Screen scraper

I am looking for a screen scraper software that works with Forte in the
middle tier. I've only come across a product called Expresso from
Conextions. My questions are:
1. Are there other tools out there that works well with Forte in the middle
tier ?
2. For people who've used Expresso, are there any issues/advice/comments ?
Thanks in advance.
Stuart.
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Have you looked at CNT's (formerly Apertus Technology) Enterprise
Connect product [screen scraper on steroids]?
It's been tested in a few protos and has a very scalable architecture
for UNIX, and NT platforms.
It follows the concept of mapping regions of screens and storing the
meta data to abstract away from hard-coding into application logic.
At runtime there are a number of ways to retrieve the data from
green-screens/char mode apps:
1. Use the c source code generator executables for driving the screens
2. Combine forte wrapper
3. Dispatch their web server CGI gateway in combination w/ Forte WEB
4. [Maybe] have their code gen technology create TOOL / Java service
If you want more info, let me know.
-jim
Ngai, Stuart wrote:
>
I am looking for a screen scraper software that works with Forte in the
middle tier. I've only come across a product called Expresso from
Conextions. My questions are:
1. Are there other tools out there that works well with Forte in the middle
tier ?
2. For people who've used Expresso, are there any issues/advice/comments ?
Thanks in advance.
Stuart.
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