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Screen-Shots in QB45/Win XP
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:20 am
by mypetrobot
I'm curious as to how one takes screen-shots of their creations in Windows XP. In the past I was able to run QBasic in a window and mark/copy from there ... but now whenever I switch into a graphics mode, Qbasic goes full screen on my ass. Thanks in advance.
Oh, if there's no real answer for me, will one of you who can actually take screen-shots, take a few of my Pixel Snake Gem Hunt game [new addition to the arcade section] and send them my way?
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:01 pm
by {Nathan}
#1> Get to the part where you want to take a shot of.
#2> Hit the PrntScrn or PrintScreen key of equivalent. (This does NOT print the screen, it mearly copys the contents of the monitor to the cliboard)
#3> Go to paint (or other graphics editor).
#4> Press Ctrl + V and say yes. You now have your screenshot.
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:16 pm
by mypetrobot
eh, I tried that already ...
It works fine taking a screen-shot of my Windows desktop, but doesn't do anything when I hit it in my running QBasic program. Nice try though.
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:45 pm
by mypetrobot
eh, I solved my own problem...
Got QB45 running using DosBox ... modified my program to get rid of any conflicting sound problems [the sound in my proggie only works in XP I believe] and voila ... PrntScrn works.
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:31 am
by Guest
If you press Alt-Enter while your program is running fullscreen, it will switch to windowed mode, allowing you to have a screenshot with Ctrl+Prinstscreen. No DosBox is needed...
It worked in W2000...
Re: Screen-Shots in QB45/Win XP
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:43 am
by Guest
Guest wrote:If you press Alt-Enter while your program is running fullscreen, it will switch to windowed mode, allowing you to have a screenshot with Ctrl+Prinstscreen. No DosBox is needed...
It worked in W2000...
I tried that already [see below] ... It doesn't work in XP [pro]
mypetrobot wrote:In the past I was able to run QBasic in a window and mark/copy from there ... but now whenever I switch into a graphics mode, Qbasic goes full screen on my ass.