JET 3270 Documentation > Scripting > Recording
Recording and Automatically Generating a Script File
JET 3270 can automatically generate a simple script
file which mimics your keystrokes in response to a set of
screens received from the host.
To have JET 3270 automatically generate a simple
script file for you, follow these steps:
- Connect to the host and navigate to the screen at
which you want your script to start. If you want the
script to be a logon script, simply connecting to the
host.
- Start recording your session keystrokes by doing one
of the following:
- Press the "Record Session for Script" toolbar
button (a red circle)
- From the "Connection" menu, select "Record
Session for Script"
- Navigate through the set of host screens that you want
the script to automatically navigate.
- Stop recording your session keystrokes by doing one
of the following:
- Press the "Stop Recording" toolbar button (a black square)
- From the "Connection" menu, select "Stop Recording"
- Select the file to save the script as. If you are
using Netscape Communicator and JET 3270 asks
for permission to write to files stores on your
computer, grant it access.
If you make a mistake during your session recording, simply
stop recording, and press cancel when JET 3270
prompts you for the file name to save the script as. Then
re-navigate to your script starting point (disconnecting
from and reconnecting to the host if necessary), and start
recording again.
To test your script, you can assign the script to a key
combination. Then navigate to the script starting
point, and press your chosen key combination. If you want
the script to run immediately after you connect to the host
(i.e. a logon script), then configure the script as a logon script.
Note that the scripts produced automatically by JET
3270 are very simple. It is often advisable for you
to modify them as necessary to look for particular text (in
the script "waitfor" commands) to identify host screens,
and also to include "timeout" clauses to cope with
unexpected situations.
The session session recording function is disabled when the
disable_preferences applet
parameter is set to yes applet.
In this case the "Record Session for Script" toolbar button
and the "Record Session for Script" menu item on the "Connection"
menu are not displayed.
