grantham@math.lsa.umich.edu (Jon Grantham) (11/07/90)
I have a program (NFL Pro League Football) that prints out lots of info. I'd prefer to capture that in a file, so I can just e-mail it to people instead of handing them printouts. It would save a lot of time, money & trees. Any suggestions (by e-mail?)? thanks. Jon -- grantham@math.lsa.umich.edu Jon_Grantham@ub.cc.umich.edu grantham@super.org
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (11/07/90)
In article <1990Nov7.000305.14502@math.lsa.umich.edu> grantham@math.lsa.umich.edu (Jon Grantham) writes: >I have a program (NFL Pro League Football) that prints out lots of info. >I'd prefer to capture that in a file, so I can just e-mail it to people : An extract from my FAQ (available as /pc/ts/tsfaq11b.arc at uwasa.fi by anonymous fto or mail server): 1. ***** Q: I want to capture to a file everything that comes on the screen. How do I do this? A: There are two sets of programs that are useful here. The first set consist of programs which automatically capture to a file everything that comes on the screen. Examples of these "scrolling" programs are /pc/pd2/concpy11.zip (or whatever version is the latest) and /pc/pd2/script11.zip. The second set are the "static" programs which capture a snapshot of the screen, or a portion of the screen at the invocation of a hot key. Get /pc/pd2/snippr22.zip for such a utility. Another is /pc/printer/lamneth.zip which redirects the results of pressing the PrintScreen key to a file instead of the printer. Please note that these programs only work for the text mode. They won't capture graphics output. (The same also goes for the next Q&As). 2. ***** Q: I want to get printed everything that comes to the screen. How can I achieve this? A: Simple. First capture the output to a file (see the previous Q&A) and then print the file. 3. ***** Q: How can I direct all output to a file instead of the printer? A: There is a good utility called /pc/pd2/lptx.zip exactly for this purpose. It comes in several versions. There is another utility /pc/printer/prn2file.zip which I haven't tested myself, but should be good judging from the comments of the others. ................................................................... The wares are available by anonymous ftp from chyde.uwasa.fi, Vaasa, Finland, 128.214.12.3, or by using our mail server (use the latter if, and only if you don't have anonymous ftp). If you are not familiar with anonymous ftp or mail servers, I am prepared send prerecorded instructions on request. (If you don't get the instructions from me within a few days, it will mean that your email address cannot be reached by a simple email reply, and you wouldn't be able to utilize the mail server anyway.) ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun