"Scraping" Data after the Client Screen has Refreshed

[tescojez]

Please can you experts advise me on this.

I'm having huge arguments about this. I need to ensure that the attachmate client has refreshed the screen before my macro starts to gather the data.

Am I right in saying that Sess0.Screen.WaitHostQuiet(g_HostSettleTime) is, in essence, just a "pause".... therefore the screen hasn't, necessarily refresh the screen - before my macro triggers data colection?

Alternatively, grabbing the total area before triggering the next refresh of the screen (in our case <PF8>) via such a function as ".....Area(2,46,2,53)". Then comparing it with an immediate ....Area. Is .Area guaranteed to ensure the screen has refreshed.

What I do is to find a line, at the bottom, (and after any data I need to collect...) And loop until it changes.... then I collect data above.

Is there a more immediate solution to this

 

[SkipVought]

Hi,

There are several Wait... properties of the screen object. They each have their advantages. Check the FAQ in this forum also.

Use code like this...

with oScreen
'issue a control command
  .SendKeys "<SomeKey>"
  do
    DoEvents
  loop until .SomeWaitMethod
end with

There's also the OIA XStatus returns the status of the XClock.

Skip,
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[Bofo415]

Your are right it's just a pause

 

[tescojez]

Thanks for your help