Hi Bill!

I had the same problem some months ago. I was trying to get some data from a couple of Unix boxes and cut/paste into my reports. I try to make my own client but I had something wrong on the DO/DONT/WILL/WONT thing. Some Unix boxes (HP, Solaris) worked fine and some don’t (SCO, BSD). After many frustrating nights of coding, I found a very good example written in VB. The client was written by “Ian Storrs” and posted on http://storrs.home.ml.org/video/telnet.zip. I check the http page where I get the code, but is no longer working. Anyway I have the source, I could email you the project, it’s a 20k-zip file.

I guess you can use that example as a start point. Right now, I’m using it with some modifications. I added some functions for scripting (wait for WHO, then send ME!) and make a very simple OCX that calls the main form of the telnet client. Then I use that OCX inside my excel documents, add some VB-scripting that’s it! Reports to go!


Ruben (The Backup Guy)
Lonely 3rd Shift Operator