[Diy_efi] Haltech Data Logging

[Ben P]

so what does that print to the text file? The data that it saves, displays, 
or everything that the program 'sees'?

>From: Bill - Comcast <b.shaw at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
>To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
>Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] Haltech Data Logging
>Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:21:00 -0400
>
>Can you pipe the output to a text file?
>
>If your program's name is haltech.exe and you want the data to end up in a 
>file called test1.txt,  try a command line like this....
>
>haltech > test1.txt
>
>hth,
>
>Bill
>
>Ben P wrote:
>>well taking a screenshot of the data logging process in windows XP results 
>>in all of the data coming out in words (with the simple DOS borders coming 
>>out like ASCII art). I have since discovered that highlighting all of the 
>>'picture' in microsoft word, converting it into a monospace text (courier 
>>new), and changing the size to 8 point (i think thats it anyway) results 
>>in an ASCII picture, with all relevant data in the appropriate columns. 
>>However taking a shot of anything with real graphics (like the bar graph 
>>tuning screen on haltech units) results in meaningless mumbo jumbo (same 
>>characters as opening the datalog files in text, maybe a link here?).
>>
>>Taking a screenshot in Windows 98 however results in a normal screenshot 
>>(i believe this is because windows XP runs a dos emulator in windows, 
>>rather than a visual version of dos, as 98 does). This really sucks 
>>because 98 can't use memory sticks, and the computer hooked up to the dyno 
>>doesnt have a cd burner. So i have to put it on floppy, which is a long 
>>forgotten (for good reason) art...
>>
>>however I still can't get the data to view in anything other than the 
>>haltech program.
>>
>>Is it possible to tell a dos program to 'print' to a .txt file instead of 
>>the actual printer? as this would allow me to select the relevant data and 
>>put it into a word document for ease of viewing.
>>
>>Tomorow I will have a shot at hotwiring DOS on the 98 machine to open the 
>>datalog file in its own text viewer, maybe that will come up with 
>>something.
>>
>>any ideas/clues?
>>
>>thanks
>>Ben

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