Scrren capture to an image file

HELP IF YOU CAN,
We have all been there ... boss says this thing has to work yesterday!
Does ANYONE have any solution for capturing the contents of the monitor graphics screen into a standard image format such as jpg?
I have found the jmf screen grabber example (http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/2.1.1/solutions/ScreenGrabber.html) and consider it to be a good starting point but we need to grab and then create an image on the local system.
Please help if you can. Alternative solutions?
Thanks A Bunch...
Gregg
[email protected]

To do a screen capture, you can use the Robot class in java.awt
And use the Advanced Imaging APIs in jdk1.4 to save as JPG file or whatever...
Cheers

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I have used Image Capture to scan images/documents and then saved them as either PDFs or PNG files. For some reason, just this past week, Image Capture will no longer save the file. It scans, and the Scan Results window pops up, but it won't save file.
The file name has no special character in it, just letters and no spaces.
I have done this in the past and it has worked, but now it will not.
I have not upgraded any software, that I am aware of.
After scanning, the Image Capture pops up the Scan Results with the file name in the window, but neither the Scan Results nor the Image Capture window responds to inputs. The Image Capture window is frozen, with only the "Overview" and "Cancel" buttons active (but non-responsive).
Is this a software issue or a scanner hardware issue? I am using a HP Photosmart C6200 series printer/scanner on a network using a Time Capsule airport.
Thanks.

