Source: http://www.hwcn.org/~ac108/ksnap/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Features: Save and load all settings. Save to BMP, PCX, Targa, and JPG*. Automatic counter, save up to 99999 images. Snap Now button for over-riding timer. Save in 320x200, 500x375‡, 640x480, 800x600‡ or 1500x1125 modes. User adjustable JPG quality. User adjestable brightness, contrast, gamma and sharpness. ‡ User adjustable color level, tint (hue), red, green and blue. ‡* Number of color settings (24, 16, 8 or 4 bit). ‡ Printer ports 1 through 3 selectable. ‡ Shows last image snapped and time of snap. Displays time to next snap event. Icon shows status when minimized. Run a command line after each snap. (for FTPing files to webpage, etc)* Snap-Now option: "smart" mode, doesn't stop automatic snaps. Auto Events: Save setting including count after each Snap. Auto Start Snapping.* Automatic Start and Stop at user set time of the day. You can now tell KSnap to start at a set time and stop at another! Auto load Start/Stop Times.* User adjustable color level, tint (hue), red, green and blue. ‡* Number of color settings (24, 16, 8 or 4 bit). ‡ Printer ports 1 through 3 selectable. ‡ Easy to use FTP support for Win95/98's ftp.exe* Counter mode filename "looping". Makes a HTML page with every snap for use as a webcam.* Makes a data file with every snap containing filename, time amd date of image.*‡ * = Registered version only. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Requires: Snappy of course. Snappy's main software installed (make sure you have the current version) The current version of Snappy 1 is 1.0.064. KSnap will NOT work with Snappy 3 build 1472. To find your version number, load the main Snappy software. Hold down SHIFT and Click HELP. If you have an older version, you will have to obtain an update patch. Later versions should work fine. Operating System: KSnap 1: Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 or Windows 98 KSnap 2: Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows 2000, NT, XP 8 megs of RAM (16 megs recommended) Lots of drive space for all those snaps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Download Shareware Version Be sure you get the right version for your Snappy. If you have Snappy 1, get KSnap 1 Please Note: If you are using Snappy 2 or higher you can use Snappy 1 drivers and use KSnap 1 also. If you have Snappy 2, get KSnap 2 If you have Snappy 3, get KSnap 2 KSnap 1.xx will not work with Snappy 2 or 3 KSnap 2.xx will not work with Snappy 1.xx Please note: Registeration PassKeys work with either version of KSnap. So if you register with KSnap 1, the same PassKey will work if you upgrade to Snappy 2 or 3 and switch to Ksnap 2. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KSnap 1 for Snappy 1: Download KSNAP version 1.40 (Full Package): Download KSnap140.zip Please Note: If you are using Snappy 2 or higher, you can install and use the Snappy 1 drives with KSnap 1. NOTE: Snappy 1 and KSnap 1 ONLY run on Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and 98. They will NOT run on Windows NT, 2000, or XP. The final version of the Snappy 1 software must be installed to run KSnap 1. The .zip version requires pkunzip to extract files. If you don't have it, you're internet provider can provide you with a copy. Both ZIPped and self-extracting versions are about 1.7MB in size. Upgrade filesize about 44KB. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KSnap 2 for Snappy 2.1: READ THIS FIRST: There is a problem in Snappy 2 that causes memory problems. Play as release an update to Snappy 2 that corrects this on most systems, with Play gone so is the website and the patches. KSnap REQUIRES the main Snappy software to be updated to the final patches to work correctly. Be sure to get the final Snappy patch for your version of Snappy. NOTE:KSnap 2 will not operate under Windows 3.1 Known issue: On some systems, after a while of running, KSnap will report a fault error, usually in SNAPPY.OCX or GXLATE.DLL. This is an error outside of KSnap itself, existing in the Snappy 2.x and Snappy 3 driver software. I have no way to correct this error since it is not in the software I wrote, be sure to use the latest updates for the Snappy 2 or 3 software. Also, in the main Snappy software in the setup section make sure it is set to "use same window" for new snaps. You can also use the Snappy 1 drivers and use KSnap 1 instead, this problem does not exist in Snappy 1. Version 2.66 Released: May 08, 2002 Download KSnap266.zip (file size: 1Meg) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How to Use KSnap as a WebCam KSnap can be used for many uses, but WebCams are very popular, and KSnap is easy to setup for this type of work. There's two basic ways this can be done, on the web server, and by ftp. For both examples, we'll assume the image name is ksnap.jpg WebCam on Web Server This is very easy. First you need a running web server and Snappy installed on the same machine (or some kind of LAN). Microsoft has a included a personal Web Server with Win98 that works great with KSnap. Win95 users can download one from Microsoft.com. Design your webcam html page and place it on your server so it can be accessed. Set KSnap to run in "same-name" mode from the File>Set Filename menu. Set set the file name and directory were the image is to be stored for your html page to access. Do not allow your server to acccess the KSnap directory! Put KSnap in it's own directory, and tell it to save the image in another (one that accessable via the outside world on the web) Your image and ksnap.html will be created in that directory with every snap. Set your interval and other settings; file type, size, etc. Start everything. WebCam by FTP Most people don't have their own web server, so FTPing an image into your html directory at another location (your internet provider) is the other way of running a webcam. Create a HTML page that displays your image and place it in you HTML directory on your ISP. Set KSnap to run in "same-name" mode from the File>Set Filename menu. Set set the file name and directory were the image is to be stored. It's best if it's an empty directory, but since you're only sending out via ftp and nobody can look in the directory, you could put the image file in the KSnap directory, but I don't recommend it for security reasons. Under FILE>Command Line After Snap put your ftp program's command line. This example is for the ftp program included with Windows 95. ftp -n -s:c:\ksnap\ftp.txt The ftp.txt file is a plain text file controlling the ftp session. Sample ftp.txt: open ftp.ispname.com user kt password debug binary cd html/ksnap put c:\ksnap\images\ksnap.jpg put c:\ksnap\images\ksnap.htm close quit After each snap is completed, the command line will be run. An automatic connection to you ISP must be en-abled, and a inactivity time set so you don't stay connected and waste costly online time. Of course if your on a service with unlimited hours, you could just stay connected, but that kind of ties up the phone lines. Set your interval and other settings; file type, size, etc. Start everything. NOTE: Do NOT use "command-line after snap" and Auto-FTP features at the same time.