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Continuous extraction

See Prompt action (<prompt> element)

  • Set the Continuous Extract option
  • Specify the area of the host terminal
  • Specify an extraction name
  • Specify TEXT_PLANE as the data plane
  • Specify the variable in which you want the text to be stored
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