HyperSnap-DX brings professional quality, conveniently executed 
Windows 95 and NT screen captures to your fingertips.  
It was designed for ease of use, with powerful and useful 
features to aid the professional as well as support the needs of 
the occasional user.  Use it just a few times - you'll find it to 
be indispensable.  

Some of the more impressive features are listed here; this
is but a partial list. Current users will want to see the list
of new features in the Changes area at the end of this file.

The best way to get to know HyperSnap-DX is to simply use it!

  Save your image as a BMP, GIF, or JPEG file. GIFs can 
  optionally be interlaced and include transparent backgrounds,
  and HyperSnap-DX can create progressive JPEGs, perfect for 
  World Wide Web page use. Choose your color depth for BMP 
  captures, too.

  NEW! Now you can capture images from within DirectX Applications! 
  Grab those special game and other captures you could never do 
  before, with completely accurate coloring, courtesy of HyperSnap-DX. 

  Web, Help File, and Documentation Authors, don't miss what 
  HyperSnap-DX can do for you!

  -GIF images can be saved as interlaced files, with transparent 
   backgrounds, and three levels of color reduction.

  -JPEGs have save options for a user-defined percentage of 
   output quality, and the "fade-in" format.

  -The Quick Save feature is a lifesaver -- just keep on making 
   those captures, without interruption. HyperSnap-DX saves them 
   each to an individual, sequentially named GIF or JPEG file, 
   in the custom format you choose, for your later use. You can 
   even set a timer to automatically execute a capture every 'x' 
   seconds!

  -Include the cursor image in your Web Page or Help File image 
   to better display your product shot or call attention to a 
   specific item.

  -The Window capture feature makes my day. The feature captures
   whole windows and sections of windows that are automatically 
   highlighted, even little buttons, without squinting at the 
   screen to make sure you get every pixel of the edge of a cap-
   ture target. A definite eye-saver.

  NEW!  HyperSnap-DX includes two new capture definitions to 
  save time!  You can now capture the active window, with or 
  without its frame, at the click of a hot key.  HyperSnap-DX 
  continues to offer the custom window capture feature described 
  above.  

  The built-in Crop feature is great for making final edits to 
  your capture without transferring it to another program.  And 
  thankfully, there's an Undo Crop feature to mitigate the 
  "oops!" factor.  

  A recently introduced feature allows SCROLLING AND 
  SIMULTANEOUS CAPTURE OF ENTIRE WINDOW AREAS, including 
  portions not shown on your screen!  Perfect for capturing 
  entire WEB pages and printing them, including background 
  images, something that your web browser probably can't do!  

  Choose your own HotKeys to quickly capture the entire Desktop, 
  any Rectangle you outline, or the highlighted Window or 
  Client, and automatically repeat the capture every x seconds 
  or by using another HotKey.  

  Automatically save each of your captures to a file by default 
  -- you can even trigger new captures every x seconds and have 
  the filename incremented.  

  Print your capture direct from HyperSnap-DX -- it will expand 
  the image to the size of the paper and margins that you set, 
  and even add a frame, reverse, or reduce the output to black 
  and white!  

  Drag and Drop BMP, GIF, and JPEG files on HyperSnap-DX to open 
  them!  

  NEW!  Browse through directories of supported images -- 
  HyperSnap-DX will display them in alphabetical order at the 
  touch of your PageUp or PageDown key.  

  NEW!  View a capture in full screen mode using a hot key.  

For complete information on all that HyperSnap-DX brings to
you, open the help file (HSDX.HLP) for a screen image
that provides an instant overview of its many features and
functions. Yes, HyperSnap-DX's help file graphics were captured using
HyperSnap-DX!


They said...
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"I just tried out your screen capture program. Easy to
configure, easy to use. Very well done!!! Congratulations.
It's the best I've seen to date."

