Autosaving of clipboard images since V 3.6

T. Abeln · Unread post by **T. Abeln** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:13 pm

Since Version 3.6, Help & Manual automatically saves the image to a picture file with an enumerated name (ClipXXXX.bmp) when you paste an image from the clipboard. This might be intended as an improvement, but it isn't, for two reasons:

1. H&M ignores my images-folder and saves them directly into my project folder.

2. H&M imposes these useless enumerated names on all my pasted images.

So I have to move and rename them, and after that insert them again. All in all very annoying and useless. It just was better in older Versions, when Help & Manual generally asked me to save it, and opened the saving-menu when I clicked "yes" so that I could directly save the image with the right name and at the right place.

Unread post by **Tim Green** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:33 pm

I must say that I agree. I also very much prefer having a dialog appear so that I can always give an image a meaningful name and save it where I want to.

Martin Wynne · Unread post by **Martin Wynne** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 3:12 pm

Tim Green wrote:I must say that I agree. I also very much prefer having a dialog appear
so that I can always give an image a meaningful name and save it where I want to.

Hi Tim,

In 3.6.0.1073 a "Save Image" dialog appears when I paste images or
mixed text and images into a topic. What am I missing/doing wrong/doing right?

Martin.

Unread post by **Tim Green** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 3:35 pm

Martin,

The dialog only appears if you paste an image with text, which would result in an embedded image if you didn't choose to save it as an external file. If you only paste an image it is automatically saved in the background with the clipxxx.bmp naming scheme.

Martin Wynne · Unread post by **Martin Wynne** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:26 pm

Tim Green wrote:The dialog only appears if you paste an image with text

Hi Tim,

It depends where you are pasting from.

Here's a work-around for images without text:

1. Have WordPad open (not Word) at a blank page.

2. Copy your image from wherever.

3. In WordPad do Ctrl-V, Ctrl-C, Delete.

4. In H&M do Ctrl-V. Image appears and then the Save Image dialog.

Martin.

T. Abeln · Unread post by **T. Abeln** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:44 pm

Sorry, Martin,

cannot confirm your workaround. No dialog appearing...

I'm running on Build 1062, maybe EC Soft changed something relating this issue with the latest build...?

Regards,
Thorsten

Martin Wynne · Unread post by **Martin Wynne** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 5:23 pm

T. Abeln wrote:Sorry, Martin, cannot confirm your workaround. No dialog appearing...

Hi Thorsten,

Sorry about that, it's working fine here (Win98SE), dialog appears every time.
I just re-ran previous H&M (3.5.2.1031) with identical results. I often copy/paste
from WordPad, which is why I couldn't understand your original post.

Try doing Ctrl-V, Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C in WordPad? Or adding a character after
Ctrl-V, and then Ctrl-A (easily deleted in H&M)?

Martin.

Martin Wynne · Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:15 pm

I wrote:it's working fine here (Win98SE), dialog appears every time.

But only, I now realise, if the image is a metafile. Not for bitmaps.
Sorry to have misled you. Strangely, if you copy from PaintShopPro (PSP5),
a metafile is what you get.

I tried the same trick in WindowsXP and got some very odd results,
so there is obviously something here for the Wish List.

Martin.