	Copy text from standard textbased windows (dialog box, etc.) to clipboard from redbox object mode.

•	Text from captured objects now available for image comments (%scrapetext%).

•	[new feature] menu option in main menu to capture screenshot captor window itself.

•	[bug fix] Hopefully fixed error message shown when shuttingdown/restarting computer.

•	[new feature] You can change default bit depth (truecolor,8bit) of new captures.

•	[new feature] Double clicking in image when there are objects switched to object mode.

•	[improvement] copying image/region to clipboard now copies object graphics too.

•	[new feature] select regions around objects command added to Objects menu.

•	[new feature] added Ctrl+O shortcut to toggle in and out of object mode.

•	[new feature] hotkeys for gowing+shrinking selection (shift, crtl arrow keys, ctrl +/-)

•	[new feature] system tray menu item to disable all hotkeys temporarily.

•	[change] clipart objects are scaled only if bigger than 95% of image dimensions.

•	[bugfix] filenames with '.' character in them were confusing the program and causing error messages.

•	[bugfix] tried to fix problems some were having with screenshot path reseting to C:\ - if you still get this please report on forum!!!

•	[improvement] menus now properly list Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V shortcuts, and some others.

•	[improvement] better auto-reselecting of current file after folder operations.

•	[improvement] save as dialog now synchronizing file type and default extension.

•	[improvement] clipart object and drag+drop objects are scaled properly to fit image if too big.

•	[improvement] regions are selected automatically for blurring etc. when an object is selected.

•	[new feature] you can specify path or filename on commandline to load that folder/file.

•	[new feature] repeat capture hotkey/function for same region as last capture

•	[new feature] added "expand canvas to fit objects" menu item (in objects menu).

•	[new feature] added option to disable antialiasing on save, and disable the lores display used to speedup moving objects.

•	[new feature] added option to enable antialiasing when editing (looks better but slower).

•	[new feature] cursor keys can move the current selection mask (hold shift to expand)

•	[new feature] object selection tool changes picture when there are objects available to manipulate..

•	[new feature] deletion of screenshot files now sends them to recycle bin.

•	[new feature] image files dropped or Ctrl+c Copied on image now are placed where they were dropped (at cursor loc).

•	[new feature] you can drag and drop clipart objects to where you want them (or out of program or into thumbnail directory).

•	[change] if you double click a clipart object while another is selected in the image, you will replace existing with new.

•	[change] blur outside button now does only blur outside (not blur, grey, dim).

•	[change] manual save (Ctrl+S) always overwrites without confirmation now.

•	Great new clipart objects and better organization of clipart [thanks Stefan!]

•	New save+ toolbar button and file menu command for quick saving of file as a new file with version number added [idea courtesy of brotherS]

•	[bugfix] Fixed bug in zoom window (not showing bottomright pixels) [thanks brotherS]

•	[bugfix] Multi-selected regions (selected using shift key) were being lost after "blur outside" functions are used [thanks brotherS]

•	New option controls whether to save object file when performing a SaveAs outside of screenshot directory.

•	Operations requiring bitmap selection (blur, etc) now can be called when in object mode.

•	Timer and Capture Cursor options were not being accepted when selected from main menu (as opposed to options dialog)

•	Simple border was not updating screen immediately after applying border.

•	Fixed bug where resize dialog when you change Y then X is not updated properly

•	fixed bug which sometimes resulted in startup not selecting last image [thx brotherS]

•	you can now drag and drop images onto the image window to have them added as objects

•	substantial change to the way SaveAs is handled - it now starts with current image/default compression settings but can be overridden

•	still was lingering bug saving certain masks in jpg format (saved as black and white); fixed.

•	fixed bug causing some masks to result in black+white or non-transparent saves

•	trying to fix problem introduced with the new tooltip capturing mode, that messed up capturing on win9x machines

•	You can now copy and paste sections of screenshots as movable bitmap objects (very useful for picture-in-picture type effects).

•	Browse for clipart directory button in options, and text on browse for tool dialog fixed [thx stefan].

•	Displays warning when trying to perform operations that require selection (e.g. Crop) and no selection has been made.

•	Addded options for forcing background transparency merging (always or onsave); this lets you decide whether to use the image file format transparency feature (for png and gif images), which can look ugly sometimes, or whether to simulate it in the image using the current background color.

•	Changed highlighting tool text and icon to make it more clear that it was for drawing highlighting rectangles+circles.

•	On minimization the application always asks to save if the file is dirty.

