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Deepakgoyal2005
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Hi,
For automating a manual task, I am trying to send data from excel sheet to mainframe application using VBA code. I am able to connect and communicate using following code,
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| Set MFscreen = GetObject("", "EXTRA.System").ActiveSession.Screen |
I am populating required string on mainframe screen using following code (which is working fine),
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| MFscreen.area(4, 9, 4, 10).Value = "ABCD" |
At an instance, I need to enter a value on mainframe screen in front of a particular string (say XYZ). For it, I would need the location of that particular string (XYZ) on mainframe screen. I am able to check that the required string (XYZ) is present on mainframe screen using below code,
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| MFscreen.WaitForString "XYZ" |
Although i am not able to check its (XYZ) mainframe screen position. Can anybody help in this regards? |
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Ed Goodman
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| Can you post a link to the Extra object reference? (Wherever you got GetObject("", "EXTRA.System").ActiveSession.Screen from) |
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Deepakgoyal2005
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Thanks for your reply Ed,
I had been using "GetObject("", "EXTRA.System").ActiveSession.Screen" for all my macros and is working fine to connect Excel to Mainframe. I wanted to know if there is some keyword or a simple way to check string location on mainframe screen.
To showcase the scenario, say I have following screen,
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TESTMENU COMPANY 09/27/13 11:51:42 0001
ABCDEFG TEST SCREEN SYSTEM VERSION: 000
SRN OPT DESCRIPTION
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_ XXX SERVICES 1
S YYY ABC SERVICES 2
_ ZZZ SERVICES 3
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As shown above, I want to know the location of 'YYY' on the mainframe screen and write 'S' in front of it and 'ABC' after the string. I am facing problem checking the location of string 'YYY' which is (07/07) in above example. Let me know if I had missed any information useful to analyze the issue. |
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Ed Goodman
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I totally get that. I was hoping you could post the link to the object refence manual so that I could look for something to help you with. I don't have the Attachmate books, so I can't help.
I've done lots of HLLAPI, and there is usually a large set of instructions for reading/writing the screen.
there's even small chance that the WaitFor method returns the location, but it's probably a single number so you'd have to do the math to get row/column. |
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