US 7,490,298 B2
	Creating documentation screenshots on demand
Brian D. Bauman, Austin, Tex. (US); Amanda J. Burton, Austin, Tex. (US); Michael P. Carlson, Austin, Tex. (US); and Herman Rodriguez, Austin, Tex. (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/279,423.
Prior Publication US 2007/0245339 A1, Oct. 18, 2007
Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 715—788  [715/815]

1 Claim

1. A method for creating computer documentation on demand, comprising: embedding an indicator corresponding to a screen image in a documentation file; capturing a screen image corresponding to the embedded indicator at a time consistent with a configuration option, wherein the configuration option specifies whether the screen image capture is executed when the software corresponding to the documentation file is installed on a computing system, when documentation corresponding to the documentation file is loaded on the computing system, when the documentation file is accessed in conjunction with an execution of software corresponding to the documentation file and when detecting that software corresponding to the documentation file has been modified; storing the screen image in the documentation file at a location corresponding to the embedded indicator; and displaying the screen image in conjunction with the documentation file, wherein the screen image is displayed in conformity with parameters stored within a configuration file.