Screen Capture In Windows 7

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Screen Capture In Windows 7

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Does anyone know if a screen capture can be done with Windows 7?

I have several CD's/DVD's containing hundreds of .pdf files. I would like to be able to print out a file list.
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If you're looking to just capture the filenames (and other info), you might do better to use a program to extract that data and put it in a spreadsheet.

I've used this before, and while not "pretty", it works quite well.

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp" target="_blank
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bort wrote:If you're looking to just capture the filenames (and other info), you might do better to use a program to extract that data and put it in a spreadsheet.

I've used this before, and while not "pretty", it works quite well.

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp" target="_blank" target="_blank
I downloaded the 'Karenware' thing. You're right... it works pretty well if all you want to do is print out the filenames and data. Ultimately... I would like to be able to 'pop' the names of the files into my Access database.
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TubaTinker wrote:
bort wrote:If you're looking to just capture the filenames (and other info), you might do better to use a program to extract that data and put it in a spreadsheet.

I've used this before, and while not "pretty", it works quite well.

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank
I downloaded the 'Karenware' thing. You're right... it works pretty well if all you want to do is print out the filenames and data. Ultimately... I would like to be able to 'pop' the names of the files into my Access database.
The output from this program is a txt file. The values are separated by tabs, so you can copy/paste this into Excel (or wherever else).
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TubaTinker wrote:Does anyone know if a screen capture can be done with Windows 7?

I have several CD's/DVD's containing hundreds of .pdf files. I would like to be able to print out a file list.
It's not free and it has a few bugs; but PDF Explorer (http://www.rttsoftware.com/) will probably do everything you will ever want to do in organizing PDF files into a database.
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Does windows 7 still have a command prompt?

If yes, then
d:
dir *.pdf > c:\blah.out
notepad c:\blah.out
file, print
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There's also the "snipping tool" in the Start menu. Just click and drag to highlight the section of the screen you want to capture, and it turns it into a JPEG, GIF, or HTML file.
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Problem solved.... in a way that I didn't really expect. Buried on the CD's was a 'Works' database file that I was able to manipulate via a tab delimited format into Excel and then into Access. That was the ultimate goal.... to build a relational database that can simply be added to.

Thanks for the suggestions.
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