Shell context menu to Upload file

ZScreen 3 has the capability to support uploading a file to the active image/file/text hosting service by right clicking the file in Windows Explorer and hitting “Upload via ZScreen…”

This is possible using ZScreenCLI – ZScreen Command Line Interface which supports Crop Shot and Selected Window so far. By implementing Clipboard Upload support in ZScreenCLI such feature for Windows Explorer Shell Right Click menu is possible.

ZScreen joins Twitter

All the micro-blogging can now happen in https://twitter.com/ZScreen

MindTouch Integration

It has come to our attention that the nice folks at http://www.techsurance.com/Screen_Capture have integrated MindTouch services into ZScreen. Initial impression on the integrated code was very satisfactory.

Following the major release of ZScreen 2.15, the following features are planned for the trunk of ZScreen:

• 2.16 kl.am URL Shorterner
• 2.17 is.gd URL Shorterner
• 2.18 MindTouch Integration
• 2.19 TwicPic Image Uploader

Engineering Root folder customization

ZScreen root folder is the main folder that provides room for Images, Text, Settings, Cache and Temp folders.

Initialization sequence

Soon after ZScreen is loaded, the following order is the loading sequence. Program.cs:

1. Initializes DefaultRootAppFolder path to be Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal), Application.ProductName);
2. Accesses XMLSettings.Read().
1. The XMLSettingsFile property initializes the sub-folder paths inside Root folder.
2. The location of the Root folder is set here inside InitializeDefaultFolderPaths().
1. If there is a ZScreen folder located in the same directory as the ZScreen.exe Root folder will be this folder
2. Otherwise ZScreen folder will be the DefaultRootAppFolder
3. Finally it creates the Settings directory if it doesn’t exist based on the Root folder.
3. Loads ZScreen GUI. ZScreen calls ConfigureDirs() which creates subfolders inside the DefaultRootAppFolder

Improved Portable Configuration detection

Dynamic Region Border and Ruler

Dynamic Crosshair used within a Dynamic Region Border

Dynamic Crosshair used within a Dynamic Region Border with a Ruler

Dynamic Crosshair

Once enabled from Capture tab, dynamic crosshair will increase the visibility of the crosshair by animation.

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History Items can now support text files

Extended support for showing text file / clipboard text uploads to be displayed in History. The pictureBox preview will switch to a textBox and preview the text.