mainframe

[jbu20]

how can i get an output of an mainframe console?

[Dave Kreskowiak]

That depends entirely upon what your using to do the terminal emulation. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

[mcljava]

3270, 5250 Terminal Emulation packages are usually provided by IBM or similar IBM approved suppliers. VT52, VT100 from HP these days. In all cases the undertaking of writing terminal emulation is well beyond the scope of what is possible to discuss here. These days, many mainframes have a TCP/IP session if you are so lucky. Many others have a SQL or DB2 interface, at the end of the day start with your exact requirement and start you search from there. Good Luck Mike Luster CTI/IVR/Telephony SME

[jbu20]

i want to hava a windows that will only show the reply that are open on a console and can answer that reply.

[Dave Kreskowiak]

Since you didn't really answer my question, I can take an educated guess and say that you don't have a terminal emulation package, library, or control, whatever... Without that, you're not talking to the mainframe. You either need to write one, which will probably take a considerable amount of time, or you need to start searching for a terminal emulation library. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome