start capture of incoming data through macro

[Jblice]

I'm trying to write a MACRO for MYXTRA-EXTRA! that will capture an incoming data stream to a file directly. Although I can do this using the Capture incoming data function on the menu option, what is the way to initiate and then terminate the capture through the macro?

Thanks.

 

[IknowMe]

How much data do you need to collect? It's relatively easy to capture parts or all of a given screen. What would be your triggers or reasons for starting/stopping the capture?

Here's how to capture and write a full screen to text on the session I use.

yourdata = yourscreen.Area(1,1,24,80)

Open "C:/blah/blah/yourfile.txt" For Output As #1
Write #1, yourdata
Close #1

you can also use a specific location in liu of the whole screen

 

[Jblice]

The amount of data is variable. There is a stream of data that will take up one or more screens.