PC Screen Scrape

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PC Screen Scrape reads data on most personal computer (PC) Windows-based application screens. It also operates in conjunction with the RVI One Look Viewer using a pc screen scrape profile setup on the IBM i.

PC Screen Scrape Requirements:

• Host system HTTP server must be configured and active
• Users QTMHHTTP and QTMHHTP1 must be enrolled in the System Distribution Directory
  

PC Screen Scrape Setup:

1. Open One Look in Internet Explorer
2. Navigate to the desired screen to be scraped, select CTRL+SHIFT+F5
   (One Look will display a message ‘No Screen Scrape Profile found.’)
3. Open an IBM i green screen session and navigate to an IBM i command line
4. Type GO IMAGE on the IBM i command line (RVILIB must be in your library list)
5. Option 12 Screen Scrape Menu
   
   

6. Option 1 Maintain Screen Scrape Profiles (Manual)
   

7. F6 = Add New PC Profile
   

8. Specify a Screen Scrape Profile Name
   

9. Select an Image System Code
   

10. F3 to exit the Screen Scrape Profile Maintenance Screen
    

11. Put a P next to the profile name
    

12. Select yourname.TXT file (this file is created in Step 1)
    

13. Type a Screen Scrape Profile Name or press Enter for a list of existing profiles
    

14. Put your cursor on the starting position of the Unique Screen Identifier then press F1
15. Put your cursor on the ending position of the Unique Screen Identifier then press F2
    

16. Set Index 00 to designate the previously selected value as your Unique Screen Identifier (Subsequent Index designations should correspond to the index being defined.)
    
17. Repeat Steps 14 – 16 for each index value to be defined

PC Screen Scrape Test:

• Open One Look in Internet Explorer
• Navigate to the desired pc screen to be captured
• Press CTRL+SHIFT+F5 to capture the screen
  

If the screen scrape profile was successfully setup, One Look will display a subfile list of your results.

PC Screen Scrape Example:
For the purpose of our example, assume that we set up the pc screen scrape profile to search for the value occurring after “Vendor Number:”.
First make the PC application window the active window and press the hot-key (ctrl-shift-F5).

Based on the vendor number 121, these results are displayed in the frames-based listing in One Look.

*For further details on the IBMi Screen Scrape menus and the use of a Pre-Scrape Profile when the data on the interface screen is not static, refer to Chapter 14 (Screen Scrape Menu Functions) in the RVI 90 IBMi User Manual.

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