I need to scrape data from a Reflection for IBM session (TN3270 -- terminal emulator).
Screen Scrape is the ability to capture a selection of text from a legacy screen.
The only problems is that our client is using a Citrix ICA Server as an application server which sends the Reflection application to our workstations - Thin Client.
If you can think of it as a PC Anywhere type of session, it may help.
The terminal emulator (Reflection for IBM) does not reside on our workstation. It is neither installed on our hard-drives nor on our servers.
Our client is giving us a Citrix ICA connection (an icon), and through that connection it facilitates the log in and activates this terminal emulator.
This is where I'm stumped. Without having the application resident on our side, I cannot create an object and use any of it's methods or functions.
Is there a workaround for this?
Are there any API calls that I can use?
I'm experimenting with GetWindowsText API and I can get the window handle of this session. But, I don't know what to do next.