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Platform agnostic screen capture tool

A technology for screens and tools used in the field of platform-independent screen capture tools

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-01-25
IBM CORP
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[0006] Also, there are processing issues that arise during software development with screen captures for end-user documentation

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[0018] Embodiments of the present invention provide a platform independent screen capture tool. As mentioned above, screen captures are frequently taken during software development for use in end-user documentation. A preferred embodiment involves a software library and associated runtime executable that is an operating system level renderer for the screen. These embodiments of the invention output to a vector graphics format with separate layers for widgets, including a text layer.

[0019] figure 1 The architecture of the screen capture system 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is shown. The computer 12 includes a CPU unit 14 running an operating system (not shown), and a display unit 16 having a display screen 18 . Computer 12 may include various layers of standard software components, including native libraries 20 , Java Native Interface (JNI) 22 , display component 24 , shell component 26 , standard widget toolkit (SWT) 28 , and property files 30 ....

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Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for platform agnostic screen capture is provided. The method includes acquiring screen data from a computer having a display screen, where the screen data represents an image currently displayed on the display screen. The screen data is converted into a representation capable of being expressed in a plurality of software platforms. The representation of screen data is rendered into a vector graphics file that may be published to a plurality of platforms.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a screen capture tool, and more particularly, to a platform-agnostic screen capture tool. Background technique [0002] Software documentation consists of the written text that accompanies computer software and explains how to use the software or how it operates. End-user software documentation may include manuals for end-users, system administrators, and support personnel. End-user software documentation typically describes each feature of a program and can assist the user in implementing these features as well as in troubleshooting. [0003] Images of computer screens are an important part of software documentation. These screen images (also known as screen shots or screen captures) can be taken at various stages of the software development process to aid in properly illustrating end-user software documentation. These screen captures can be captured using software that actually scrapes the pixels from the screen in...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F9/44G06F17/21G06F17/28G06F3/048
CPCG06F9/4448G06F9/4443G06F9/451G06F9/454
Inventor D.J.缪尔
Owner IBM CORP