Question Can you copy & paste into a form?

[greaseman]

Not sure if this is the right forum spot, but....

Can you copy from a mainframe (VM/CMS) screen and then paste the copied info into an Access 2007 form or screen? If so, what's the best way to do it, and what might be some headaches to avoid?

Thanks in advance!

 

[KenHigg]

It's called a 'screen scrape' and you can do it with 'sendkeys'. Maybe that'll get you started -

 

[KenHigg]

(btw - I'm guessing you can do it in 07, I haven't used it )

 

[MagicMan]

Use keyword clipboard in Access 2007 help.

 

[greaseman]

MagicMan and KenHigg,

Thanks for your responses... I'm not that familiar with SendKeys, but think I can figure it out.

Not sure if the clipboard will do what I want from a VM/CMS machine, but will play around with it.

Thanks again!

 

[MagicMan]

Im a mainframer from way back, if you do the clip to the clipboard on the mainframe in a window's frame, it should work.