I had the same problem.
Got a 90% fix. Apparently the Mavericks preferences won't work with Yosemite, so I just deleted the Image Capture preferences.
Unfortunately, the "Scan to" folder seems to be permanently set to the Pictures folder.
1. Quit Image Capture
2. Go to Finder > Go > Home, which opens up your home folder (named after your user name)
3. Open Library > Preferences > com.apple.ImageCapture.plist - Drag this file to the Trash
4. Start "Image Capture", click "Details" and change all your settings as you prefer
5. Quit and restart "Image Capture". Notice it remembers all your settings except "Scan to" folder. It insists on saving to "Pictures".
That's as far as I was successful. I tried changing the "Scan to" folder to "Desktop", but on launch, Image Capture always sets it back to "Pictures".
This is what I tried:
6. Download and install "Pref Setter" from http://www.nightproductions.net/prefsetter.html
7. Quit "Image Capture". Right-click on "com.apple.ImageCapture.plist" and open with Pref Setter.
8. Search for "Pictures", which finds "~/Pictures" (the tilde character at the start means your home directory).
9. Double-click on "~/Pictures" and change it to the folder you prefer. I like "~/Desktop"
10. Choose File > Save then Quit from Pref Setter. Note that re-opening the plist file still shows "~/Desktop"
11. Start up "Image Capture" -- on startup, "Image Capture" sets "Scan to" folder to "Pictures"
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[Settings]
Priority=Default
Properties=MyCustomProperty
[Default]
OSInstall=Y
SkipAppsOnUpgrade=YES
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<![LOG[Property PHASE is now = CUSTOM]LOG]!><time="08:29:38.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[Microsoft Deployment Toolkit version: 6.2.5019.0]LOG]!><time="08:29:43.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LTICopyScripts" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICopyScripts">
<![LOG[--------- Script Start ---------]LOG]!><time="08:29:43.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LTICopyScripts" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICopyScripts">
<![LOG[LTICopyScripts processing completed successfully.]LOG]!><time="08:29:43.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LTICopyScripts" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICopyScripts">
<![LOG[Creating startup folder item to run LiteTouch.wsf once the shell is loaded.]LOG]!><time="08:29:43.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[Shortcut "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp\LiteTouch.lnk" created.]LOG]!><time="08:29:43.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[Property BootPE is now = ]LOG]!><time="08:29:43.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[Microsoft Deployment Toolkit version: 6.2.5019.0]LOG]!><time="08:32:24.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[ZTIUtility!GetAllFixedDrives (False)]LOG]!><time="08:32:25.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[New ZTIDiskPartition : \\WIN81-REF\root\cimv2:Win32_DiskPartition.DeviceID="Disk #0, Partition #0" \\WIN81-REF\root\cimv2:Win32_LogicalDisk.DeviceID="E:"]LOG]!><time="08:32:25.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
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<![LOG[New ZTIDisk : \\WIN81-REF\root\cimv2:Win32_DiskDrive.DeviceID="\\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE0"]LOG]!><time="08:32:25.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
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<![LOG[No task sequence is in progress.]LOG]!><time="08:32:25.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[Not running within WinPE.]LOG]!><time="08:32:25.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[DeploymentMethod = UNC]LOG]!><time="08:32:26.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
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<![LOG[Mapped Network UNC Path Z: = \\2012R2_TEST\CaptureShare$]LOG]!><time="08:32:26.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[Found Existing UNC Path Z: = \\2012R2_TEST\CaptureShare$]LOG]!><time="08:32:26.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[Successfully established connection using supplied credentials.]LOG]!><time="08:32:26.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[DeployRoot = \\2012R2_TEST\CaptureShare$]LOG]!><time="08:32:26.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[Property DeployDrive is now = Z:]LOG]!><time="08:32:26.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[DeployDrive = Z:]LOG]!><time="08:32:26.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
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<![LOG[Validating connection to \\2012R2_TEST\CaptureShare$]LOG]!><time="08:32:26.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[Mapping server share: \\2012R2_TEST\CaptureShare$]LOG]!><time="08:32:26.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
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<![LOG[Successfully established connection using supplied credentials.]LOG]!><time="08:32:26.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
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<![LOG[Property ResourceDrive is now = Z:]LOG]!><time="08:32:27.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
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Thanks for your reply.
The pc is not in the domain when i run litetouch. It was joined after install, then i run some local gpos/scripts against it, install all of the shared printers from servers, then i put it back in a workgroup, login as the local administrator, delete the
domain profiles and guids in the registry, briefly connected back to a domain server [not with a mapped drive] to copy a couple of files, rebooted into the local admin account an ran litetouch.
After running litetouch.wsf the first time in the windows 8.1 pro vm [no changes, but manual connection] it rebooted without sysprepping or taking an image
I deleted the task sequence and created another one with "sysprep and capture" as the sequence. i made no changes to the task sequence. did all of the above, ran litetouch, and it just reboots. sysprep does not run and windows pe does not load.
if i run sysprep and boot into audit mode [as a test, since my windows 7 vm snapshot was in audit mode when it runs litetouch.wsf], then run litetouch, sysprep works, then it DID capture an image, but after that image was capture and the VM rebooted, i got
this error when loading windows 8
"windows could not complete the installation. To install windows on this computer, restart the installation" and if i hit ok it will reboot and error out again.
Haven't had any issues with that VM until now.
I reverted to my snapshot and just ran sysprep oobe w/ generalize to see how it would react
it failed, setuperr.log shows SYSPRP failed to remove apps for the current user. some searching gives me information on that and makes me think its related to adding/deleting user profiles? i dont actually use or update the apps at all, i have a deploy task
that removed most of them and customizes the start screen and those seem to work without issue.
found this as my reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2769827/en-nz
Sysprep has an additional provider that is added in Windows 8 to clean appx packages and generalize the image. The provider will only work if the Appx package is a per-user package or an all-user provisioned package.
and
Resolution
The correct way of removing the package is to remove the package for the user running sysprep and also remove the provisioning. This can be done using the following Powershell cmdlets:
Import-Module Appx
Import-Module Dism
Get-AppxPackage -AllUser | Where PublisherId -eq 8wekyb3d8bbwe | Format-List -Property PackageFullName,PackageUserInformation
if i run that i get a lot of
[unknown user]: installed
Do I just need to revise my process and start from scratch? or at least just never actually join the domain and user other profiles? thats a convenience thing so its not a big deal, really.
I have an image made in a similar way that works, but doesnt have quite all the updates/changes i wanted. It captured [at the time] fine and installs without issue
Heres an overview of what I do [i am open to some revisions on this]
-deploy windows 8 base install from MDT
-join domain, login with service account [just makes getting to some things easier]
-install office 2010 pro plus w/ sp2 [i do understand that these can be set as an MDT app but the install takes a while and i dont like waiting on it if i dont have to]
-install windows updates [no WSUs server currently, on my future to-do list, not my decision right now and i do understand the benefits of having one]
-connect to servers and install all network printers [we have so many that i dont want to wait on the drivers when we do a big roll out soon]
-install oracle software [i can get it to automate in windows 7, not 8, so i dont want to manually deal with it post-install]
-install adobe reader/java [i do understand that these can be set as an MDT app]
-leave domain, reboot, login as local admin
-clean domain profiles/registry guids
-make some local gpoedits [we dont have 8.1 enterprise and just want the start screen locked down]
-install our AV network agent
-lite touch.
any advice is appreciated

