Using the EPI Recording and Playback Options › Overview: Recording REXX EXECs

Overview: Recording REXX EXECs

Using the EPI recording and playback options makes designing REXX automation EXECs for VTAM application sessions easier. The EPI generates a REXX EXEC containing generic routines to simplify these programming tasks:

• Finding a text string in the current session screen image
• Converting the text, if found, into REXX variables
• Fetching a screen using the GETSCRN command processor
• Pasting a sample copy of the screen image into the REXX EXEC
• Issuing commands or sending text strings to the session through SESSCMD command processors
• Monitoring the status of the current session
• Verifying that a screen image contains certain data