By default, the capture file is called "wtcsave.txt" and is located in the WintextCom installation folder. If automatic capture mode is enabled, the default interval between automatic capture file updates is 2 minutes. You can change both these parameters.

To make changes to capture file settings, use the "%C" setup directive in the settings file or on the command line. The "C" must be uppercase. Following "C" is a status byte, which must be a plus or minus sign ("+" or "-"). The default status byte is "-", automatic capture mode off. If the status byte is "+", automatic capture mode is automatically enabled at program startup or after an on-the-fly settings change.

Following the status byte is the specification of the capture file. This can be a full path. Use "~" to specify the program installation folder (for example, the default specification is "~wtcsave.txt"). If only a filename or relative path is specified, the capture file is assumed to reside or be created in or under the WintextCom workspace, which can be opened by pressing Alt+K. By working with a capture file in the workspace, you can easily access it independently of the interpreting session to process the accumulated text. On the other hand, you could specify the capture file to be on a removable medium such as a floppy diskette or memory stick, if you are creating the record for somebody else's use; it is then accumulated in place and does not need copying from your computer's hard disk after the session. Automatic saving when automatic capture mode is enabled does not interfere with the interpreting if a capture file on a removable medium is being used, since it takes place in the background without bocking the operation of WintextCom. Note that a .txt extension is not automatically appended to the capture file specification, you must explicitly specify the required extension; this is usually ".txt", but could be different depending upon how you intend to process the file.

After the capture file, you can optionally specify the interval between automatic saves in automatic capture mode. To do this, place an oblique stroke ("/") as separator immediately after the filename and then the required interval in milliseconds (the default is 120000). If no number is specified after the oblique stoke, or it is 0 or contains non-numeric characters, the default setting is used.

If the status byte is "+", automatic capture mode is enabled during program initialisation or settings updating. This option would normally be used to have automatic capture mode already enabled as soon as WintextCom starts up. Enabling automatic capture mode in this way does not give you the option to continue a previous session, however, if a capture file already exists, it will be overwritten without prompting. It is permissible to just specify the status byte in the capture file configuration, so as to enable/disable automatic capture mode using the capture file already in use, which will be the default unless it has been set by a previous use of the capture file configuration switch. For example, you can use "%C+" to enable automatic capture mode without changing any other settings.

You can also change the size of the Braille view of the communications file with this setup directive. The only point in doing so would be if, for whatever reason, you require that more or less than the default 32K of text should be available to the Braille reader at any time, or if there is a need to reduce the memory load on the PC. Changing this setting is only effective at program startup, it cannot be changed while WintextCom is running. To specify the amount of text that can be entered before older text is scrolled away and becomes unavailable on the Braille display, place the number of bytes required preceded by a semicolon (";") right at the end of the configuration string, after the filename and any automatic capture mode interval specification. If you enter just a semicolon, a value of 0 or an invalid value, the default is unchanged. When the amount of text available to the Braille reader would exceed the total amount permissible:

If the Braille display is still positioned at the beginning, new text is entered only into the visual window and is not made available to the Braille display.
Otherwise, all text behind the Braille display position, which is presumed to have been read, scrolls away, so that the current display position becomes the beginning as far as the Braille reader is concerned, then text entry continues as normal after what is left. The text in the visual window is not affected.

If the required capture file name or path contains spaces, surround the configuration string by double quotes, not including the directive itself and status bye. For example, %C+"capture file.txt".

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Capture File Settings