How does screen dumps actually work??? 2

[Guest_imported]

Hi.

Does anybody no how the screen dumps actually work.

eg. when do a screen dump and past the pic into word and crop it etc. Does the computer actually save files for the pic somewhere??

please help,
thanks
mark

 

[Mulga]

When you do a screen dump using <Print Screen> which will give you the whole screen or <ALT> + <Print Screen> which will give you the active window only, the information is copied to the windows clipboard, exactly the same as selecting text or an object in any application and then selecting &quot;Copy&quot; from the menu or toolbar. You can then paste it in the normal way into any application which supports pasting of graphics, eg Word, Paint, or any image editor. The information remains on the clipboard until it is replaced by you doing another &quot;Copy&quot; or &quot;Cut&quot;, or until the PC is shut down. No permanent files are created on the hard drive. All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.

 

[crisc]

Excellent description, Mulga, couldn't have said it any better.

 

[hotfusion]

Out of interest, does anyone know the location and name of the temporary file created? My suggestions are what I would try myself. If incorrect, I welcome corrections to my rather limited knowledge. Andy.

 

[crisc]

I don't think it exists in a temp file, hotfusion. I think it just floats around in RAM.

 

[Martbob]

Yes I agree it floats

But you could MAYBE access it trough the ClipBoard Viewer Utily offer by windows.

 

[Sapient2003]

When you do a screen capture using Print Screen the image is not saved as a temporary file anywhere. It resides only in memory. Yes, you can use a clipboard viewer to see what data was sent to the clipboard. if you want to do it a fun way, try using a memory editor to locate the image --Sapient2003 - sapient@sapient2003.com
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