Print or copy!

[Bigglez]

Nope. My solution have worked flawlessly for years now. Your link was ambiguous - does your method allow selective copy with a cursor, or just the active window, or the whole visible screen?

Ambiguous? Bigglez, you need more reading lessons.

Perhaps I can practice that here? We will all benefit from shorter
and well written posts. You lead and we'll follow!

[Robert Reed]

I tried Bob's printscreen suggestion (from Electro tech Forum) and it is really cool.
Now I have it in Jpeg on my desktop and want to upload that image to a Reply.
Well since this forum change, I can't seem to find any buttons to push to accomplish that. When I hit the image button at the top tool bar, it just says 'Put Image Here'
But how?
PS - BB is On;Img is On;URL is On;Flash is Off

[CeaSaR]

Reloadron,

Clipbrd.exe was one of the first shortcuts I made on my new computer at work.
For some reason XP didn't have it listed under the Start->Programs->Accessories->
System Tools like Win98 did. I use it all the time to see if what is there is something
that can be pasted into whatever the current program is I am running. Plus, you can
use Edit->Delete to clear your clipboard.

CeaSaR

[CeaSaR]

Robert,

If you hover over the Img button, you will see that you have to upload the image to a
web service, hence [ img ] http : // image_url [ /img ]. You can use:
http://www.postimage.org/ to upload your picture and the screen after you upload will
have the HTML code to copy and paste into your post (say that three times fast ).
I have found that you should do that in a separate window that you can leave open until
you are sure that your post has gone through correctly. I always preview my posts for that
reason.

CeaSaR

[Bigglez]

Well since this forum change, I can't seem to find any buttons to push to accomplish that. When I hit the image button at the top tool bar, it just says 'Put Image Here'
But how?

It's a two step process. Put your image on a server, use that
URL to embed your image in your forum post. There are free
hosting servers such as http://www.postimage.org/

The HTML tags for an image are
The short cut button above the message typing box should
look like this (when you hover over the button):

[Robert Reed]

Thanx guys
Will give that a try. Seems like it used to be so quick and simple before 'The Change'

[Robert Reed]

Scratch!

[CeaSaR]

Robert,

I think there might be a slight misunderstanding. When you use Postimage.org's image hosting,
you will be presented with 3 choices as shown below:



Then compose your post, and where you wish to put an image, paste the BB code (listed at the
bottom of your uploaded image's page at Postimage.org) as shown below:




Hope this helps explain how to do it. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask.
We're here to help.

CeaSaR

[Robert Reed]

[img][img]http://www.postimage.org/Pq2FzshS.jpg[/img][/img]

Still confused. First I'm hearing HTML, next I'M hearing BB code. Messed around with these so much, I don't even know how I got here. Is this what it should look like? I thought I should see a small picture to click on to enlarge.
Uploading picture to PostImage was easy and fast. Things get a bit confusing after that. Out of three choices, which one do I copy and paste into the ?
In looking over PostImages site, it appears the Forum could download their program and install a button in their toolbar (Upload Image). I think this is the way it used to be.

[philba]

A couple of comments:

- print screen button has several different options, full screen active window, ... the different modifiers (alt, ctrl, ...) select the option.
- pasting into paint and saving as bmp (the default) WILL produce an enormous image. try saving as a gif or jpg.
- you can cut down the area of the image in paint. Use the select tool, draw an outline around the area you want, copy or cut, create a new image (file/new) and paste. then save in the format you want.

this will work in all versions of windows (haven't checked 7 yet, though). no need to spend extra money.

[Bigglez]

[/img]

Still confused. First I'm hearing HTML, next I'M hearing BB code.

The link above is a bad BBCode expression.
BBCode is a sub-set of HTML, and designed to limit posters to
prevent malformed code from wrecking the forum code.

Here's the corrected BBCode for your test.jpg image:

Code: Select all

[url=http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=Pq2FzshS][img]http://www.postimage.org/Pq2FzshS.jpg[/img][/url]

And here's the result:


In each case, HTML and BBCode have the syntax:

[tag]code[/tag]

Tag can be a text format directive means bold, etc.
Anything between the tags will be modified, so all code
must be closed with the "slash-tag". On this forum the
poster's message is parsed and little harm comes from
malformed code, but other forum's aren't so lucky.

