[pmwiki-users] Re: creating docs with screenshots

[Ciaran]

I think this idea/concept would eb useful to a lot of us.  However I
am fairly certain that you will have issues accessing the clipboard
from a Java applet unless you either a) Get your users to modify their
security policies, or b) Sign your applet.

In terms of implementation complexity it would [should] be fairly easy
to do, and I'll happily help you in any way you want :) However the
particular application may be better suited to being run 'standalone'
rather than embedded within a page on the wiki ? What do you think ?
[It can still be java, just when running as standalone you get a lot
less security restrictions :) ]
- Ciaran



On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 23:48:24 +0100, Knut Alboldt <pmwiki at alboldt.de> wrote:
> well, I start to use pmwiki to create docs with screenshots. While the
> text is entered easily I find the way I've to enter the screenshots
> rather complicated:
> 
> (in windows):
> 
> 1. edit new / existing wiki-page
> 2. entering text
> 3. copying a screenshot with the "PRINT"-key to clipboard
> 4. saving clipboard in a grafic viewer (irfanview) via cut & paste
> 5. save it to a temporary file
> 6. uploading it in a (second pmwiki-session) with upload-function
> 7. putting attach:-markup in the text
> 
> ok, second start:
> 3.+4.+5. can be combined with certain screenshot programs (I think with
> irfanview / xnview as well)
> 
> but then I thought about another possibility:
> - having a java-applet which will be started with 1. (by clicking a
> link) which has a filename-input-filed and a copy-button which:
> 
> a. increases the filename (e.g. specified by image####.jpg, ### will be
> a generated number)
> 
> b. copies the screenshot from clipboard
> 
> c. uploads the grafic into the filename specified by the input-field in
> the background using a wiki-call
> 
> d. copies "[[Attach:filename]]" to clipboard
> 
> if the applet will stay running during the whole documentation-session
> you can reduce the scenario to
> 
> 1. edit new / existing wiki page incl starting the java-applet
> 2. entering text
> 3. copying a screenshot with the "PRINT"-key to clipboard
> 4. press the copy-button
> 5. paste clipboard (now: the text defined by d.) into the wiki-text
> 
> so my question (to java gurus - if there are is any out there ... ? :-):
> would that be possible to write (the last intruduced java-applet
> (pmwikidraw) is running really fine !) ?
> 
> Knut
> 
> 


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