InfoConnect for Airlines VBA Guide
CreditCardRecognized Event (Terminal)
Attachmate.Reflection.Objects.Emulation.OpenSystems Library > Terminal Object : CreditCardRecognized Event

This event occurs when an unredacted Primary Account Number (PAN) is copied from the terminal (for example, when the PAN is copied to the clipboard).

This event is enabled by configuring settings on the Setup Information Privacy dialog box. For more information, see "Logging Credit Card Access" in the InfoConnect VBA Guide.

Syntax
private Sub Terminal_CreditCardRecognized (
   ByVal sender As Object, _
   ByVal accountNumber As String, _
   ByVal user As String, _
   ByVal machineName As String, _
   ByVal userDomainName As String, _
   ByVal dateTime As String, _
   ByVal eventType As String, _
   ByVal success As Long _
)

Parameters

sender
Sender of event.
accountNumber
The card number (in redacted format) that was recognized.
user
The Windows user name of the current user.
machineName
The machine name (as set up in the system control panel).
userDomainName
The domain that the user is logged onto, or an empty string if not logged onto a Windows domain.
dateTime
The date and time that the event occurred.
eventType
The type of access that the credit card number was encountered in (eg. LiveScreen, OfficeTools, ScreenHistory, etc).
success
Reserved for future use. This currently always returns a success return code.
Remarks

This event occurs only when a PAN is copied in its entirety ("in the clear"). It is not fired when only redacted PANs are copied.

Example
This sample sends information to a log file when unredacted PAN data is displayed in productivity features (such as screen history) or copied from the terminal.
Rem This sample sends information about credit card access to a log file.
 
Private Sub Terminal_CreditCardRecognized(ByVal sender As Variant, ByVal AccountNumber As String, ByVal User As String, _ 
ByVal MachineName As String, ByVal UserDomainName As String, ByVal DateTime As String, ByVal EventType As String, ByVal success As Long)
 
    Dim accessLog As String
    Dim path As String
    Dim fnum As Integer
 
    accessLog = "Account number: " + AccountNumber + " User: " + User + _
    " Machine name: " + MachineName + "," + " Time: " + DateTime
 
    path = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Micro Focus\InfoConnect\" & "log.txt"
    fnum = FreeFile()
    Open path For Append As fnum
    Print #fnum, accessLog
    Close #fnum
 
End Sub
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