Re: screen scraping

Brad,
I find Rumba 95/NT or 2000 ObjectX and HLLAPI very robust and stable
in comparison to Attachemate's products--that is only
my personal preferance.
cheers Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 4:25 AM
Subject: RE: screen scraping


> Brad, the basic APIs for screen scraping are all pretty similar, AFAIK.
The
> best place to find them are from 5250 emulation vendors.  Among them:
>
> Glink for Java
> Red Oak Software
> Attachmate
> Mochasoft
> Rumba
> OpenConnect
>
> Also, IBM has its own set of APIs called HACL, the Host Access Class
> Library.
>
> Joe
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brad Jensen
> > Subject: screen scraping
> >
> > We do an imaging package on the PC that works with the AS/400.
> > SOme of our users want screen scraping to either load the image
> > database, or lookup images tied to a regular 5250 screen.
> >
> > I know there are lots of emulators out there, and that some of
> > them at least have an API for doing the screen scraping functions.
> > My questions are
> >
> > which emulators are the most popular?
> >
> > (Cleint Access, Rumba, etc.)
> >
> > do other emulators mimic the Client Access APIs, or do they all
> > have their own functionality and structure.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
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