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# Meazure<sup>TM</sup>
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Meazure is a tool for easily measuring and capturing portions of the screen. Tasks such as measuring the size of a window,
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capturing an image, determining the color of a pixel, and determining the screen size and resolution can all be
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easily accomplished using Meazure.
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![Meazure screenshot](src/help/Graphics/Sections.png)
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## Minimum System Requirements
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# Meazure<sup>TM</sup>
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Meazure is a tool for easily measuring and capturing portions of the screen. Tasks such as measuring the size of a window,
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capturing an image, determining the color of a pixel, and determining the screen size and resolution can all be
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easily accomplished using Meazure.
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![Meazure screenshot](src/help/Graphics/Sections.png)
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## Minimum System Requirements
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- Windows 10 Version 1607
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- 64-bit system
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## Downloading and Installation
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The Windows installer for Meazure can be [downloaded from GitHub](https://github.com/cthing/meazure/releases).
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In addition to installing the program files, the installer configures the system to run the Meazure program.
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This configuration includes:
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- Associating the file suffix `.mea` with the Meazure program
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## Downloading and Installation
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The Windows installer for Meazure can be [downloaded from GitHub](https://github.com/cthing/meazure/releases).
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In addition to installing the program files, the installer configures the system to run the Meazure program.
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This configuration includes:
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- Associating the file suffix `.mea` with the Meazure program
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- Optionally placing an icon on the desktop
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## User Guide
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The Meazure User Guide is [available online](https://github.com/cthing/meazure/wiki) and is bundled with the
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Meazure program as the help contents.
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## License
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Refer to the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file distributed with this program
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for details on the licensing of the Meazure program.
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## Building
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Refer to [Building.md](Building.md) for information on how to build Meazure from source.
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## Known Issues
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## User Guide
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The Meazure User Guide is [available online](https://github.com/cthing/meazure/wiki) and is bundled with the
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Meazure program as the help contents.
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## License
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Refer to the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file distributed with this program
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for details on the licensing of the Meazure program.
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## Building
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Refer to [Building.md](Building.md) for information on how to build Meazure from source.
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## Known Issues
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- To open a position log file saved by Meazure 3.0 using Meazure 2.0, edit the position log file and change the DOCTYPE
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URL on line 2 from `https:` to `http:`. Position log files saved by Meazure 2.0 can be opened by Meazure 3.0 without
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modification.
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- Meazure now accommodates high DPI displays (e.g. 4K) and the DPI scaling often used with them. However, you must
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restart Meazure if you change the DPI scaling while it is running.
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## Feedback
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Please [open an issue on GitHub](https://github.com/cthing/meazure/issues) for feature requests and to report bugs.
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## Financial Contributions
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We hope Meazure is a valuable addition to your software toolbox. Please consider
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making a [financial contribution](https://github.com/sponsors/baron1405). Thank you!
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## Changelog
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### Changes 3.0.2 to 4.0
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- Meazure now reports the Windows default screen resoltuion (96 DPI) as the default uncalibrated resolution. In
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previous releases, Meazure would query the operating system at runtime for the logical resolution. Typically,
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the returned value was 96 DPI. This change was made to properly report the resolution in the case of screen
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scaling.
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URL on line 2 from `https:` to `http:`. Position log files saved by Meazure 2.0 can be opened by Meazure 3.0 without
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modification.
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- Meazure may report incorrect measurements if Windows Display "Make everything bigger" greater than 100% is used
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(see [issue #9](https://github.com/cthing/meazure/issues/9)). To work around this issue, right-click on Meazure.exe
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and select Properties. In the properties dialog, select the Compatibility tab. Press the "Change high DPI settings"
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button. Check the box next to "Override high DPI scaling behavior Scaling performed by: Application".
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- Meazure reports incorrect screen size for 4K monitors (#34)
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## Feedback
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Please [open an issue on GitHub](https://github.com/cthing/meazure/issues) for feature requests and to report bugs.