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WarpRulez wrote:
This must by possible, rather obviously. If it wasn't, then there's just no way the UIImageView could possibly set up itself according to the data in the NSCoder object. It has to somehow be able to, among other things, retrieve the name of the image file so that it can load it.
UIImageView doesn't load an image file, it's inited with a UIImage that was in turn inited from the contents of a file. I don't think any info about the location of the original file is needed by or given to UIImageView.
If the file path were saved anywhere it would be in UIImage. I'm looking at UIImage.h right now and don't see anything that looks like it might store a path or url. If you could subclass UIImage, you could override imageNamed to capture the path. But I sure don't see any way to get IB to buy into a UIImage subclass. IB doesn't expose UIImage anywhere I know about.
There've been some similar threads here. One developer wound up naming all the image files with numbers (e.g. 001.jpg, 002.png, etc.) and setting imageView.tag to the number.
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Okay, that's the problem>
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I've just spent the best part of 3 hours creating two photo collages in this application and cannot for the life of me see how I save the project as an image file.
The only option I have found is to save it as a 'project'.
Please tell me I haven't wasted my time?
I even shared it somewhere, rocket something or other. Can't do anything useful with it from there either. So I'd like to know how I can delete the published project too please.
Thanks in advance.

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You wrote, "It would seem that since you can only share via the program that that this is photo software second to marketing software."
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Click Full to set HP Photo Creations project to fullscreen mode.
Press Alt-Tab to call up Snipping Tool.
Press Alt-N to create a new snip.
Click and drag around the area you want on the HP Photo Creations window.
As mentioned above, the sharing option creates a link to a printable (and re-sharable) version, so it's a better-looking approach. Again, let us know what you're hoping to do with your images and we may be able to suggest a way to do it.
Thanks for trying HP Photo Creations,
RocketLife
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[Tip] How to protect Image file

