To create a view using its title text

1. Start Reflection 2008.
2. Create a session document, name it test , and connect it to the host.
3. In Visual Studio, create a new Console Application project.
4. In the New Project dialog box, type Get View and Session in the Name box.
5. Select the Create directory for solution box, click Browse to select your API projects folder (for example, C:\MyProjects), and then click OK.
6. In Solution Explorer, add the class assemblies. (For instructions, see Create an API Project.)
7. Copy the code from one of the following programs:

   Get View and Session (IBM)

   using System;

   using System.Collections.Generic;

   using System.Text;

   using Attachmate.Reflection.Framework;

   using Attachmate.Reflection.UserInterface;

   using Attachmate.Reflection.Emulation.IbmHosts;

   namespace GetViewAndControlByTitleText

   {

   class Program

   {

   static void Main(string[] args)

   {

   Attachmate.Reflection.Framework.Application reflectionApplication = MyReflection.CreateApplication("Reflection");

   if (reflectionApplication != null)

   {

   IView sessionView;

   //Get the Frame object.

   IFrame theFrame = (IFrame)reflectionApplication.GetObject("Frame");

   if (theFrame != null)

   {

   //Get the session view by using the title text. Title text appears on the tab of the loaded session in the running Reflection 2008 instance.

   sessionView = theFrame.GetViewByTitleText("test.rd3x");

   if (sessionView != null)

   {

   //Get the control embedded in the view.

   IIbmTerminal terminal = (IIbmTerminal)sessionView.Control;

   if (terminal != null)

   {

   IIbmScreen screen = terminal.Screen;

   screen.WaitForHostSettle(6000, 3000);

   string text = screen.GetText(18, 2, 48);

   Console.WriteLine("The text at row 18, column 2: " + text);

   Console.WriteLine("The session is connected to: " + terminal.HostAddress);

   }

   else

   Console.WriteLine("Fatal error. Check Reflection 2008 installation.");

   }

   else

   Console.WriteLine("No such view is open in Reflection 2008. Check the view's title text.");

   }

   else

   Console.WriteLine("Fatal error. Check Reflection 2008 installation.");

   }

   else

   Console.WriteLine("Failed to get Application object.");

   }

   }

   }

   Get View and Session (OpenSystems)

   using System;

   using System.Collections.Generic;

   using System.Text;

   using Attachmate.Reflection.Framework;

   using Attachmate.Reflection.UserInterface;

   using Attachmate.Reflection.Emulation.OpenSystems;

   namespace GetViewAndControlByTitleText

   {

   class Program

   {

   static void Main(string[] args)

   {

   Attachmate.Reflection.Framework.Application reflectionApplication = MyReflection.CreateApplication("Reflection");

   if (reflectionApplication != null)

   {

   IView sessionView;

   //Get the Frame object.

   IFrame theFrame = (IFrame)reflectionApplication.GetObject("Frame");

   if (theFrame != null)

   {

   //Get the session view by using the title text. Title text appears on the tab of the loaded session in the running Reflection 2008 instance.

   sessionView = theFrame.GetViewByTitleText("test.rdox");

   if (sessionView != null)

   {

   //Get the control embedded in the view.

   ITerminal terminal = (ITerminal)sessionView.Control;

   if (terminal != null)

   {

   IScreen screen = terminal.Screen;

   string text = screen.GetText(18, 2, 48);

   Console.WriteLine("The text at row 18, column 2: " + text);

   Console.WriteLine("The session is connected to: " + terminal.HostAddress);

   }

   else

   Console.WriteLine("Fatal error. Check Reflection 2008 installation.");

   }

   else

   Console.WriteLine("No such view is open in Reflection 2008. Check the view's title text.");

   }

   else

   Console.WriteLine("Fatal error. Check Reflection 2008 installation.");

   }

   else

   Console.WriteLine("Failed to get Application object.");

   }

   }

   }

8. In Visual Studio, paste the code to the Program.cs tab, replacing all existing code.
9. In the code, find the following line:

   sessionView=theFrame.GetViewByTitleText("");

10. In the quotation marks, type the filename and extension of the session document that you created in step 2 (for example, test.rdox), making sure to match the letter case.
11. Build the application (Build > Rebuild Solution) and then run it (Debug > Start Without Debugging).

    A Windows console box appears with a line of text extracted from the host screen, and the following text: "The session is connected to: the_host_address" and "Press any key to continue….."

12. To terminate the application, press any key.