"Just downloaded and took a quick look, If Snapshot (now HyperSnap-DX) works as
well as I think it will, this will save me tons of time
documenting an Access app I'm working on. Definitely cool,
especially the ability to grab the client window with a
single keystroke! If it works OK on my NT machine (3.51
retail build), you can expect a registration check!!" (it
did, of course, and we got our check.)

"I've had no problems with capturing the PowerPoint cursors.
This is great, most of the other utilities that I've tried
haven't been able to do this."

"Like the product, great for anyone who needs to hammer home
their point with a screen print!"

"Finally a program I can use to capture screens on the Net!"

"I'm a telcommunications engineer for the Canadian
government. Your product was just what I was looking for
when creating manual for my users."

"Thanks Greg,  Really cool, simple to use, come in handy
kinda program.  I appreciate the quick response with
registration number."

"In all my years of Help File authoring I never did use
a dedicated screen capture program. SnapShot/32 (HyperSnap-DX)
changed that --I use it all the time and it save me tons of 
time."

We're ready and waiting for your comments!


INSTALLATION
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Install this program by running the self-extracting archive, 
HySnap.exe or SETUP.EXE (e.g.  double click on its icon).  You 
will be prompted for the target folder, where HyperSnap-DX files 
will be installed.  A HyperSnap-DX group (menu) will be created 
in your Windows 95 or NT Start menu, together with an 
"Uninstall" icon that will completely remove HyperSnap-DX if 
necessary.  

If the uninstall script file (UnHSDX.bat in your Windows 
directory) was accidently deleted, you may still completely 
uninstall HyperSnap-DX by running: 

  hsdx -uninstall

and then deleting its files and directory manually. To recreate
HyperSnap-DX menu under Windows 95 "Start" button you may run
again HySnap.exe, if you saved it, or just run:

  hsdx -install

and enter the same directory where HyperSnap-DX is already 
installed.

Register your copy of HyperSnap-DX by selecting "Register" under 
the program's Help menu, or from within the help menu.  This 
program is a 'try before you buy' shareware program that relies 
on your support for continued development, and single user 
registration is only $25.00.  When you register HyperSnap-DX you 
will receive a code that fully enables the software and become 
eligible for priority support.  You will also be able to obtain 
free updates of the program through our Web page (address below) 
with which you can use your registration code, until the next 
major release.  

You may also purchase HyperSnap-DX licenses in our WEB Store
on the Internet. It uses secure connection to insure privacy.
Hyperionics Web Store accepts Visa, Master Card, American Express
and Discover/Novus credit card payments.

To register copies of HyperSnap-DX please use the "Register" 
program usually provided with HyperSnap-DX to make payments.  We 
accepts different payment methods, including credit card and 
checks/money orders.  You may also mail us your check or money 
order directly, provided that it is drawn on a US bank, payable 
to "Greg Kochaniak".  

     Greg Kochaniak
     Hyperionics
     3146 Chestnut Street
     Murrysville, PA 15668, USA

     e-mail: gregko@hyperionics.com
     http://www.hyperionics.com

License cost for HyperSnap-DX 3:
     Single licenses: $25 each, or $7.50 upgrade from HyperSnap 2
     Site license:  $750, or $300 upgrade from HyperSnap 2
	    (Site licenses cover a single organization for an area
	    of up to one hundred miles (160 km) in radius.)
     World-wide license:  $2000 or $700 upgrade from HyperSnap 2

HyperSnap-DX may be also registered using CompuServe SWREG forum (GO 
SWREG) and search for HyperSnap-DX.  The price for single 
user license over CompuServe is $27 due to the 15% charge they 
impose.  

Distribution is permitted provided you follow these 
instructions: You are free to make copies of the distribution 
archive (HYSNPxxx.ZIP or HySnap.exe) and pass it along to others 
for their evaluation provided that no modifications or additions 
are made to the software, its documentation, or any associated 
files, and it is not bundled in a distribution of any other 
software .  

Support is available through the addresses listed above, whether 
you are a registered user or not.  Registered users receive 
priority treatment, of course.  E-mail will always receive the 
quickest response.  


