>I'm currently investigating how we could automatically fill in a mainframe app form via 3270 emulation.
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>Here's the scenario: We have an app that allows an case worker to fill out an application. This application's data is then stored in a table. Next, the case worker has to fire up a 3270 emulator, bring up the mainframe app and re-enter the data. Hisssssssss. We are NOT allowed to connect to the host system directly.
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>Apparently, there are systems running that will read the data from a table and automatically fill in the application that's running on the host system with the data.
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>Anybody have any ideas on how this is done? Is there some 3rd party software out there that allows this? Any information would be greatly appreciated!
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Gax, you might want to investigate AttachMate; it has a very powerful 3270 emulator with some form fill capabilities. And if TPTB ever get a bit more reasonable about connectivity issues, it has a dynamite interface to several different transfer and iteraction environments as well.
>TIA