Hello,
If you have ever wanted to protect your image file,
especially within your Flash content,
this article will be helpful.
First of all, there are some points you need to protect when
you deliver image data with Flash.
1. Internet Browser Cache.
Even though you use 'HTTPS' protocol when you deliver your
file,
if it is pass the 'Network (or Protocol) Layer' of your
machine, it is already in 'plain' data
(not encrypted), and can be read by Internet Browser.
Those 'plain' data will be stored in Internet Browser's
Cache directory.
There are many Internet Browser Cache reader programs, and
they can intercept those
data before the Internet Browser program deletes the cache
files.
So, just using 'HTTPS' is not an answer. You need to encode
your image data
with your own (or with well known cypher algorithms)
encoding/decoding methods.
In this article, I want to explain more detail about this. I
scramble the image
so that make it hard to figure out what the original image
was, not only with human eyes
but also with 'strong enough' 'Key' length.
2. Screen Capture.
Even if you encoded your image data, it will be finally
shown on your screen,
without any noises, or any other ugly filters.
So, you can 'Capture' your monitor screen itself.
There can be many ways to avoid this. First, you can erase
the system's 'Clip board'.
You just can erase it regularly, or you can detect whether
the Internet Browser -which is
showing your image data- is active or not and erase clip
board when it is active (in foreground),
and hide your Flash area when the browser is inactive (in
background).
If a hacker just take a picture of monitor screen with high
quality Camera,
you still can avoid that, by showing some black rectangle,
or any layers on the screen
regularly only in very short period (like mili-second). But
I think this way sometimes you feel
tired or be annoyed when you watch that kind of blinking
screen.
== About my code ==
What I want to present here today is 'modifying(encoding) the
image' data itself.
There are many ways you can try for modifying your image data
and revert it back to original data.
You can use legacy block cipher algorithms like DES, AES, for
encoding and decoding the
image data, because the image data (RGB values) what Flash
uses is actually a combination of 'bit's.
But if you decode the 'encoded image' data, you probably use
'get pixel'/'set pixel' function for
reconstructing the proper 'RGB' value of each pixel. But I am
sorry that this function is extremely slow
so that you need to wait for a couple of minutes to see an
image.
So, what I want to show you today is 'Scrambling the image'
like 'picture puzzle',
with using 'copyPixels' function which is 'extremely fast'.
(Actually, there can be many other solutions for this, so
please don't hesitate to proceed your own research)
Let's say you have 8*8 pixel size of image blocks, and you
completely disorder those blocks for
entire image area. That size of block is too small to figure
out where it should be, with our
humble human being's naked eyes. So, you need to know the
'answer', which is saying what image block
was originally on which 'cell'. This 'answer' is the 'key'
for my simple 'image scramble' logic.
The 'key' I said here, you should understand that, is the
'key' value of normal 'block cipher' algorithms.
So, if you know the key, you can rearrange all those 'blocks'
back, but if you don't know the key,
simply you can't do that, or you need to wates tremendous
time for that.
Here, I use 16*16 size block for your eye's convenience, and
with 8*8 size of 'matrix' which is
comprised of each 16*16 size blocks. I mean, one 8*8 matrix
has 64 blocks, so each block of
one 'matrix' can be at '1st cell of matrix or 64th cell of
matrix. So, the 'odds' is 'Factorial of 64',
which is 64! == 1.268869322e+89 .
Let's say you know my algorithm (complete source code), and
you try every different 'matrix' values.
If it takes 0.001 seconds to test one 'matrix' value you have
chosen, it will take
"(64!) / (1000*60*60*24*365) =
4.0235582250724303685766549129617e+78" Years!!!! to find exact
matrix value.
== FLA sample ==
In my sample *.fla file, I embedded all those 'key' values.
So, you can not use my sample directly for your
own project. But I think this sample will give you an useful
idea for your own implementation.
<* Exchanging the key values *>
For example, you need to get the 'key' values from the
server, only when it is needed.
You can use 'loadVariables()' function for this purpose.
But, all data delivered by 'loadVariables()' or
'getUrl()', or any other functions of Flash, are
'Cached'.... So, you need to exchange that 'key' values
more safer way.
One of that 'safer key exchange' is to use 'token'. For
example, when the client requests the key value
to the server, the client should generate an random value (I
will call it 'token') and send it to the server.
Now the server modifies the 'key' value 'with the token',
and sends back to client. Finally, the client
decode the 'key' value with the token value it generated.
As you can see, my logic is just 'rearranging each blocks'
with respond to the given matrix values (key).
It is really really simple. There in the ActionScript code,
you can see 3 matrix, and some other variables.
var chessunit = 16 // Size of block
var arrayw = 8 // Width of Matrix
var arrayh = 8 // Height of Matrix
var arraysize = arrayh * arrayw
var chessarray = Array (arraysize) // Matrix for decoding
chessarray = Array
(64,37,5,35,45,25,52,38,12,61,34,23,3,26,39,58,32,28,17,2,60,16,59,19,57,48,43,18,47,21,4 0,15,31,6,44,46,30,51,27,56,20,24,13,7,42,1,49,54,36,53,9,50,4,8,10,14,33,11,22,63,55,29,4 1,62)
// In case of the width of an image is not exactly the
multiple of the width of matrix,
// we need to encode the right most area of the image.
// So, I simply use another matrix for only that area.
// Maybe You can generate more bigger image, of which the
width of it is exactly the multiple of
// the width of matrix. And you let the decoder to show only
the original size of the image.
// Please try yourself. :)
var dwArray = Array
(32,19,3,18,23,13,26,6,31,17,12,2,20,29,16,14,9,1,30,8,10,24,22,11,15,28,7,4,21,25,27,5)
// In case of the Height of an image is not exactly the
multiple of the Height of matrix,
// we need to encode the bottom most area of the image.
// So, I simply use another matrix for only that area.
// Maybe You can generate more bigger image, of which the
Height of it is exactly the multiple of
// the Height of matrix. And you let the decoder to show
only the original size of the image.
// Please try yourself. :)
var dhArray = Array
(40,23,4,22,29,16,33,24,8,38,21,15,2,17,37,20,18,11,1,10,12,36,30,27,13,25,28,14,19,32,35 ,7,5,26,3,31,34,6,9,39)
You can change the block size, matrix size, any values you
want.
By the way, if the block size becomes smaller, you'll get
more stronger security level. But you have to
compensate it with the slow down of the performance.
** Ooops, I can not attach my sample *.fla file, but only
ActionScript code here...
But I believe you can try without testing my *.fla sample.
If you really want to test it, please mail me.
([email protected])
** You need to 'export' image object, with the name of
"img0".
== Image encoder ==
Encoding (Scramble) the original image is also simple. You
just need to copy each blocks in reverse of
the 'ActionScript code'. That's all. You just use same
'matrix', but copy source and target reverse of
ActionScript code. I think you can write it with any
languages you like, C/C++, C#, Java, and
anything.... right?
== Block cipher ==
Now, you know that my implementation is kind of 'intuitive'
representation of 'block cipher'.
More precisely, it is called 'ECB', which encodes each
encoding block (matrix) with the key values
from the beginning to the end. You can twist the matrix every
time you pass one matrix area of an image.
It is called 'chaining'. There are some 'chaining' block
cipher methods like 'CBC'...
(If you want to know more, please look up "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_modes_of_operation
Thank you for your time to read my humble article,
and wish you Good luck. :)

