BEC.SHAPIN@USC-ECL.ARPA (Ted Shapin) (12/23/85)
I am looking for a program that will stay resident and copy everything that other programs send to the console to a disk file. -------
W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Keith Petersen) (12/24/85)
I am looking for a program that will stay resident and copy everything that other programs send to the console to a disk file. Just such a program was recently uploaded to SIMTEL20: Filename Type Bytes CRC Directory PD:<CPM.SYSUTL> PHOTO.LBR.1 BINARY 6016 473BH PHOTO.COM makes a copy (takes a picture) of all screen displays and keyboard entries; and write these characters to a disk file. This is useful for getting all of the screen prompts from a given program that does not have a companion .DOC file that will tell you what to expect. To use PHOTO.COM for I/O capture, use the command line: A>PHOTO D:filename.typ D:program <PARAMETERS> Where: D: is the disk drive D:filename.typ -- is the file to be created by PHOTO.COM D:program is the program (PROGRAM.COM) whose screen prompts you want to copy <PARAMETERS> are the normal parameters you would enter after the program name (WS B:filename) Photo will continue to write all screen displays and keyboard entries to FILENAME.TYP until <CTRL>C is entered from the keyboard. EXCEPTIONS Unfortunately, if PROGRAM.COM contains certain hard device calls or screen controls these program elements may either defeat PHOTO.COM, or enter characters in FILENAME.TYP that will prevent the file from being edited by programs like WordStar. For Example, you want a file copy of the log on-messages in WordStar. The proper command line is: A>PHOTO D:WORDSTAR.MSG D:WS <RETURN> WORDSTAR.MSG will contain all of the WordStar signon messages, however, it will also contain screen control characters that will prevent WordStar from editing the file. If the file does not show you the expected text when you open it under WordStar, exit WordStar and try viewing it with: A>TYPE filename.ext If TYPE displays the text as you expect to see it, you must edit out the screen control characters with DDT, SID, DUU or some other ASCII file editor. If you are unable to access SIMTEL-20 because of network restrictions please remember that MOST of the new files announced to Info-Cpm are also available on my RCP/M Royal Oak (MI) which may be accessed at 300 bps (Bell 103a), 1200 bps (Bell 212a), or 2400 bps (V.22 bis). The telephone number is (313) 759-6569. They are also available from the CPM RoundTable on General Electric Information Services' GEnie. --Keith Petersen Arpa: W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA GEmail: W8SDZ uucp: {ihnp4,allegra,cmcl2,dual,decvax,mcnc,mcvax,vax135}!seismo!w8sdz