Terminal: Sending Incoming Text Data to a Text File

• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11
• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

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

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.

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

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).