Hello Crandom,
If you want to encrypt a critical strings, like special
server script url or parameters, then it is simple.
The most simple and faster method is to "XOR ing the string"
with a key string. You use the same key string when you encode and
decode (by Just using XOR). This is similar to 'Stream cipher'
algorithms.
And there is "open source cipher algorithm" (called
AS-CryptoLib) written in ActionScript, including most of algorithms
like Hash, Block cipher, RSA... if you want more stronger
encryption strength..
But I bet you also want to encode your script logic itself.
In that case, you should write your own 'Interpreter'. For example,
you encode all your ActionScript source code string, and decode it,
and you interpret each script tokens like 'if' 'for' 'while',
etc...
Actually, your question also inspired me to think about
loading script string and run it on the fly.
Maybe.... we can start from this article...
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16691"
I suggest you just use commercial SWF file encrypting tools
like Ameyata's "SWF encrypt". It changes the SWF file structure so
that usual 'SWF file decompilers' can not read codes properly.
And.... If you can use Flex2 (for your current project), and
it is ok with you (If you don't need to change a lot in your
current project) to use JavaScript to control your objects or
behavior of SWF file, then I think there is another possible way.
After you decode the Javascript string, you load a web page,
or change the content of HTML file already opened, so that your new
script will be working, as what you wanted to be. But I didn't test
it :)
Best regards.

Exporting or relocating masters changes the created date on the new image/file/s ?

When I export or relocate masters onto hard drive (internal or external) it changes the created date? I have tried every option possible with no resolve. Can anyone help? eg. img98007.jpg (arranged by date in aperture and is 12/05/2001) when saved/created on the hard drive the created date will be 27/06/2008????