•	If you do a SaveAs into main Currently viewing directory, the Saved file is loaded as current file.

•	No longer grabs PrtScr and other hotkeys if they are set to do nothing in Options dialog [thanks CarolHaynes].

•	Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y for undo/redo now works even if you are in shell browser panel.

•	Instead of border inside/outside being in options, its now choice in command menu

•	Tools can now be invoked on flat (object merged) temporary image files in the format they prefer by specifying parameter %tmpfile%.jpg or .png or whatever.

•	Deluxe Resize Dialog (Ctrl+G shortcut) now lets you do preview, specify how to grow each side of image - much much better. This should make it quite a bit easier to resize images to fit perfectly in picture frames.

•	All text size, linesize object options are now adjustable by convenient quick sliders ( thanks to Brain Mitov's BMSlider component http://www.mitov.com/ )

•	Full object editing support (highlight regions, memo boxes, clipart, arrows), and you can edit objects AFTER saving the file.

•	Implemented smart replacement of objects when launching external editors and tools

•	Special thanks to stefan and carolhays for help+suggestions on the donationcoder.com forum.

•	confirm on overwrite was not working with default filename settings because of space added to front of filenames with default template.

•	default template was causing a space at front of filenames when the quickfield is blank (spaces now trimmed)

•	bugfix - license dialog sometimes locked up due to another modal form being on top of it (thank you bill gates)

•	hotkey text on menu was reversing alt+shit prtscr hint with ctrl+shift prtscr

•	hold ctrl key down while selecting item from MoveTo menu to navigate to directory instead of moving to it

•	special thanks to Stefan on the donationcoder.com forum for so many useful suggestions!

•	added info messages to tell user they need to select a region before some tools

•	eliminated annoying slowness and flicker when selecting multiple files in file browser

•	save-all hotkey changed from Ctrl+A to Ctrl+E to avoid browser select-all conflict

•	improved border tool (pixel precise lines now, and option to go inside or outside image boundry)

•	new grid mode when zoom is > 400% plus pixel-precise display at this zoom level.

•	added image border options and command (like shadow it expands image canvas)

•	details mode now shows file list at top of form at full width (rather than on left sidebar)

•	improved capturing of active window when main form is visible at time of capture

•	fixed the bug which could cause heavy cpu usage when marching ants marquee was showing current selection, even if minimized(!).

•	added submitted ftp commandline interface tool to extras folder (thanks chrono).

•	fixed crash when doing an alt+s selection capture but selecting nothing [thanks J.M.Kyoo]

•	added new template field "%windowtitle% which captures active window title.

•	only one instance of the program will run at a time (others will automatically close on launch)

•	no more separate modes for select vs. scroll, you can now right-click to scroll (drag).

•	hopefully the mystery bug causing starting dir to sometimes default to c:\ is fixed.

•	restarting after exit from tray caused iconization of application bug [thanks Michael].

•	selection boxes were sometimes getting confused and jumping around [thanks Jorge M.].

•	faster screenshot capture, and no longer "flashes" screen during capture (which also kicked fullscreen apps out of focus)

•	new zoom level trackbar lets you easily zoom to any magnification and see current magnification

•	fixed memory leak that was using up more and more memory with each screenshot [thanks to Andreas G. for reporting this bug]

•	Fixed a bug which was preventing system shutdown when screenshot captor was running in tray.

•	Removed redundant file loading when clicking on screenshots in browser.

•	Png saved files can now save comments just like all other file formats.

•	Fixed bug in handling '.' in international dates, which was causing files to not be saved with correct extension on non-english versions of windows, and in most cases causing no file to be saved at all.

•	Added custom Tools menu which can be used to add any number of custom 3rd party tools.

•	photoshop plugin support for region - and capture output as a a sync'd overlayed image

•	Undo of the function "Add Caption to Image" only undoes the addition of the caption area, but leaves the caption text

•	append one screenshot onto another and auto-expand canvas in a variety of ways

•	Special thanks to everyone on the DonationCoder.com forum who helped in the initial testing of Screenshot Capture, especially Jibz, Tenseiken, Jeffk, and Nudone.

•	Thanks to HiComponents for giving me a free license to their awesome ImageEn Components, and Fabrizio for the wonderful support.

•	Adirondack Software and BIll Miller for the great and free Apprehend screen capture component (and for working steadily to make it even better!).

•	Thanks also to Murariu Alexandru for his wonderful free "EasyMenus" component which handled the Tools configuration.