Messed around with these so much, I don't even know how I got here. Is this what it should look like? I thought I should see a small picture to click on to enlarge.

Repair the above BBCode by deleting the extra tags. These
were probably the result of hitting Img twice, an easy error.

To host your images on a third party site like postimage.org
you should use their BBCode expression, as noted by CeaSaR.
Cut n'paste through your clipboard is a good way to avoid
typos.

For practice try viewing other poster's messages in the
edit mode. You will see how they formatted their BBCode
to get results when the messages are posted.

Writing in BBCode or HTML is a superior way to work, it
cuts down on the mousing around or accidentally clicking
twice. Learning BBCode is no harder than learning the
resistor colour codes as a newbie technician.

[CeaSaR]

Robert,

There should only be 1 (one) set of Img tags enclosing the link to the photo.
The way to do this is to click on the "Copy To Clipboard" hyperlink to the right
of the code listed for "Forum BBCode". Now, in your post, where you want to
insert the picture, just paste that information. Do not use the Img button in the
row above the "Post Compose" area. If you use it, you will end up with too many
Img tags and it will not work. Remember, there should only be 1 (one) set of tags
enclosing your link.

Just follow the example in my 2nd picture in my previous post. The Img section is
highlighted in blue.

Hint: to launch the picture in a new window, press and hold Shift while left clicking
the link. You can also right click the link and select New Window.

CeaSaR

[Robert Reed]

OK I did it The only thing I did different this time was push the "Image" button after I loaded the BBC into the reply. If thats all I have to do its really Quite simple. I think with all the good info every one has put into this post, I am going to print the whole thing out for future reference. Computer illiterates such as I need this sort of stuff

[Bigglez]

I am going to print the whole thing out for future reference. Computer illiterates such as I need this sort of stuff

Congrats!

Saving paper copies is a tried and true method, but have
you considered using your computer as a library?

Simple text can be saved and opened later in a new window,
allowing quick review, or onto the clipboard for quick cut n'paste
to other projects.

For more durable docs consider making PDF files, they're
robust and easily sent by email attachment.

I have downloaded datasheets for components that I use,
or plan to use, or just looked at and passed over in favour
of other solutions. Been doing it for a few years now, and
I have over five hundred datasheets as PDFs just a few
clicks away, and not one page of paper to deal with.

I've not replaced my tech bench printer after it failed,
and rarely bother to print to paper (on another home network
connected printer if necessary).

Admittedly it took a while to give up paper 'project folders'
but much time spent finding stuff I've safely stored away is
a thing of the past! The NAS is a safety net in case this PC
or it's harddrive fails.

[CeaSaR]

Robert,

Excellent! Now you have regained the ability to put pics in your post(s).

One thing I must point out, however, is that when you use the BB Code supplied
at Postimage.org, you do not need to use the Img button. Let me show you
what the different bits of code over there do. I will use the 2nd picture in my post
above, entitled (at Postimage) Forum Post Explanation. See below.

This is the direct copy of the BB Code:


This is the direct copy of the HTML:
<a href="http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gx1e00e9" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.postimage.org/gx1e00e9.jpg" border="0" /></a>

This is the direct copy of the Direct link to image:
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gx1e00e9

I did NOT use the Img button with any of these.

Take note of how the BB Code is structured.

Code: Select all

[url=http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gx1e00e9][img]http://www.postimage.org/gx1e00e9.jpg[/img][/url]

The beginning tag is URL and the ending tag is /URL (in brackets, of course ).
Note that about halfway is a beginning IMG tag and the ending IMG tag is just
before the ending /URL tag, with the IMG tags in brackets also. This is called Nesting.
You put the most important tags on the outside (in this case URL) and secondary
tags on the inside. This formats the code correctly.

Now I will show you what happens when you use the Img button in conjunction with all 3 bits of code.

BB Code inside IMG tags:
[/img]

HTML inside IMG tags:


Direct Link inside IMG tags:


See that nothing works correctly? It is better if you just use the code over at
Postimage.org instead of using the Img button.

As for how you got your post to work correctly, you used the BB Code for the
picture and then put a blank set of IMG tags after it, which the board parser ignored.

Hopefully this clarifies things a bit more.

CeaSaR