has somehow find a word written on the screen of a mainframe emulator

[bbsbruno]

I have an application that User enter to see if the process is released, only this application is 3270 emulator (IRMA), I wanted to check if you have a specific word on his screen and write to a variable, because then I'll consult the database .

[Jos]

16 minutes ago, bbsbruno said:

Application is 3270 emulator (IRMA)

Talking about a "blast from the past".

Have you checked with au3info.exe to see whether there is any data available in the control or window parts?

  Jos

Edited March 7, 2016 by Jos

[water]

Does the emulator provide a COM API?

[bbsbruno]

Water , It does not have API, at least I unaware.

 

Jos ,these are the screen information, has no title only class.

 

I'm sorry for my bad English. I'm still learning .

 

>>>> Window <<<<
Title:    
Class:    MdiFrame
Position:    -4, -4
Size:    1032, 746
Style:    0x17CF0000
ExStyle:    0x00000100
Handle:    0x00180202

>>>> Control <<<<
Class:    MdiEmuChild
Instance:    1
ClassnameNN:    MdiEmuChild1
Name:    
Advanced (Class):    [CLASS:MdiEmuChild; INSTANCE:1]
ID:    36864
Text:     SERPRO.EMU [A]
Position:    -4, 0
Size:    1032, 673
ControlClick Coords:    418, 301
Style:    0x57C70000
ExStyle:    0x00000140
Handle:    0x000B0156

>>>> Mouse <<<<
Position:    414, 347
Cursor ID:    0
Color:    0x00FFFF

>>>> StatusBar <<<<

>>>> ToolsBar <<<<

>>>> Visible Text <<<<
 SERPRO.EMU [A]
 SERPRO.EMU [A]
 SERPRO.EMU [A]
Standard
Graphics

>>>> Hidden Text <<<<
Graphics
 

 

[Jos]

Assume you are using tn3270 and not a good old IRMA card with a BNC coaxial connection.
Didn't  IRMA contain its own internal scripting option to automate things?

Jos

[bbsbruno]

It has an internal function but seems to be more difficult to use than the autoit not know if it connects to the database

[Jos]

Understand, but am not sure you can easily use AutoIt3 scripting unless it can interface to the internal information.
It will need some sort of API or COM interface as water stated for it to work.

Jos  

[bbsbruno]

I managed to find the word on the screen using _ClipBoard_GetData ($ CF_TEXT)

[Jos]

That means you first did a Copy in the Irma session as the data in present in the Clipboard?

Jos

[bbsbruno]

yes it was the way I found. I make a copy to clipboard and check if there is the word.
Now I will try to write to a variable.

[Jos]

That could work, but hope your system response time is pretty consistent or else it could be difficult to know whether the screen is done building.

Jos 

[bbsbruno]

I will try to do so, I thought I'd paste in notepad, but I think it would be slower. I'll try to see if there is the word, write to a variable and write to the database, the information being within the database put a procedure or trigger to the rest of the operation. Let's see if it will work

[junkew]

 

Clipget and clipput functions? 

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/ClipGet.htm

Why paste to notepad?