## WorkShop Visual Capture Overview

WorkShop Visual Capture allows you to capture dialogs from a running Motif application and drag them into visu. Whether the application has been "hand-crafted" or designed using a GUI builder, WorkShop Visual Capture can create an "xd" file of the application's design.

WorkShop Visual Capture supports both Interface Operation and Command Line Operation.

### Before Using WorkShop Visual Capture

For successful operation of WorkShop Visual Capture, the Motif application you wish to record must have been dynamically linked with the Xt library (libXt). On many UNIX implementations, you can find out whether the application has been dynamically or statically linked with libXt by typing:

    ldd AnApplication

On HP systems, use the chatr(1) command and on Silicon Graphics systems, elfdump(1).

If the output mentions libXt, the application has been dynamically linked with the Xt library and can be used with WorkShop Visual Capture. If this library is not present, the application has probably been statically linked with the Xt library. You will have to relink your application with the Xt shared library if you want to use WorkShop Visual Capture.

WorkShop Visual Capture is completely non-intrusive and will not affect either the performance or the behavior of an application.

See also:

- WorkShop Visual Capture Tutorial
- WorkShop Visual Capture Tips and Hints