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Hello,

I use Screenshot Captor to make screenshots of applications and mark issues (bugs) in there.
The applications run in full-screen size, so the screenshot has the same size than my screen resolution.
If I want to see the complete screen shot (to see if I have forgotten to mark some issues) I must reduce the zoom to 85%.
At this zoom it is hard to identify issues and to measure font sizes or color contrasts.
The best solution would be to see the screenshot in 100% zoom.

I suggest you allow the user to drag the Thumbnail Panel and the Toolbar (the bar with the buttons and the element properties like transparency or shadow) out of their positions, so they are floating on the screen.
This way I can move them to the second monitor.
Of cause you must allow to dock them again at their original position.

The Zoom-Slider could either be moved to the top (left to the checkbox "AutoFit") or in the statusbar.
Or you attach the zoom slider at the toolbar.

In the preferences the user can decide if the elements should be floating and where the zoom slider should be positioned.

This feature would save me many mouse clicks (zooming).
Please consider this suggestion.

An easier way for you would be to add a checkbox "Toolbar" beside "Thumbnail Panel" that shows/hides the toolbar (including the zoom slider and the element properties).
But this means I need two mouse clicks to hide the Toolbar and the Thumbnail Panel and again two mouse clicks to show them again.
A floating solution is in fact the better way (better usability).

Greetings

OLLI

Hello,

Soon; but if you like i could send you a version to test right now.

no hurry, I can wait until the official release.
But thanks for the offer.

Greeitngs

OLLI

I've found the bug and fixed it; fix will be in next release (v3.10.01).

When will v3.10.01 be released?

Greetings

OLLI

One annotation: I tested using the portable version 3.00.01
You get it here: http://portableapps.com/node/30465

[List index out of bounds]

Hello,

the List index out of bounds bug in the portable version of Screenshot Captor is still existing!

Here the original message from the PortableApps forum:

I took a screenshot and added an clipart object (in the right toolbar the yellow icon with the mountain on it).
A list of cliparts is shown.
When I scroll down the list (using the scroll bar) I get the following Error messages:

Message 1: List index out of bounds (-1)
Message 2: Invalid pointer operation
Message 3: Unknown software exception (after closing SC via the system tray icon)
Message 4: Abnormal program termination (after pressing OK in the unknown software exception)

Can you please have a look at this?

Greetings

OLLI

Hello,

the current portable version at PortableApps.com works fine.

Greetings

OLLI

Hi Ollu.  I'll look into it -- I should be able to fix the issues this week.

Hello Mouser,

what about the update?
When will it be released?

Greetings

OLLI

[But there is one error message that seems to come from Screenshot Captor.]

Hello Mouser,

at Portable Apps there is a new release (Development Test 2) of Screenshot Captor released.
There are some new bugs in the package process (not your fault).

But there is one error message that seems to come from Screenshot Captor.
Message Title: Screenshot Captor
Message Text: '40.0' is not a valid floating point value.
Edit: more details about this error message you get here: http://portableapps.com/node/30465#comment-188637

Can you please have a look at this?
If it is really a problem with Screenshot Captor, then you should try to fix it.
Thank you!

Greetings

OLLI

Hello Mouser,

toms wrote "Should it be called donationware instead of freeware?"
If you want to I can post in the Portable Apps Forum that it should be "Donationware".

Greetings

OLLI

[List index out of bounds (-1)]

Hello Mouser,

meanwhile the portable version (alpha) is released.
URL: http://portableapps.com/node/30465

I had a look at it and found some bugs, also a List index out of bounds (-1) error.
And I also have a guess what the problem might be.

Can you please have a look at the portable version (and my comments there).
Maybe there is something that you can improve in Screenshot Captor.
Thank you, Mouser!

Greetings

OLLI

Hello,

I requested a portable version of Screenshot Captor at PortableApps.com.
for details, see here: http://portableapps.com/node/29891

Mauser wrote there:

I'm the author of Screenshot Captor, and some of the other programs at DonationCoder.com.
I'm a fan of PortableApps.

One of the developers at PortableApps.com asked for permission to publish "Screenshot Captor portable".
So, Mauser, please answer his question at the PortableApps.com posting.
Thank you!

