Save Screens to Word as Images
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This sample saves an image of a screen immediately before the screen data is transmitted and then appends the image to a Word file.

This sample applies only to IBM terminals

To run this sample

  1. In an Ibm terminal session, open the Visual Basic Editor and then copy the code into the ThisIbmScreen code window.
    Save image of screen in a Word file
    Copy Code 
     Sub PutImagesInWordDocument()
    Dim screenImage() As Byte
    Dim myWordApp As Object, myWordDoc As Object, ObjSelection As Object
    Dim fName As String, wfName As String
  
    'Error code returned by GetObject when application is not running
    Const ERR_APP_NOTRUNNING As Long = 429
  
    fName = Environ("USERPROFILE") & "\My Documents\ReflectionScreen.bmp"
    wfName = Environ("USERPROFILE") & "\My Documents\log.docx"
     
    'Get the current screen image and save it
    screenImage = ThisIbmTerminal.Productivity.ScreenHistory.GetLiveScreenImage()
    Open fName For Binary Access Write As #1
    Put #1, , screenImage
    Close #1
      
    On Error Resume Next
    'Get a handle to the Word Object
    Set myWordApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
  
    'If not open, create a word instance and document
    If Err = ERR_APP_NOTRUNNING Then
        Set myWordApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
        Set myWordDoc = myWordApp.Documents.Add()
        'Write the user profile to the top of the file
        myWordApp.selection.TypeText Environ("USERPROFILE")
    
    'If open, get the document named log.docx file
    Else
        myWordDoc = Nothing
        'If log.docx is open, use it for the document
        For Each doc In myWordApp.Documents
            If doc.Name = "log.docx" Then
                Set myWordDoc = doc
            End If
        Next
        'If not open, create a new document
        If myWordDoc Is Nothing Then
            Set myWordDoc = myWordApp.Documents.Add()
            'Write the user profile to the top of the file
            myWordApp.selection.TypeText Environ("USERPROFILE")
        End If
      End If
    myWordApp.Visible = True
   
    'Put in text at the insertion point (selection)
    myWordApp.selection.TypeText "Screen closed at" & Now
  
    'Add the Screen image
    Set objShape = myWordApp.selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture(fName)
    'Save the word document with the wfname file name
    myWordDoc.SaveAs2 (wfName)
End Sub

Private Function IbmScreen_BeforeSendControlKey(ByVal sender As Variant, key As Long) As Boolean     
      PutImagesInWordDocument
      IbmScreen_BeforeSendControlKey = True    
End Function
                           
  2. Save the session and then reopen it.
  3. Enter some data in a terminal session screen and open the log.docx Word file to check the results.

Concepts

This sample handles the BeforeSendControlKey event to run the PutImagesInWordDocument Sub every time the program exits a screen.

PutImagesInWordDocument  gets an image of the screen using the GetLiveScreenImage() method on the ScreenHistory object and saves it to a binary file. It assigns an instance of Microsoft Word to the myWordApp variable. Then it gets the log.docx document (if it is open) or opens it and assigns it to the myWordDoc variable. 

Finally, it inserts a timestamp, the image of the screen in the binary file, and the user environment to the Word document and saves the document.

 

 

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