Retrospection This section covers the following topics Retrospection Overview Getting Started Help for Retrospection Main Help Topics Multimedia Media Help Retrospection Viewer Capture Engine

Retrospection Overview

Retrospection is a software program which constantly records what has visually occurred on your computer. Retrospection works very much like a VCR that is constantly recording what has been displayed on the computer monitor. When an error occurs Retrospection makes it easy to play back what has occurred. Using Retrospection will help you review what has happened. The review feature is useful for reading the error messages that you most likely skipped by and did not read.

Retrospection also has a feature to export your captured history as a movie. This feature can be used to send a recorded movie to another individual. Watching a movie is much easier then trying to explain what exactly happened.

Getting Started

Retrospection consists of two programs:

Retrospection Viewer

The Retrospection Viewer is used to review past activity. Some of the more prominent features are:

· Watch screen activity in forward and reverse mode

· Pause and copy current image to the Windows Clipboard

Retrospection Capture Engine (Server)

The Retrospection Capture Engine runs in the background, its job is to capture and save screen activity. Screen activity is only recorded when some is actually using the computer.  The Capture Engine is designed to use a low amount of the computers resources.  Please see The Retrospection Capture Engine Features and Settings for more details.

Getting Help

You can get help for Retrospection at any time.

To get help for the currently-displayed tab or dialog, select Retrospection Help from the Help menu or press F5.

To find a help topic in the Help viewer:

1) Use one of the following methods:

· To browse through the contents, click the Contents tab. Double-click topic folders to open them.

· To see a list of index entries, click the Index tab, then type a word or scroll through the list.

· To locate every occurrence of a word or phrase that may be contained in a help file, click the Search tab, and then type the word.

2) Click the contents entry, index entry, or search results entry to display the corresponding topic.

Please make sure to also check www.captivedevelopments.com for additional help items.

Tips

• Click the Back button to display the previously displayed topic. Click the Forward button to display the next topic in a previously displayed sequence of topics.
• Click the Hide or Show buttons to hide or show the navigation pane in the Help window.
• To print multiple topics, select a book on the Contents tab, click Print, then choose to print the selected topic and all subtopics.