ScrnXtra v2.0.4 for Director 5 & 6

I have written ScrnXtra for Director v5 and later for use in my own multimedia projects. I am making it available to anyone who wants it at no charge. I am retaining all rights to the Xtra, the documentation and sample movie. Individuals are free to distribute ScrnXtra as long as the accompanying documentation and sample movie goes with it.

The package for each platform contains the Xtra(s), documentation and a sample movie. The PC package is in .zip format. The Macintosh package is in Stuffit (.sit) format. A free expander program for both .sit and .zip formats can be downloaded at http://www.aladdinsys.com/.

ScrnXtra v2.0 has the following methods:

StageToMember - copy a region of the stage to a cast member

StageResizeToMember - copy a region of the stage to a cast member at a new size

StageToClipboard - copy a region of the stage to the system clipboard

StageResizeToClipboard - copy a region of the stage to the system clipboard at a new size

StageToFile - copy a region of the stage to a file

StageResizeToFile - copy a region of the stage to a file at a new size

 

ScreenToMember - copy a region of the screen to a cast member

ScreenResizeToMember - copy a region of the screen to a cast member at a new size

ScreenToClipboard - copy a region of the screen to the system clipboard

ScreenResizeToClipboard - copy a region of the screen to the system clipboard at a new size

ScreenToFile - copy a region of the screen to a file

ScreenResizeToFile - copy a region of the screen to a file at a new size

To download the Macintosh package, click here.

To download the PC package, click here.

To see the documentation on-line in HTML format, click here.

To download the source code, click here.

Mac v2.0.4 bug fix: The screen "freeze" problem fixed in 2.0.3 still had problems on certain machines and has been fixed completely.

Mac v2.0.3 bug fix: A problem was discovered that kept portions of the stage from redrawing after a screen capture. This has been fixed.

PC v2.0.4 bug fix: Windows 3.1 had problems with 'ScreenToClipboard' and 'StageToClipboard' functions not actually placing anything on the system clipboard. This has been fixed.

Windows 95 systems had an odd bug where the palette of the captured image was close, but not exactly, like that of the source bitmap. This has been fixed.

PC v2.0.3 bug fix: (Windows NT v4/.x32 version only) When doing a capture to a cast member or to a disk file, NT would report a crash. I have recompiled the Xtra and it seems to work OK on my Dell Pentium Pro with NT 4.0. I cannot guarantee that it will work for you, so you should do your own testing if you are targeting NT.

PC v2.0 bug fix: There was a bug that prevented allocated memory for bitmaps from being freed, thereby in short order causing out of memory problems. This has been fixed.

PC v1.1 bug fix: There was a bug that caused the pictures produced by the ScreenToFile method to be "jumbled" when the dimensions were over approximately 90,000 pixels (say, 300x400 would fail). THIS HAS BEEN FIXED! (Note: this bug fix is also incorporated into v2).