Q91679: Terminal: Sending Incoming Text Data to a Text File

Article: Q91679
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
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Last Modified: 05-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11 
- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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This article discusses two methods available in Terminal to save incoming text
data to a text file. These text files can later be viewed from any text editor
such as Notepad.

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Method 1: Receive the Text File
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The receive-text-file method is the desirable way to capture incoming data in
Terminal to save to disk. The following example outlines using this method to
capture all incoming data and save it to disk as the file TERM.TXT.

For example:

1. From the Transfers menu, choose Receive Text File.

2. In the dialog box, type a filename such as TERM.TXT. If the filename already
  exists on the drive, you will be given the option to append or replace the
  file.

3. Choose the OK button.

Terminal displays a status bar at the bottom of the screen that displays the
number of bytes received and the filename that is being received. Even if you
are not receiving a file, Terminal treats the incoming data as a file.


The status bar also has options to pause or stop the text file capture. Use Pause
if you would like to temporarily suspend the capturing of the data and Stop when
you are finished capturing the incoming screen data.

NOTE: This method directly replaces the Capture command from Windows versions
2.0, 2.03, 2.1, and 2.11.

For more information about this method, see "Receiving Text Files" on pages
399-400 for the "Microsoft Windows User's Guide" for version 3.1. For Microsoft
Windows 3.0, see pages 340-341 of the "Microsoft Windows User's Guide" for
version 3.0.

Method 2: Print to a File
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The second method involves setting up a printer to print to file.

To use this method follow these steps:

1. In Terminal, from the Settings menu choose Printer Echo.

2. Configure your active printer driver to print to a file. This gives you a
  text print file that can be copied to your printer. By using the Generic/Text
  only driver, you can make a text file that can be easily edited by a text
  editor (for example, Notepad or Word).

Additional query words: 3.10 buffer snapshot

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