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Screenshot Captor / Re: REQUEST: Prompt at startup if screenshot folder does not exist

« on: October 04, 2009, 09:12 AM »

Sorry to revive such an old topic (1 year old!), but in latest version 2.72.01 this feature request is not yet implemented...
SC keeps creating the last used screenshot directory instead of notifying the user that it does not exist and letting the user select another one...

jordi s

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Screenshot Captor / Re: No option to take screenshots in BMP format as default?

« on: September 28, 2008, 01:17 PM »

Trust Mouser to keep gems like this hidden away 

-katykaty (September 26, 2008, 05:54 PM)

Actually I discovered this feature thanks to the "TIP" in the Preferences->Image File Format page.
But I have to agree with katykaty that it shouldn't be so "hidden".
I'd suggest mentioning it in a tooltip when the user hovers over the "Name" edit field (in a similar fashion as it happens with the "File Name QuickField"

Thanks for considering putting BMP in the format list, regardless of its "bloatedness" ;-)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: No option to take screenshots in BMP format as default?

« on: September 26, 2008, 01:43 PM »

I completely agree with what you say, but in cases when we follow instructions "from above", we have no choice other than take the screenshots in the format we've been told to... so if it's BMP, it has to be BMP...

In my opinion, if ScreenshotCaptor is capable of managing the BMP format (and it is capable), I would include it in the default format selection. Actually, I would include all formats which SC can handle. Let the user decide which suits their needs best.

In that respect, and as an improvement suggestion, I think the default format selection group box (in Preferences) should change to a drop-down list (instead of the current radio buttons). Additionally, I'd add an "Format options" button (or "Advanced") in which you could set the options for the format (if the format allows any).

anyway, I worked around it by taking PNG screenshots and renaming to BMP (so SC converted them to BMP), but it would have been more productive to take them directly as BMP.

In short, if SC is capable of handling more formats than those allowed in the default image format, then I don't see the point in not letting the user select them.

Of course, this is all said with great respect to you mouser and no intention to impose anything!

salut
jordis

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Screenshot Captor / No option to take screenshots in BMP format as default?

« on: September 26, 2008, 08:28 AM »

Hi mouser
I'm using lastest SC version 2.42.01
If I go to
Edit->Preferences->Image File Format
I see the default formats are JPG, GIF, PNG and TIF, but not BMP
Any reason not to include it?
I have to take 24bit BMP screenshots this time, so I was wondering why there's no option to directly take them as BMP by default.

salut
jordis

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Screenshot Captor / Re: REQUEST: Prompt at startup if screenshot folder does not exist

« on: August 17, 2008, 07:10 AM »

Hi mouser
Is this feature request still in your to-do list? I'm asking because I downloaded latest v2.42.01 version and behaviour is the same as previous versions (screenshots folder is created automatically if it does not exist)
No rush here, I guess your to-do list is quite extensive, but I know sometimes feature requests tend to get buried within the hundreds of posts :-)

salut
jordis

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Screenshot Captor / Re: REQUEST: Prompt at startup if screenshot folder does not exist

« on: March 09, 2008, 07:58 AM »

Great you like the idea. Also, it's quite easy to implement ;-)
Now that we're at it, another (related) thing that I miss is a "Create folder" button in the "Change screenshot directory" dialog.
Currently, the folder needs to exist to be able to select it.
The option to create a folder within the screenshot directory selection dialog would be great.

jordi s

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Screenshot Captor / REQUEST: Prompt at startup if screenshot folder does not exist

« on: March 08, 2008, 09:04 AM »

Hi
This is an issue that I wouldn't know whether it's a bug or a feature request:
Current SC behavior:
At startup, if the "Screenshot folder" (configured in preferences or the latest one you used) does not exist, SC will create it without notifying the user (probably I would consider this a bug).
Issue: For people who has SC installed on a USB device, it's very likely that screenshot folder will change from machine to machine. It's not very convenient to move to another machine, start SC and find out that SC created the directory that was last used in the previous machine.
Suggestion: At startup, SC should check whether the last screenshot folder used does exist. If it does, use it. If it doesn't, SC should tell the user. Probably a simple prompt like this would do:
"The latest used screenshot folder:
<foldername>
does not exist. How should I proceed?"
Button: "Create folder"
Button: "Specify another screenshot folder" --> this would bring the "Change screenshot directory" dialog
So the user could just decide whether the non-existent folder should be created or whether he/she would like to specify another folder.

I hope I made myself clear.

jordi s

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Screenshot Captor / Re: No information on current screenshot directory available in the GUI

« on: February 08, 2007, 02:46 PM »

I see it's implemented in v2.30.03 (current screenshot directory shows in Titlebar)
Thanks!

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Screenshot Captor / Re: No information on current screenshot directory available in the GUI

« on: February 02, 2007, 05:22 AM »

great!

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Screenshot Captor / Re: No information on current screenshot directory available in the GUI

« on: February 01, 2007, 04:55 PM »

glad i'm not the only one missing some info on the current screenshot directory :-)

displaying it in the titlebar (next to the static "Scteenshot Captor" title) would be absolutely perfect. Making it appear as well in the systray SC icon tooltip would be heaven ;-)

questions are: does the SC titlebar display anything else than "Screenshot Captor"?
does the SC titlebar display anything els than "Screenshot Captor"?
and what about the systray icon?
why not making it/them useful?

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Screenshot Captor / No information on current screenshot directory available in the GUI

« on: January 03, 2007, 08:08 PM »

Hi,
I'd like ScreenshotCaptor to show somewhere in the GUI the current "screenshot directory".
I couldn't find this info anywhere in the main GUI (you have to go to "File->Change screenshot directory" in order to see in which folder you are currently storing your screenshots)
So I guess this should be taken as a feature request?

Keep up the good work!
jordis