I ran the Problem Steps Recorder and noticed the following things:

 1. If you want to make comments, you need to do it while the Recorder is 
running.  It asks you to outline a portion of your screen and then enter your 
comment in a comment dialog that comes up.  You can do this any number of 
times.  

 2. When the Recorder is stopped, it brings up a Save As ... dialog for saving 
all of the information in a Zip.  The Zip contains a single 
Problem_<date>_<time>.mht file, a synthetic web page.  My little test produced 
a 4MB Zip containing a 7MB file which has 15 full-screen captures (I am running 
at 2560 x 1600!), any comments on each capture, and then a summary of 
additional details of the 15 actions.  There are instructions to review all of 
these to make sure no unwanted private information is disclosed.  The MHT also 
has the option to view the sequence as a slide show.

 3. I opened Windows 7 Task Manager and see that the Recorder is listed (by its 
Windows Title bar) in Applications, and as psr.exe in Processes.  

I have seen no slowdowns after closing the Recorder.

If there is a problem about restarting after crashing with Recorder running, I 
recommend starting it again and closing it immediately to see if that clears it 
up.

I have not tried running it on Outlook (2010 in my case).  I'll see if I can 
reproduce the experience of Maurice Howe now.


 - Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] 
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 08:19
To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org; ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org
Subject: RE: Demonstrating Issues for Bug Reports

I'll take a look.  You might want to look in the Processes tab of Windows Task 
Manager to see if there is a noticeable process that is still running.

-----Original Message-----
From: Maurice Howe [mailto:maur...@stny.rr.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 05:50
To: ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org; dennis.hamil...@acm.org; 'OOo-dev Apache 
Incubator '
Subject: RE: Demonstrating Issues for Bug Reports

Whoa, Hoss!  That Windows/7 routine has major flaws, at least for me.  I
couldn't use several OUTLOOK features (such as BOLD).  Restarting Outlook
didn't help, so I did a Windows restart.  That locked everything up solid
(couldn't even click START).  Finally mashed POWER OFF and restarted the
whole thing.  Computer is noticeably slower now (even causing letters to
drop when typing at normal speed).  Have no idea what's happening.  It's as
if the RECORDING thing is still running, but according to Windows Task
Manager, it isn't.  

Suggestions? 

Maurice D. Howe
General MacArthur Honor Guard Assn
616 Lacey Drive
Endwell, NY 13760
607-754-0469
maur...@stny.rr.com
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:30 PM
To: OOo-dev Apache Incubator 
Cc: ooo-users Apache Incubator List 
Subject: Demonstrating Issues for Bug Reports

I had no idea there was this handy tool.  It should help with demonstrations
of problems in AOO:

<http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HelpYourUsersRecordAndReportBugsWithTheProble
mStepsRecorder.aspx>

 - Dennis


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