Searching Dialog: Downloading Results with Telnet

Scope

• Most telnet programs have the capability of easily capturing text from the screen.
• This is complemented by the type command of Dialog, which provides a continuous screen display of all the records that you have selected.
• The following example uses NCSA Telnet, a common, free version of telnet downloaded from such Web sites as:
  • Download.com (from CNET)
    • http://download.cnet.com
  • Tucows
    • http://www.tucows.com.

Process

• We will assume you have just done a search
  • Your results are in set 5 (s5).
  • You want to download the full-text records (we will assume that it is format #9) numbers 1, 3, 18-20.
• Type t s5/9/1,2,18-20 but DO NOT hit the <return> button.
• Do the following before hitting the <return> key:
  • Macintosh / NCSA Telnet Version
    • Click the mouse button on Session in the NCSA Telnet menu bar.
    • Pull the highlight down to the Capture Session to File line and release the mouse button.
    • All small window appears. Click on the pull-down menu at the top of the window and pull the highlight down to Desktop and release the mouse button.
    • Click on the icon representing your floppy disk.
    • Enter a name for the search record you are going to store on the floppy disk in the entry line below the "Save captured text as" line and click save.
    • Push the <return> key.
      • You are now capturing anything that displays on the screen or is input by the keyboard.
    • When all of the records have been displayed:
      • Click on the Session menu
      • Highlight the Capture Session to File line (which is checked) again.
      • This will turn off the capture process.
  • Windows-based PC / Telnet Version
    • Click the mouse button on File in the Telnet menu bar.
    • Pull the highlight down to the Start Capture line and release the mouse button.
    • All small window appears. Click on the pull-down menu at the top and pull down the highlight to Desktop and release the mouse button.
    • Click on the icon representing your floppy disk.
    • Enter a name for the search record you are going to store on the floppy disk in the entry line below the "Save captured text as" line and click save.
    • Push the <return> key.
      • You are now capturing anything that displays on the screen or is input by the keyboard.
    • When all of the records have been displayed:
      • Click on the File menu
      • Highlight the Start Capture line (which is checked) again.
      • This will turn off the capture process.
• Congratulations. You have now captured a set of records of a search to your floppy disk.
• You can edit it now with any word processor.

To: LT65 INDEX	To: GREENSHEET	To:	To: TOP OF PAGE:
So many urls. So little time. TM
(c) 1996-2003 - optimized for Netscape & 800x600 display