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Changes log:

As you can see, HyperSnap-DX receives continual attention as we 
listen to users' comments and suggestions to make it the best 
screen capture utility for Windows 95 and NT possible.  Your 
input is always welcome.  

Greg Kochaniak, Hyperionics
3146 Chestnut Street, Murrysville, PA 15668, USA
e-mail: gregko@hyperionics.com
http://www.hyperionics.com

1997.10.14 HyperSnap-DX 3.06.00
Pasting HyperSnap-DX pictures into some programs, e.g. Lotus
Notes, would produce black picture. Fixed.
Fixed auto-scroll for MS Office 97 and Internet Explorer 4

1997.08.07 HyperSnap-DX 3.05.01
Bug fix - in Quick Save mode, if the time between the captures
was long, there were problems starting the Explorer and some
other applications on Windows 95. Also fixed: pressing a hot
key in Quick Save timed mode will abort the mode promptly,
without waiting for the next auto-snap to happend.

1997.07.18 HyperSnap-DX 3.05 (there was no public rel. of 3.04)
Added "Send by Email" item to the file menu. With MAPI enabled
mailer this will let you send the current picture to any email
recipient as GIF, BMP or JPEG file attachment.
Prepared HyperSnap-DX for localization (translation into other
languages)
Fixed a problem in saving BMP files: if the file was loaded from
disk or saved with some options, changing BMP options (color depth)
had no effect.
Added information about Hyperionics Web Store to "About" and
"Register" boxes.

1997.05.21 HyperSnap-DX 3.03
Added "Continue on error" check box to Quick Save dialog, so that
Quick Save is not aborted on a file error like "file busy" if you
want to save to the same file and e.g. continue pushing it to a
WEB server.
Added "Center Image on Page" to "Page Setup" dialog.

1997.05.05 HyperSnap-DX 3.02
Worked around a bug in Word 97 - it would not paste correctly
some of our 256 color DIB pictures (displayed big red X instead).

1997.04.25 HyperSnap-DX 3.01
On capture menu, if Quick Save item is checked on, and you click
on it while holding the Shift key on the keyboard, this will pop
up Quick Save setup dialog again, instead of checking the item off.
Fixed: Page Up/Down keys would not work correctly if you started
HyperSnap-DX with file name argument (to view the file) in a current
directory.
Fixed: Page Up/Down keys would not display files in alphabetical
order on Windows 95 (or FAT partitions under NT).

1997.04.16 HyperSnap-DX 3.00 
Final Release of version 3.00.

1997.04.09 HyperSnap-DX 3.00 Beta 8
New help file is in.
Small fixes in DirectX capture. If you are in regular windows mode
(not in DX full screen apllication), the DirectX capture hot key 
will now snap the whole desktop instead of the active window. This
is to fix a problem where for some games not the whole screen was
captured.

1997.04.03 HyperSnap-DX 3.00 Beta 7
Fixed a small problem with the information about bitmap resolution,
written to bmp and jpeg files. Made Quick Save append .bmp extension
to file name if you forget to specify any extension.
Extended the beta expiry date to April 30, 1997.

1997.03.28 HyperSnap-DX 3.00 Beta 6     
Fixed the problem with Quick Save for DirectX captures.
Added new license code.
Added -initfrom:filename command line option. It may be used when
starting HyperSnap-DX like:
	hsdx -initfrom:c:\HySnap\hsdx2.ini 
where hsdx2.ini is the initialization file (with hot keys etc.) for
HyperSnap-DX. Normally it would read the options from the registry.
This feature allows you to have multiple configurations with different
settings. The initial copy of the ini file may be created with
	hsdx -dumpopts
command line switch.  


1997.03.26 HyperSnap-DX 3.00 Beta 5
This is the first public beta test version of HyperSnap-DX 3.00

(List of chages from SnapShot/32 and HyperSnap 2 releases 
deleted)

