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**geno888** · 10-09-2006

2 - Options: Capture

These options are related to screen image capture function of CD-DVD Speed to save test results.

Capture to clipboard button: Checking this option CD-DVD Speed will show the little button on the window bar with "Copy to clipboard" function (number 1 in the pic). Unchecking this option, the clipboard button will not be shown.

Pressing this button all the content of the main window is copied to the clipboard, and can be pasted to any graphical software to save and/or modify images.

Capture to file button: Checking this option CD-DVD Speed will show the little button on the window bar with "Save as" function (number 2 in the pic). Unchecking this option, the Save button will not be shown.

Show file dialog: Checking this option, after pressing the Save button will be opened a dialog window to ask user to select a folder in which save images. Unchecking this option, all images will be saved directly in a predefined folder (see below how to select the predefined folder) with the automatically generated file name.

Picture format: This option allow to select what file type to use to save images. As already described, four different formats are available:

Bitmap (*.bmp)
JPEG (*.jpg)
Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
Tagged Image File Format (*.tiff).

I suggest using PNG format.

Folder: The folder in which all pictures are saved by default. To manually select a default folder, it's sufficient to press the little button pointed by the red arrow.

If "Show file dialog" option is unchecked, CD-DVD Speed can assign automatically a file name. To generate filenames, the user can use some parameters, described below:

%M - Drive name
%V - Firmware installed
%D - Date
%T - Time
%I - Mediacode

These parameters can be inserted in any order. Below there are some examples:

Parameter...........Result
%M %V...............HL-D-STDVDRAM_GSA-4167B_DL13
%I %M %V.........MCC004_HL-D-STDVDRAM_GSA-4167B_DL13
%M %V %I.........HL-D-STDVDRAM_GSA-4167B_DL13_MCC004
%T %M %V.........17_31_HL-D-STDVDRAM_GSA-4167B_DL13

A preview is showed, so the user can know the automatically generated name in real time.

If "Show file dialog" option is checked, the user can manually modify the automatically generated file name and the folder in which save files. If "Show file dialog" is unchecked, all images will be saved directly in a predefined folder (see below how to select the predefined folder) with the automatically generated file name. Important: To avoid files overwriting, I suggest also the use of date and time (%D and %T) as parameters for automatically generated file names. Alternatively, it's better to select the option "Show File Dialog" and select manually file names.

If no parameter is selected, file names must be inserted manually by the user.

10-09-2006	#11 (permalink)
geno888 Moderator, Editor & CD Freaks Guru Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Italy Posts: 17,125	Re: CD-DVD Speed - A user guide 2 - Options: Capture These options are related to screen image capture function of CD-DVD Speed to save test results. Capture to clipboard button: Checking this option CD-DVD Speed will show the little button on the window bar with "Copy to clipboard" function (number 1 in the pic). Unchecking this option, the clipboard button will not be shown. Pressing this button all the content of the main window is copied to the clipboard, and can be pasted to any graphical software to save and/or modify images. Capture to file button: Checking this option CD-DVD Speed will show the little button on the window bar with "Save as" function (number 2 in the pic). Unchecking this option, the Save button will not be shown. Show file dialog: Checking this option, after pressing the Save button will be opened a dialog window to ask user to select a folder in which save images. Unchecking this option, all images will be saved directly in a predefined folder (see below how to select the predefined folder) with the automatically generated file name. Picture format: This option allow to select what file type to use to save images. As already described, four different formats are available: Bitmap (.bmp) JPEG* (.jpg) Portable Network Graphics* (.png) Tagged Image File Format* (.tiff). I suggest using PNG* format. Folder: The folder in which all pictures are saved by default. To manually select a default folder, it's sufficient to press the little button pointed by the red arrow. If "Show file dialog" option is unchecked, CD-DVD Speed can assign automatically a file name. To generate filenames, the user can use some parameters, described below: %M - Drive name %V - Firmware installed %D - Date %T - Time %I - Mediacode These parameters can be inserted in any order. Below there are some examples: Parameter...........Result %M %V...............HL-D-STDVDRAM_GSA-4167B_DL13 %I %M %V.........MCC004_HL-D-STDVDRAM_GSA-4167B_DL13 %M %V %I.........HL-D-STDVDRAM_GSA-4167B_DL13_MCC004 %T %M %V.........17_31_HL-D-STDVDRAM_GSA-4167B_DL13 A preview is showed, so the user can know the automatically generated name in real time. If "Show file dialog" option is checked, the user can manually modify the automatically generated file name and the folder in which save files. If "Show file dialog" is unchecked, all images will be saved directly in a predefined folder (see below how to select the predefined folder) with the automatically generated file name. Important: To avoid files overwriting, I suggest also the use of date and time (%D and %T) as parameters for automatically generated file names. Alternatively, it's better to select the option "Show File Dialog" and select manually file names. If no parameter is selected, file names must be inserted manually by the user.