How to export a host screen to a new Outlook email message

How to export a host screen to a new Outlook email message

A macro can be used to "scrape" the data from the current Flex Terminal Emulator host screen and export to a newly created Outlook email message.  The sample macro code below demonstrates this:

Sample Code:


Sub Main()

  Dim outobj, mailobj 

' Determine the actual screen size (number of rows and columns)

  nRow = FlexScreen.Rows
  nCol = FlexScreen.Columns    

  Set outobj = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")   
  Set mailobj = outobj.CreateItem(olMailItem)    

  For i = 1 to nRow
    strText = strText & FlexScreen.GetText(FlexScreen.Position(i, 1), nCol)
    strText = strText & vbCRLF
  Next

With mailobj
  .Subject = "Flex Terminal Emulator Screen"
  .Body = strText
  .Display
End With 

  'Clear the memory
  Set outobj = Nothing   
  Set mailobj = Nothing   

End Sub

Notes:
  • The email created by the above sample uses the default font that Outlook is configured to use, which may cause alignment issues.  If so, after the host screen has been exported to the body of the email, select all the text (Alt-A) and change the font to one that is fixed pitch, for example Courier New or Consolas.

  • You may copy the above sample code, paste into Notepad or another text editor, then save to the Macros subfolder of the Flex Terminal Emulator user directory with the .ams file extension to utilize in your environment.

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