Is there any possibility of reading a screen

mightyscorpashwin · New User Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 7 Location: tn

Is there any possibility of reading a screen? I have to read all details on the screen and write it onto a file. For example, I need to read the initial mainframe screen itself, then how do I do it?

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:13 pm

Gnanas N · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:13 pm

Yes,

You refer Panel as screen here, Right?

superk · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:34 pm

We use a product from BMC called OSPI (Open Systems Protocol Interface) that lets us do exactly what you're asking. Do you have a similar product available?

Devzee · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:36 am

Is it screen scraping?

ofer71 · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:15 pm

We use emulator's "print screen to file" command from an emulator macro.

O.

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:41 pm

Hello,

XOpen · New User Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 11 Location: Russia

I have probably the same questions. There is an application with many ISPF panels. To test them you should manually pass all posible paths. Is it possible to automate it from mainframe side? Something which will enter options to get next panel and all path then...

ps: I already saw programs which do that from PC side. Interested in mainframe solution...

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:39 pm

Hello,

There are products that provide this for cics, but i'm not aware of the same for tso/ispf.

What i have seen done is to "record" a session using the built-in recording feature of your 3270-emulator (i believe most have this - everything i've used has) and then play the recording back to do what you want.

superk · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:08 pm

The BMC OSPI tool works for ANY 3270 terminal session (TSO, ISPF, CICS, Netview).

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:18 pm

Hello,