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EHLLAPI [message #411927] Wed, 20 October 2021 20:25 Go to previous message
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Originally posted by: J. Clarke

Some years back I put together a nice macro in Excel that greatly
simplified one of our tests. It used EHLLAPI to poke a bunch of test
cases into a 3270 screen (the test was specifically verifying that the
code behind that screen was pointing at the right data sources--using
JCL would have defeated the purpose), grab the output, pull it down to
a PC, pok it into Excel, and compare the results with what they were
supposed to be. Turned an all-day pain in the butt job into about 20
keystrokes most of which were login and password, watch the screen
flash, and look at the nice pretty workbook that already has any
issues highlighted.

Well, the Powers That Be decided that we shall have 64-Bit Excel, and
Attachmate/Micro Focus/NetManage/whoever the H owns Rumba this week
doesn't have an EHLLAPI that works with 64 bit Excel. Before I
rewrite the whole damned thing in Python with an open source 3270
emulator, does anybody have an idea where I might find an EHLLAPI that
works with 64-bit Excel?

Thanks all.
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