The application is simple, however here are some hints for beginners :

Hint : The application saves automatically all setings in to windows registry under Current User and Ajo folder in Software. There is no other place, where the application stores the settings. You may want to delete those registry entries using Microsoft(r) Regedit.

You may want to specify a command line parameter - website to open. (e.g. iesnapshot.exe www.limperex.com)

Browser Tab - Main screen

Under the browser tab (see the Appliaction screenshots page) you have a common address bar and couple of navigation buttons. There are no advanced toolbars available.

Browser Window

Below the address bar, there is a browser window, which shows the actual webpage. You can use this browser as usual internet explorer, and you can click and navigate through internet. On the right side, there is a smaller window - "image preview".

Image Preview

On the Image preview you can use your mouse to select, zoom or move the preview window. The active selection will be saved in to the specified file. If no region has been selected, the whole webpage will be saved.

Create new PDF

This option is only for PDF file format available. When saving PDF files, you have to create a PDF before saving the first page. After creating the PDF you can append as many pages as you want by pressing the Save button.

Close PDF

After appending pages in to PDF file, you can save and close the PDF file. After saving you can open the file with common PDF Reader.

Grab from list (experimental)

There is a option which allows you to capture webpages from predefined list. The list must be saved in plain text format (you can create the file using common text editor like Microsoft(r) Notepad). Each web address must be separated by <ENTER> (CRLF)

Configuration TAB

Selection definition

Manually set the selection - when a new webpage is loaded, the application gives to the user the possibility to select the capture region with the mouse

Set automatically following selection - the user has the option to set the region in the window below. This region will be automatically selected after loading of the webpage. It can be used for archiving puprposes of many similiar pages.
Hint: You can get current selection from 'Browser tab' by clicking get current.

Save parameters

Path - the default path where the pictures should be saved.
File format - the desired fileformat (preffered PDF)
Filename selection - automatic filename generation or manual filename setting. If the option manual is highlighted then after pressing the save button a dialog will be opened and the user will have the opportunity to enter the filename.
Copression quality - this affects the PDF and JPG files. Higher quality means sharper images...

Webpage download timeout

When you want to grab from list, this option can be usefull for you. You can select when IE snapshot should capture the page. This is importand for pages which are "infinite", like Flash(r) enabled pages.

Support form

Microsoft, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Windows Windows Vista, Win32 and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

The user's manual will be available soon.

The quick overview is available on this page.

If you would like to write a user's manual, please feel free to do it and send me your address using the feedback form, or you can use the email address IESnapshot (at)limperex (dot) com

Application screenshots

Browser Tab
Configuration Tab
Feedback form / Support form