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  3. Macro Programming Guide
  4. Developing macros
  5. Macro actions
  6. The actions
  7. Extract action (<extract> element)
  8. Capturing text
  9. Set the Continuous Extract option
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            • Box selection action (<boxselection> element)
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              • Capturing text
                • Set the Continuous Extract option
                • Specify the area of the session window
                • Specify an extraction name
                • Specify TEXT_PLANE as the data plane
                • Specify the variable in which you want the text to be stored
              • Treatment of nulls and other undisplayable characters
              • Capturing a rectangular area of the session window
              • Capturing a sequence of text from the session window
              • Unwrap Text option
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Set the Continuous Extract option

If you want to capture a rectangular block of text, then set the Continuous Extract option to false (this is the default value). For more information, see Capturing a rectangular area of the session window.

In contrast, if you want to capture a continuous sequence of text that wraps from line to line, then set the Continuous Extract option to true. For more information, see Capturing a sequence of text from the session window .

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