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In DOS and Win Batch files the commandline to output a particular file's
contents to another file would be
example1.txt > example2.txt
and can be read as
"source filename" "output to" "target filename"
Copy and Paste are basic mouse click functions in the Win95 environment ever
since (first release) in 1995, and has also an older but still usable equivelant, the
DOS keystrokes "Ctrl"+"C" to copy contents to Clipboard and "Ctrl"+"V" to paste
Clipboards contents to a (pre) selected file's section.
However Win95 was developed not to use the keyboard as the (communicating)
inter-act Tool for users input anymore, instead the mouse was to get controll.
Most Win95-compatible programs indeed let user fully (mouse) "click" around to
find their way around and also to work comfortly within a program.
But since we are (hungry) missing out on some vital mouse controll-button functions
in the MetaStock for Windows (and its sub-) program(s), eg the Scan+SysTest+
ExpAdv, and this "for Windows" is then added to certainly comply with and to the
Windows OS standards, eg enabling user to "only have to click" to enable commands,
for instance when using the "Copy To Clipboard" and "Copy To File" commands, eg
the missing dialog window's buttons, then below is another nifty way to make up for
the programs shortcomings in clickable buttons and also to enable any further automatic
copy+paste routines.
Below is another nifty way to output reports created by "lazy" and buttonless
(Copy To Clipboard) or (Copy To) or (Send to) program: Metastock + sub-programs.
Create a few "Shortcut To" links with names like "Report1" or "Report2" or "SysTest1"
or "SysTest2" , place them in the Menu Start and paste the following as the command line
C:\Utils\CLIP2TXT -T C:\Windows\Desktop\Report1.TXT
where Clip2TXT program is stored in the Utils folder and report is (later) to be
found on the DeskTop.
Now run the appropiate program to have the Scanner or System Tester creating
a report and in report select a line and hit the "Ctrl"+"C" keys and then click the
appropiate "shortcut to"-link (eg Report1 or SysTest2 etc.) in the StartMenu.
Report's contents are then also visable by double clicking the ReportX found on
the desktop, eg it will be automaticaly opened by TXT-assigned program NotePad.
It is not an overwhelmingly good or simple way as in how to print text(a report)
to a file, but then again, it is not a very convenient way either, to have to use
a program(MS) that should be capable to do so, but by its creators is not
(as yet !! designed) to be able to make full use of its main (+very modern)
operating system environment, eg being announced to be Win95 and Off97
compatible as well(then why old DOS routines?), and thus not using this (to others
very "simple") Operating System(Win95) to its full availability and advantage.
Just check out OfficePro97, PaintShopPro50, WinFaxPro80 and OmniPage90 to
see what programs are capable off, with (everyday) standard Win95 features, and
how poorly some of the standard features are(or better : are not even) setup in MS.
(On the other hand, where would we be without Metastock's Charts(Smart), Scanner,
SysTester and ExpAdvisor Tools, so also 4 up for the MS program).
Regards,
Ton Maas
ms-irb@xxxxxx
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CLIP2TXT: Copy the Windows Clipboard contents to a File Version 1.0a
Copyright (c) 1999 James Greene Informatics Consulting <greene@xxxxxxxx>
http://gucc.org/greene/consult
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CONTENTS
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1) What is CLIP2TXT
2) Installing CLIP2TXT
3) Using CLIP2TXT
4) Known Issues and Limitations
5) Support
6) Source Code availability
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What is CLIP2TXT?
-----------------
CLIP2TXT is a FREEWARE command line utility for Windows 9x/NT batch files.
CLIP2TXT will copy the contents of the Windows Clipboard to the screen or to
a file.
James Greene Informatics Consulting also provides TEXT2CLP, a command
line utility to copy the contents of a file to the Windows clipboard.
Installing CLIP2TXT
-------------------
CLIP2TXT is a single Win32 character-mode executable. It does not require
any additional .DLLs or other files, but will only run in a Windows 9x or
Windows NT "DOS-Box".
To install CLIP2TXT:
1) Download the CLIP2TXT.ZIP file from
http://gucc.org/greene/software/clip2txt.zip
2) Use PKUNZIP, WinZIP or some other ZIP utility to extract the contents
of the CLIP2TXT.ZIP file.
It is recommended to put the CLIP2TXT.exe file in a directory that is
contained in the PATH, e.g. C:\Windows\Command on Windows 9x, or
C:\WinNT\System32 on Windows NT.
Using CLIP2TXT
--------------
Usage: CLIP2TXT.exe [options] filename [options]
Options: ( /option and --option are also accepted )
-d[isplay] = Display the clipboard contents on the screen.
-h[elp] = Display this usage information.
-n[ologo] = Don't display the Copyright banner.
-q[uiet] = Same as -nologo.
-s[ilent] = Same as -nologo.
-t[ranslate] = Convert from Windows ANSI to MS-DOS ASCII codes.
-? = Same as -help.
Options are not case-sensitive, and can be abbreviated to one character.
The following options are all interpreted the same:
-d, /d, -D, /D, --DISPLAY, /Display, -dIsP, ... you get the idea!
If no filename is specified, the clipboard contents will be displayed on
the screen, translated for MS-DOS compatibility. In other words,
"CLIP2TXT > FOO.TXT" is equivalent to "CLIP2TXT -T FOO.TXT". If a filename
is specified, the -T option must also be specified.
Examples:
CLIP2TXT.exe FOO.TXT
Copies the Windows Clipboard contents to the file FOO.TXT in the current
directory.
C:\TEMP\CLIP2TXT\clip2txt.exe -t "C:\My Documents\Long File Name.txt"
Copies the Clipboard to the specified file. Filenames containing spaces must
be "enclosed in double quotes."
Known Issues and Limitations
----------------------------
* CLIP2TXT only works if the contents of the Windows Clipboard are text.
If the Clipboard contains graphics or other binary data, an error
message will be displayed, and the output file will be empty.
* CLIP2TXT v1.0 may not work if the Clipboard contains more than 64Kb of
text. This may be corrected in a future release.
Support
-------
CLIP2TXT Version 1.0 (20. January 1999)
Copyright (c) 1999 James Greene Informatics Consulting
CLIP2TXT comes with NO WARRANTY to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute copies of CLIP2TXT under the terms of the
GNU General Public License. For more information about these
matters, see the file named COPYING, or contact the author at
<greene@xxxxxxxx>
Please report any bugs to <greene@xxxxxxxx>
Source Code availability
------------------------
The ANSI C source code for CLIP2TXT is available from the author.
CLIP2TXT was developed in ANSI C, and compiled with Watcom C/C++ v11.0.
The source code archive (CLP2TXTS.ZIP) contains:
CLIP2TXT.C The program source code
CLIP2TXT.EXE The program executable
CLIP2TXT.ICO 32x32x16 and 16x16x16 icons
CLIP2TXT.RC Resource definitions (icon and version information)
CLIP2TXT.TGT Watcom IDE Target file
CLIP2TXT.TXT This file
CLIP2TXT.WPJ Watcom Project file
COPYING.TXT GNU General Public License and copying information
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