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From: risto@tuura.UUCP (Risto Lankinen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Print Screen keyboard option and Windows
Keywords: Print screen
Message-ID: <998@tuura.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 91 08:54:08 GMT
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Organization: Nokia Data Systems Oy
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barryf@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Barry B. Floyd) writes:

>Apparently Windows traps the PrintScreen button and sends the
>screen to the clipboard. In and of itself this is a useful 
>feature when documenting Windows programs. However, on some
>machines full screen DOS windows may be printed, as per pre-
>windows. I can't quite figure out why one system enables
>printing to the printer and another "prints" to clipboard.

Hi!

<for 386 system running enhanced mode:>

Make a *.PIF for the program that you think employs the wrong behaviour
(or edit the existing *.PIF).  From the 'Advanced' options, the 'Reserve
shortcut keys' should be checked/unchecked for PrtScr and Alt+PrtScr as
desirable.

Unchecking the box means letting Windows do the transfer to Clipboard
Checking means letting the application decide (which often ends up to
the DOS's standard behaviour, that's sending the screen to printer).

Terveisin: Risto Lankinen
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