Greetings

OLLI

Hello,

I installed the actual version of Screeenshot Captor (2.90.01).

I placed an "Text Object" to an image and typed as text the number "1".
The Object Select Mode is still active, so I pressed [CTRL]+[C] to copy the text object.
Then I pressed [CTRL]+[V] to paste the text object (I want a copy of the first object).
But here the complete screen shot is inserted again.

In an older version of Screenshot Captor (2.78.01) it worked as described above.
I guess this is a bug, so please have a look at it.

Greetings

OLLI

Hello,

when I check applications (if they fit some needs in design) I also measure some component dimensions (hight and width of a button for example).
Reason: every button needs to have the same size.

In the suggestion Display Ruler in Zoom (http://www.donationcoder....m/index.php?topic=22558.0) I suggested to display a ruler in the zoom pane.
For measuring the dimensions the application Consic Ruler (http://www.stefanheymann.de/ruler/index.htm) has also a handy feature.
You press [F5] for a horizontal (and [F6] for a vertical) measurement.
At a horizontal measurement you see a vertical black line (full screen height).
Then you move the mouse to the beginning of the button, hold down the mouse cursor and drag the mouse to the end of the button.
While doing this, you see also a second vertical line at your mouse position and a horizontal line between them.
You also see the dimensions in pixels.

Feel free to download Consic Ruler and test this yourself.

This way I see quickly, if a component has an invalid size.
The "Display Ruler in Zoom" feature works for small dimensions (like the height of a button).
For bigger sizes I use the measurement .

Please add such a feature in Screenshot Captor.
Then I would need only one application and Screenshot Captor would get more powerful.

Greetings

OLLI

Hello,

in Screenshot Captor I have a zoom pane at the bottom.
This is very useful, here a ruler (measurement) is missing.

Reason: I know a button in a specific application must be 20 pixels.
I have a screen shot of a dialog and move the mouse cursor to the button to see it zoomed.
Now I want to see if the buttons height is 20 pixels.

I have an application called Consic Ruler (http://www.stefanheymann.de/ruler/index.htm).
At the home page above you also see a screen shot.
In that screen shot they have a ruler interval of 5 pixels.
On my desktop I have 1 pixel.

So I just move the mouse until the buttons left top edge is on the coordinates 0,0 in the ruler.
Then I just have to read the number on the ruler to see how big the button is.

I wish to have this in Screenshot Captor too, because then I just need to have one application instead of 2.
And this would make Screenshot Captor more powerful.

Greetings

OLLI

Hello Mouser,

thank you for your quick answer.

Let me give you some background information.

I work as a usability engineer and my job is to check applications.
One part is also the design and there are many GUI "errors".
Last I checked a web application and had 102 screen shots of different pages and different data.
Now I am working on an other application and there I have 8 borders on one screen shots (this is the page with max. errors).

Then I go to the programmers and show them the errors that should be fixed.
Sometimes a red border is covering other components (like group boxes) so here I would like to see the original image without objects.
Then I go back to the screen shot with the borders and continue with the next "problem".

Saving the image without objects is not really what I need.
If you look at the web application I would have 102 additional images, just for the "original image".
Of cause this would work as a dirty work around but here I can create a copy of the screen shot BEFORE I start paining on it.

So the best solution would be a menu entry "Hide all objects" and if the objects are hidden then you should show "Show all hidden objects".
Your suggestion is not really what I need.

Greetings

OLLI

Hello,

I test applications and therefore I make screen shots of the application.
The errors in the application (like invalid label, bad position) I mark in Screenshot Captor with a red border.
Borders get numbers and in a document I write some text.

It often happens that in a screen shot there are 5 to 7 borders.
So it is hard to see the original screen shot without the borders.

When I talk to the programmer I sometimes want to show him the original screen shot without any borders, numbers and arrows.
Of cause I could copy the screen shot before I start painting on it.
But it would be more effective if I hide all objects created with Screenshot Captor to see the original screen.
A second click shows them all again.
So in meetings I can switch between the original screen and the screen with objects.

Deleting the objects and undo the deletion is not a good way.
Hiding the objects would be much more comfortable.

Greetings

OLLI