boxig Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Hi to all,I made a small utility which will disable the "Print Screen" button on the keyboard when a user is running your show. The difference between using the "Disable print screen" in PTE project and this utility is that PTE will pop up a message and the utility is a "secret agent undercover".Now you jump and say: "..we don't need it..we can use PTE option which make the same.."Ha Ha, really ???Ok, try this: make a demo show and check the "Don't allow <print Screen> to copy pictures" in "Advanced" tab in "project options". Run your show and print screen. The PTE message will pop up saying something about the selfish author who don't like other people to copy his pictures. Now click on the blue title bar of the message and drag it outside your sdreen (if you can't do that, just drag it out and leave 2-3 milimeters seen at the corner).Now "Print Screen". You have a copy.Igor !? people are stealing my precious pictures ! Ok, my utility is not perfect either. What I mean is, it really disable the "print screen" but if user will be smart enought, he will go to the CD, open the show then, if he knows what I have just told you, will copy your images.In short, this utility gives you extra protection ( this is like using two condoms with holes).Another advantage is that you can use it with any presentation made with any other program. You put the utility in the CD in same place as your show and tell the "autorun.inf" to open the utility and not the show. You give the ustility the name of your show and you call your show "Presentation.exe".When inserting the CD, a small nice window will open telling "Start Presentation". When the user click on it, your show will start and "Print Screen" is disabled. When exit the show, there will be a small button saying "Exit" and "Thank You". click on it and it disappeare (and "Print Screen" is enable again.I sill need to improve it, but I'm lazy, so I didn't upload it yet. But if you are interested and cant wait, let me know here and if enough people I will upload. If only few, I will send it by mail.Wait...wait... I just found a way how user can not find your presentation on the CD. Let me work on it a few hours more and make some tests.Thank you allGranot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 It sounds very interesting! Please send me igor@wnsoft.com your utility. Thanks!p.s. we don't improve this option, because in any case advanced user will able to grab copy of screen using (for example) HyperSnap utility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxig Posted January 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Utility finished. (Igor, I sent you email).User Can't copy show from CD (he will not find your show, unless he is very expert). Also you Can't stop utility from Task Bar in case of not full screen show.These were my two last problems - solved.I will put a notice when ready to download.Granot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudiRe Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 boxig,I think both devices don't make much sense, for they both can be fooled by any good screencapture program like FullShot, UltraSnap, SnagIt, HyperSnap or PrintKey. In all of these programs, you can define your own screencapture-shortcut-keys other than "print key". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 I am going to catch it for this but Igor might better spend his time fixing bugs fullfilling promises etc than trying to make his program a guardian of everybody's picturesPeople -- if you dont want to take a chance that your work will not be copied DONT SELL IT and dont put your pictures on the internet -- it is a simple solution but this subject comes up in different forms time and time again and it is a waste of bandwidth.deal with honest people and charge a fair price -- and go to bed at night with a satisfied feeling that you have had a good day.ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LumenLux Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Well Ken, I can only agree "partially" with you. I agree Igor's time can better be spent on other aspects. That is why it is nice of boxig to contribute his ideas as he does. Whether it is "important", is, as you know, up to each of us. I think though it is not a waste of bandwidth. As fellow old timers, you and I must realize how much we have learned from sturff that may have seemed a waste of bandwidth to someone. By the way, I thought of you yesterday when I saw a photo and short bit about how photography is prohibited of many of the bridges around the country. All your bridge work would not now be allowed! I suppose one could, in some cases, get a "permit?" Or you can reallly give someone something to worry about by sneaking around at night to get your shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Lumenlux, yes the world has really changed in such a short time. As yet I have never been over to the USA since the new bridge was built - no health insurance if i go across. ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guru Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Rudi, you're right, it's not possible to totally protect our own pictures, that can be captured also by a popular software like IrfanView. But we are relatively few hackers ( !!! ) who know these "fine" techniques. I think the people who buy photographs don't know even the function of "Print" key, and probably will try to save the image by a right click of mouse, like in Internet...So I welcome Granot's utility, that can discourage all those who will try to steal pictures, and makes difficult also to copy a presentation from a CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 ... a popular software like IrfanView. ...IrfanView was recently updated to version 3.80 - http://www.irfanview.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guru Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 We know, Leif... (or maybe you have some special interest in Irfanview?...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Vaughn Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 Granot: I would like to have your print disable utility. While the discussion has valid points, I just try to "keep the honest people honest" by not making copying easy for the average viewer. I also agree that the average viewer, we send our portrait previews out on PTE CDs, is not that hip to getting around disablers. Sometimes they go over the time limit for making their decisions and call the studio to ask for a new CD. Clock changing is not that tough.please send to vaughn@sofnet.comThanks and I like the items on your Cottage site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaharia Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 I would like to try it please.zaharia@telus.netThanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masrawy Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 IrfanView was recently updated to version 3.80Thank you Leif I did not Know about the updated ... IrfanView is my favorite too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgtawfiek Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 I would like to try it please.mgtawfiek@yahoo.comThanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 This thread is 11 years old?In the Current Version go to Project Options / Advanced and click on "Disable Prt Sc Key on PC".P.S. Remove your e-mail address from this post???????DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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