If you’re still using DOS or console mode (also refereed to as character mode) programs that doesn’t provide a way to export data, you maybe looking for a way to capture what’s displayed on such programs. This is how you can do it.
- Start a DOS box or a Command Prompt (DOS box) inside Windows.
To start command prompt in windows XP got to start > run and type in “cmd”Tip: If you dont like the colour combination of the command prompt, you may try these combinations
- green on black: Type in “color 0a” at command prompt.
- green on blue: type in ” color 1a” at commnad prompt.
use help color for more information…
- Start a DOS box or a Command Prompt (DOS box) inside Windows.
To start command prompt in windows XP got to start > run and type in “cmd”
- Run the character mode program that you want to import data from, and go to the screen with the data you want to capture.
- Right click the title bar of the DOS box
- Select “Edit | Mark”
- Click and drag the mouse until you select the data area that you want to copy. Press ENTER when you’ve finished selecting.
- Switch to the Windows program that you want to import the just copied data to, and select its paste function.
after changing the color, make me feel great…and next time i can told people my dos is not black color, is blue color one… lol