Screen Shots from PDAs
Jessica.Nealon at handheld.com
Jessica.Nealon at handheld.com
Wed Mar 8 09:43:05 PST 2006
I am curious to know if anyone on this lists has to work with screen shots
taken from PDA devices.
I have been struggling with this for a few years and think I have found
the best formula, but it still doesn't print the way I would like.
I use Microsoft Remote Display on my PC to run the device from my PC and
then take screen shots with Paint Shop Pro. There is some kind of
distortion every time. The actual size of the graphic is usually a full
square inch larger than the actual screen. If you try to re-size in Paint
Shop or PhotoShop, you can't read anything.
Anyway, the screen shot graphic defaults to 96 dpi. To get it into Frame
at 100%, you have to use 168 dpi (=96x2); 96 dpi displays at 175%. This is
for both BMPs or WMFs.
There is some weird, inverse math going on, invisible to me, that I have
racked my brain trying to figure out. I am wondering if anyone on this
list has cracked the code to get clear graphics from PDAs into Frame. Or
can point me to some resources. My searches come up dry.
The clearest graphic I have ever seen came from someone using an MSDN tool
and that is not an option for me at this time.
Thanks!
Jessica Nealon
Technical Writer
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