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GrabTIF

Capture a TIFF image


Syntax

GRABTIF [<switches>] enable | disable


Switch

/k1
Select hotkey CTRL+LEFT SHIFT (default).

/k2
Select hotkey ALT+LEFT SHIFT.

/k3
Select hotkey LEFT SHIFT+RIGHT SHIFT.

/k4
Select hotkey CTRL+ALT.

/k5
Select hotkey CTRL+RIGHT SHIFT.

/k6
Select hotkey ALT+RIGHT SHIFT.

/s<n>
Set starting GRAB<nnnn> file number to <n> (default is 1)

/tif42
Saves as monochrome TIFF 4.2 files (default is color TIFF 5.0). With this 
switch passed, even color screens will be captured as bilevel (black and 
white) because 4.2 specification provides no color support.

/clicks
Enable audible clicks at start and conclusion of capture.

/mouse
Use the mouse to select area to capture.


Arguments

enable
Turns on the TSR utility.

disable
Removes the TSR from memory.


Remarks

The default hotkey to grab an image is CTRL+LEFT SHIFT. For multiple 
capture sessions, the grabbed filename will be incremented by the internal 
counter from 1 to 9,999. After 9,999 it will wrap around to 1. The starting 
number, <n>, may be specified in order to organize your images. GrabTIF 
will attempt to save to a unique filename, incrementing by one from 
starting number <n> until it finds the first filename that does not exist. 
It will not overwrite an existing image. Default is not to use the mouse 
selection and audible clicks.

In the event that you need to capture a non-standard image format for any 
purpose, if it can be displayed on the monitor, it can be captured by 
GrabTIF. Once your image is captured, it will be saved in the standard TIFF 
format and can be processed further just as any standard TIFF file.

See "Appendix G" in the Sunshow User Guide for a description of possible 
error messages.


Example

To load GRABTIF.EXE into memory with default hotkey CTRL+LEFT SHIFT, 
capturing monochrome TIFF 4.2 images,  starting at GRAB7.TIF:

GRABTIF /tif42 /s7 enable