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## Financial Contributions
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We hope Meazure is a valuable addition to your software toolbox. Please consider
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making a [financial contribution](https://github.com/sponsors/baron1405). Thank you!
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## Changelog
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### Changes 3.0.2 to 4.0 (unreleased)
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- Enhancement: A more readable font is used for all dialogs
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(e.g. going from 100% to 150% scaling). To accommodate this, Meazure now reports the Windows default screen
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resoltuion (96 DPI) as the default uncalibrated resolution. In previous releases, Meazure would query the operating
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system at runtime for the logical resolution. However, that value is now the effective (i.e. scaled)
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resolution, which is not appropriate for calculating measurements in resolution-dependent units (e.g. inches).
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(e.g. going from 100% to 150% scaling).
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- Fix: The Position log save dialog once again displays a text fields for specifying a title and description for
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### Changes 3.0.1 to 3.0.2
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- Fix: Not able to load position log files created by 2.0.
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- Fix: Typos in help content.
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### Changes 3.0 to 3.0.1
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- Fix: Not able to load position log files created by 2.0.
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### Changes 2.0.1 to 3.0
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- Feature: The aspect ratio (i.e. width / height) is now displayed for the Rectangle, Window,
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- Feature: The keyboard can now be used to position crosshairs. Pressing the Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2 and/or Ctrl+3
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plus one of the arrow keys will move the corresponding tool crosshair one pixel. For example, pressing
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Ctrl+1 and the Up arrow key will move the Point 1 crosshair up one pixel.
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current location of the mouse pointer. For example, if the Line tool is being used, pressing
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- Publish Meazure as an Open Source project on GitHub under
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saved. The position log can be reloaded and played
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back. The position log file is in XML and the DTD
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is distributed with the program and is also available
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from the C Thing Software website.
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- Feature: An Angle tool has been added. Using this tool,
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arbitrarily oriented angles can be measured.
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a circular area can be measured.
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- Feature: On Windows 2000 and above, the opacity can
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- Feature: Additional color spaces are available for
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a text field is used to display the color so that
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- Feature: Angles can now be reported in degrees or
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radians.
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each measurement in each system of units can now be
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- Feature: Tool crosshairs can now be toggled between
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visible and hidden to aid in measuring small objects.
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- Feature: There are now menu items for zooming the
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magnifier in and out.
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- Feature: A master reset is now provided to restore
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- Feature: Windows XP display themes are now supported.
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- Fix: A red rectangle no longer remains when changing
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to another tool from the Window Tool using the Tools
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- Fix: Certain screen appearance schemes (e.g. Eggplant)
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would cause the menu to wrap to two lines thereby
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partially obscuring the magnifier zoom slider. This
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- Fix: When copying a screen region the tool outline and
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### Changes 2.0 to 2.0.1
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### Changes 1.0 to 2.0
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- Feature: A log of tool positions can be recorded and
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saved. The position log can be reloaded and played
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back. The position log file is in XML and the DTD
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is distributed with the program and is also available
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- Feature: An Angle tool has been added. Using this tool,
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arbitrarily oriented angles can be measured.
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a circular area can be measured.
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- Feature: Multiple monitor desktop configurations
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are now fully supported.
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screen.
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be set on the rulers, crosshairs and data windows.
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- Feature: The origin of the coordinate system is now
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indicated by a marker.
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- Feature: Additional color spaces are available for
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a text field is used to display the color so that
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the color value can be copied to the clipboard.
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- Feature: Angles can now be reported in degrees or
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radians.
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- Feature: The number of decimal places displayed for
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each measurement in each system of units can now be
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specified as a preference.
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- Feature: Tool crosshairs can now be toggled between
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visible and hidden to aid in measuring small objects.
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magnifier in and out.
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- Feature: Resolution calibration can now be done in
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menu.
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partially obscuring the magnifier zoom slider. This
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has been corrected.
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- Fix: When copying a screen region the tool outline and
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crosshairs were sometimes captured with the image. This
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has been corrected.
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- Windows 95 is no longer supported.

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