Windows
CE Screen Capture CESD-S-0005Applies To:
- Windows CE 1.0, 1.01
- Windows CE 2.0, 2.0 SP1
- Windows CE 2.11, 2.12 (H/PC Professional)
- Windows CE 3.0 (H/PC 2000)
Overview:
Windows CE does not have native support for an equivalent of the
PC "Print Screen" key. This article provides an overview
of one such utility designed to provide similar functionality.
Contents:
FAQ:
Listed below are some common questions and answers to user questions
regarding Windows CE Screen Capture
A. How do
I capture an image of the screen
You will require a
CE Screen Capture utility. Please see the download section
How-to Guide:
Any one who has used the Internet to find resources on Windows CE, will have
noticed the images present displaying the contents of the screen.
This is a simple enough task on any desktop PC.
Just press the Print Screen (Print Scrn) button, open your favourite
graphics application and select paste from the 'Edit' menu, but
how do you do this on a H/PC's keyboard.
The answer is to use a Screen Capture application.
These programs are small and simple tools that create an image of
what is currently displayed on the screen, and then saves it into
storage memory.
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This Guide will cover some of the obvious, and perhaps not
so obvious solutions for prolonging your experience
You will require approximately 100kb of storage space per
image if saved as a .bmp file.
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Install and make sure that the screen capture
application is running
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Launch the program that you wish to take
a screen shot of
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In the taskbar single Tap the 'Screen Capture icon' that
was started when you first ran the image capture program
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Connect your device to the desktop computer.
In ActiveSync select 'Explore' and browse to the root menu
of your device
Download the Screen Capture image file to the desktop computer
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