I'm afraid you've lost me.
You started off (it seemed) by asking why the image EXIF date in Aperture was different then the image file date in the Finder.
The best I can say is that when an image is captured in a camera you get one date. When that image is made into a computer file the file will have another date.
I want to consolidate/sync all my files over the last decade from iphoto libraries etc. The only way to do this is to import them into aperture then export them to the finder with the correct shot dates so I can sync all images.
If it changes the created date etc. it will be impossible to do so??
What do you mean by this? I can understand the consolidate, you want to move all your images from all sources into Aperture, not a problem, but what is the sync part referring to? And why do you feel you need to export them from Aperture once you have imported them?
And again the created date of a file is the date the file is created it has nothing to do with the image creation date.
Sorry I can't be of more help,
regards

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Hopefully someone can help me out with this...I'm trying to take a menu screen that I've built in DVDSP 4 and export it as a still image so I can use it as a picture to place on the box for my dvd. Any suggestions on how to do this? I haven't been able to find anything on it within the user's manual. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.

You can capture a section of the screen (while simulating your project) using this key shortcut:
command + Ctrl + Shift + 4
the capture will go to your clipboard, and you can use it in i.e. Photoshop.
Using:
Command + Ctrl + 4
you'll get the captured section as a file in your desktop.
If you use "3" in place of "4" key, you'll get a full screen capture.
EDIT: I found the link to the tip:
http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/secretcapture.html
Alberto

Saving an image file in phone memory

Hi everyone,
I want to save a file (an image file) in my phone/ memory-card memory.
i've infact captured it from camera and now want to save in the memory not in the RecordStore.
What should i do ?
Please help me.
Thanks in advance

hi,
You will need the pda optional package jsr75 for file connection. Then create a byte vector from the image and then write the bytes to the location
byte[] bytes = ... // from input stream
String filePath = "file:///c:/"+aFileName;
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          OutputStream os = null;
          FileConnection fc = null;
          try {
               fc = (FileConnection)Connector.open(filePath);
               if(!fc.exists()){
                    fc.create();
               os = fc.openOutputStream();
               for(int i = 0;i< bytes.length;i++){
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Save an image file in my phone/ memory-card memory.

Hi everyone,
I want to save a file (an image file) in my phone/ memory-card memory.
i've infact captured it from camera and now want to save in the memory not in the RecordStore.
What should i do ?
Please help me.
Thanks in advance

hi,
You will need the pda optional package jsr75 for file connection. Then create a byte vector from the image and then write the bytes to the location
byte[] bytes = ... // from input stream
String filePath = "file:///c:/"+aFileName;
          System.out.println(filePath);
          OutputStream os = null;
          FileConnection fc = null;
          try {
               fc = (FileConnection)Connector.open(filePath);
               if(!fc.exists()){
                    fc.create();
               os = fc.openOutputStream();
               for(int i = 0;i< bytes.length;i++){
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          } catch (IOException e) {
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Saving image files - TIFF file extension wasn't acceptable

Hello!
When I save an image on my iMac the default situation appears to be that the file has a TIFF file extension.
Please review the post I recently made here: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/why-are-tagged-image-file-format-tiff-fil es-unacceptable-here.370185/#post-2426799
I should be grateful if someone can shed some light on my conundrum/confusion. It should be self-explanatory!
Any help will be gratefully received!
David B.

Hello again So sorry for the delay in replying to folk for the helpful responses.
If one re-visits my original link one can view a response - in essence, look here:- https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090125135844AAwqjkB
After some reflection, I decided to do nothing at all! However, today I looked under 'Grab' preferences and found that there is no way to change the image format of a screen capture. BUT ..... I then looked under 'Grab Help' and found this ....
Save screenshots: After taking a screenshot, choose File > Save, enter a name, add a tag (optional), then choose a folder. Screenshots are saved as TIFF files.
Convert a screenshot to another format: Open your screenshot in the Preview app. Choose File > Export, click the Format pop-up menu and choose a format, then click Save. For more information, see Convert graphics file types.
So I now know what to do if/when I need to switch to another format!
Many thanks to rkaufmann87 and Frank Miller2 - your guidance is much appreciated,
David B.

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