snapshot of layout and move to container field

[hartmut]

Is there a plug that will take a jpg. snapshot of an entired layout ?

This is something I am looking to do. or turn a layout with its graphic entirety into a web page.

[Fenton]

There are command keys for screenshots. Command-Shift-4 is for an interactive screenshot, to select an area. Hit the Spacebar and it changes to the camera tool, to click on and capture a window. To force the picture to the clipboard, use Control-Command-Shift-4.

The graphic format will be whatever the default is on your computer. Mine is PNG; I can't remember if that's the default or not; the default might be TIFF or PDF. Personally I'd use PNG instead of JPEG, as it's better for lines and text, not so fuzzy; basically more modern.

You can change the default using a utility application like Onyx; probably several others also.

There is also a built-in command-line tool, screencapture, which can be run by AppleScript. But it's basically the same as hitting the command keys.

There's also Print to PDF. But then you've got a PDF, which may or may not work well on your web page.

Edited July 7, 2007 by Guest
TIFF?

[Stuart Taylor]

You can use the script:

Enter Preview Mode

Copy

This will copy the layout to the pasteboard you can then paste it in to a container field.

best

Stuart

[Søren Dyhr]

But Stuart, it isn't a .jpg ...a stronger medicine is required here!

Unfortunately is the question kept unnecessary generalized, so we can't really guess what the use is. Say the purpose is to display reports under IWP, then take a look at the grayed out steps shown above - from my attached stab at it! Neither preview nor Perform Applescript can be reached.

So a robot must take care of such matters, if no expense is spared, but since IWP seems to convert pasted previews, is no further file conversions required.

However if you take what's asked for literal, is there plenty of room for a interpretation to lead to the attached template, which only works on OS X panther and beyond - using:

http://www.apple.com/applescript/imageevents/03.html

or

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040402201110611&query=sips

...which is two sides of the same tool.

If the desire on the other hand is to publish a Subsummary report under IWP must other measures be taken, this is one of the more elegant ones:

http://www.kevinfrank.com/download/kf-fast-summary.zip

...and here can the solution be hosted on whatever relevant machinery be it windows as well!

--sd

MakeJpg.zip

Edited July 9, 2007 by Guest