Zugg Software :: View topic - access scrollback (buffer) from COM object

Apprentice Joined: 31 Jan 2002 Posts: 129 Location: Norway

Hello, i was just wondering if it is possible to access the entire scrollback (buffer) throught the COM Server in zmud. i cannot find any function for it in zmud.inc or any builtin variable that could referr to this object..

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5187

Sorry there is nothing to directly access it. If your really desperate to do this there is a round-about way. You would have to set the preferences to save the buffer when logging, create a log, then open it with #FILE and probably %grep for what you want.

Also you can use the #SCROLL command to locate something for reading, the above assumes you want to have the data available to a script.

Enchanter Joined: 20 Nov 2002 Posts: 627 Location: USA

I am a little fuzzy on his use of "COM' server.
If he means Zmud as a hole then there is a way to get a partial list
and Vijilante's sugestion on keeping a log

If he means useing some sort of develepors kit or outside program, then I don't know.

Apprentice Joined: 31 Jan 2002 Posts: 129 Location: Norway

Well, i have made a program (http://dlogs.net/logedit/) that allows direct copy paste from zmud to the program, that keeps colors, and allows the user to save as html and rtf. However i was hoping to make it so the program could get the scrollback from zmud itself instead of through user interaction, this could of cource be integrated as a "save as html" menu function etc in a future zmud plugin. Since i couldnt find any parameter for the scollback in the zmud com documentation, i looked for a command i could use with zMUDFunction or zMUDCommand, however i couldnt find anything there either.

I think i will make it so one can save the log to a specific file, and my program will monitor this file.