WaitForText2 Method (IbmScreen)

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Waits for the specified text to appear at the specified rectangle area specified. TextComparisonOption indicates desired text string comparison.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

expression.WaitForText2( _
   ByVal timeout As Integer, _
   ByVal text As String, _
   ByVal startRow As Integer, _
   ByVal startColumn As Integer, _
   ByVal endRow As Integer, _
   ByVal endColumn As Integer, _
   ByVal option As TextComparisonOption _
) As ReturnCode

where expression is a variable that represents a IbmScreen Object

Parameters

timeout: Wait timeout value in milliseconds.
text: Text string.
startRow: Start row.
startColumn: Start column.
endRow: End row.
endColumn: End column.
option: A TextComparisonOption Enumeration value that defines how text is compared against the text on the host screen.

Return Value

One of the following ReturnCode enum values.

Member	Description
Cancelled	Cancelled.
Error	Error.
PermissionRequired	Permission is required.
Success	Success.
Timeout	Timeout condition.
Truncated	The text is truncated.

Example

This sample uses the WaitForText2 method to navigate to a the "Edit - Entry Panel" Screen on the Reflection IBM3270 demo and writes some text on the last screen. To run this sample, create a 3270 session and set the Host name / IP address to demo:ibm3270.sim. Then paste this code into a VBA module and then run the macro from the login screen.

Visual Basic

Sub NavigateWithWaitForText2()
    'Declare application, terminal, and view object variables:
    Dim terminal As Attachmate_Reflection_Objects_Emulation_IbmHosts.IbmTerminal
    Dim screen As Attachmate_Reflection_Objects_Emulation_IbmHosts.IbmScreen
 
    Set terminal = ThisIbmTerminal
  
    'Get a handle to the Screen object and navigate to the screen we
    'want to enter the data on
    
    Set screen = terminal.screen
  
    'Navigate to the screen
    rcode = screen.SendControlKey(ControlKeyCode_Transmit)
    
    rcode = screen.WaitForText2(2000, "LOGON", 1, 1, 24, 80, TextComparisonOption_MatchCase)
    rcode = screen.SendKeys("ISPF")
    rcode = screen.SendControlKey(ControlKeyCode_Transmit)
  
    rcode = screen.WaitForText2(2000, "OPTION", 2, 2, 24, 80, TextComparisonOption_MatchCase)
    rcode = screen.SendKeys("2")
    rcode = screen.SendControlKey(ControlKeyCode_Transmit)
  
    rcode = screen.WaitForText2(2000, "COMMAND", 2, 2, 24, 80, TextComparisonOption_MatchCase)
      
    'Put some text into a field on the last screen
    rcode = screen.PutText2("Finished", 5, 18)
 
   
End Sub

Reference

IbmScreen Object
IbmScreen Members

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