screengrabber/ReleaseNotes_ScreenGrabber.txt
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RELEASE NOTES - SCREENGRABBER v5.0.0
RELEASED 10th March 2010 

SUPPORTS S60 3.0+

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Product Description:
====================
ScreenGrabber tool is used to capture images and video of the visible screen
area in S60 platform. Captures can be handled with the Media Gallery
application or with PC when the device is connected via PC suite.

Main Features:
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- Image capture in single or in sequential mode supporting PNG, JPEG and BMP
  formats
- Video capture in animated GIF format
- Configurable saving format, hotkey, time delta in sequential mode, target
  memory and default filename
- Ability to change the screen mode to one of the supported more by the device

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What's New in v5.0.0
====================
- Orbit UI

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Installation Notes:
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ScreenGrabber is typically preinstalled on ROM. If not, it can be added to the
ROM with the .iby file. Alternatively, the .sis file can be found under the sis-
directory, but the user need to sign it with their own developer certificate.
In Nokia R&D environment, you can use directly the R&D-signed .sis file under the
internal\sis directory.

When signing with own developer certificate, the following capabilities are
needed:
  WriteDeviceData
  SwEvent

When builing ScreenGrabber against S60 3.0 or 3.1, you may need to patch your
SDK environment first with some fixes. For more information, please refer to
the instructions under the "envpatcher" directory.

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System Requirements:
====================
Basic Requirements:
- Any S60 3.x device or emulator environment

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Compatibility Issues:
=====================
N/A

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Known Issues:
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Sluggish UI when capturing video
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- Video capturing requires huge amount of processing power and thus may cause
  the UI to become sluggish. If supported by the device, try to decrease the
  screen resolution.

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Version History:
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Version 4.2.0 - 14th May 2009
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- Feature: Added a new SIS file for S60 3.2 devices and newer to support the
  features in newer platforms
- Feature: Added multidrive support in the settings dialog

Version 4.1.3 - 8th March 2009
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- Fix: ScreenGrabber does not work in devices which do not have Media Gallery
  (Media Gallery File Manager API dependency changed from static to dynamic)
    
Version 4.1.2 - 8th February 2008
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- Fix: Transparency errors in GIF animations (hopefully) finally fixed
  
Version 4.1.1 - 28th January 2008
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- Feature: Added hash+* and alternative camera key into selection of capture
  keys
- Change: Reimplemented settings handling so that AllFiles and WriteUserData
  capabilities are no longer needed
    
Version 4.1.0 - 14th January 2008
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- Feature: Added support for GIF and MBM formats although it is always
  recommended to capture screens in PNG format
- Feature: JPEG format can now be selected as high quality (97%) or low quality
  (60%) 
- Feature: Added POC key under capturing key options
- Change: Dimensions of a video will be grown if the screen resolution of the
  device will grow during capturing
- Change: Capturing is now done always from current focus screen which allows to
  support secondary displays
- Change: Send key is now the default key
- Fix: Black color didn't always work correctly in GIF animation optimization
  with transparency  
- Fix: Capturing to JPEG format leaked memory

Version 4.0.3 - 16th November 2007
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- Fix: Scroll bar in the main view can be scrolled on a touch UI
- Fix: Application closes automatically when closed via open applications menu

Version 4.0.2 - 9th October 2007
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- Fix: Main screen layout in mirrored mode
  
Version 4.0.1 - 14th February 2007
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- Fix: Help screen on larger displays
  
Version 4.0.0 - 25th October 2006
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- Feature: Support for sequential capture mode
- Feature: Support for capturing video in animated GIF format
- Feature: Ability to change screen mode to one of the supported more by the
  device

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Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
All rights reserved.

This component and the accompanying materials are made available
under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
which accompanies this distribution, and is available
at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".