Grayed out areas around text

[Jack Nation]

Anyone know of a small program that will let me copy the text in grayed
out areas? I want to use the text in word processors.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Grayed out areas of what?

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[Jack Nation]

Wes wrote: Grayed out areas of what?

Jack's Reply: Grayed out areas of error dialogs and many other dialogs that
have text in them, but cannot be highlighted nor copied as text.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Like these?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwue/html/09_01.GIF
or
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwue/html/08_02.GIF
or
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwue/html/08_06.GIF

Beats me.

If text can be highlighted it can be copied. If it can't be highlighted,
you have to type it yourself. Or Alt + Print Scrn to copy to clipboard
error message, etc.


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[Jack Nation]

Yes, like those (the ones that have text in them).

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Have you tried SnagIt!? It has many different variations on what you can
copy and in what format.

 

[Jack Nation]

I checked out SnagIt and it will not do the job. Anybody have any other
suggestions? I would appreciate them.
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Jack Nation

Have you tried SnagIt!? It has many different variations on what you can
copy and in what format.

 

[David Candy]

Message Boxes copy the text to the clipboard if you press Ctrl + C. Many dialogs in windows allow greyed text to be selected. If you want precise answers you need to ask precise questions.

This is clearly a stupid statement, "I checked out SnagIt and it will not do the job". Why? Because you don't say why it won't so noone know why it won't do the job.
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I checked out SnagIt and it will not do the job. Anybody have any other
suggestions? I would appreciate them.

 

[Jack Nation]

Hi David!

1. My more precise question as your comment suggested:
"Anyone know of a small program that will let me copy the text in grayed out
areas? I am aware many dialogs in windows allow grayed text to be selected.
Some do not, and it is these I am interested in. I want to use the text in
word processors."

2. As for SnagIt... when checking the SnagIt website, it was apparent that
it was not programmed to copy text in grayed out areas.

Hope this helps.
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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
"essage Boxes copy the text to the clipboard if you press Ctrl + C. Many
dialogs in windows allow greyed text to be selected. If you want precise
answers you need to ask precise questions.

This is clearly a stupid statement, "I checked out SnagIt and it will not do
the job". Why? Because you don't say why it won't so noone know why it won't
do the job."
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I checked out SnagIt and it will not do the job. Anybody have any other
suggestions? I would appreciate them.

 

[Malke]

Hi David!

1. My more precise question as your comment suggested:
"Anyone know of a small program that will let me copy the text in
grayed out
areas? I am aware many dialogs in windows allow grayed text to be
selected.
Some do not, and it is these I am interested in. I want to use the
text in word processors."

2. As for SnagIt... when checking the SnagIt website, it was apparent
that it was not programmed to copy text in grayed out areas.

Hope this helps.

Why don't you just take a screenshot? Press the Printscreen button and
paste the results into a graphics program like MS Paint. Alt +
Printscreen takes a screenshot of just the active window. Or use
something like ScreenGrab, which is a handy free little program.

Malke

 

[Jack Nation]

Thanks Mr. Malke. I can do what you suggest (and have). However, if it is
a large error dialog with a lots of text in it, and I want to send it to a
newsgroup, won't I need to OCR (Optical Character Read) the printscreen copy
I made first?

 

[Malke]

Thanks Mr. Malke. I can do what you suggest (and have). However, if
it is a large error dialog with a lots of text in it, and I want to
send it to a newsgroup, won't I need to OCR (Optical Character Read)
the printscreen copy I made first?

It's "Ms." and no, you don't need to use OCR software. You only use OCR
if you want to turn a scanned picture into text that you can edit and
you don't want to do that. What you *do* want to do is make sure your
image isn't too big. Saving as a .jpg is one way. You can also reduce
picture sizes with XP's built-in resizer or with a free program like
Irfanview.

Another alternative to sending it to a newsgroup (many newsgroups don't
want binaries, so read their FAQ first) is to just post it on a
website. Most ISP's provide some amount of space for a "homepage" if
you don't have your own website.

If you are trying to exchange pictures on a binary newsgroup, then check
out that newsgroup's FAQ; most probably they have instructions about
preparing and sending images.

Malke

 

[Jack Nation]

Thanks Malke. I'm going to check out your suggestions now.