Scrape multiple lines in one go

hi,

It is my preference. I scrape the entire screen, in my case a 3270 emulation of 24 x 80.
then parse each row, using the MID() function.

Furthermore, I have built a screen map table that discribes the data on each row, like
[tt]
ScrNam FIELD FR TR CL LN TYP
AP412431 ScrName 1 1 3 8 CHAR
AP412431 ScrDesc 1 1 11 50 CHAR
AP412431 SysDte 1 1 61 8 CHAR
AP412431 SysTme 1 1 70 8 CHAR
AP412431 Page 2 2 75 4 NUM
AP412431 Part Number 3 3 17 16 CHAR
AP412431 Nomen 3 3 36 16 CHAR
AP412431 TRAVELER 7 19 3 7 CHAR
AP412431 Status 7 19 10 1 CHAR
AP412431 CNF 7 19 11 3 CHAR
AP412431 ActQty 7 19 15 5 NUM
AP412431 PC 7 19 21 2 CHAR
AP412431 LC 7 19 24 2 CHAR
AP412431 PlnINWK 7 19 27 4 NUM
AP412431 PlnCOMP 7 19 32 4 NUM
AP412431 MRP Need 7 19 37 4 NUM
AP412431 Type 7 19 43 1 CHAR
AP412431 C_OP 7 19 47 4 CHAR
AP412431 C_CC 7 19 52 3 CHAR
AP412431 C_LC 7 19 56 6 CHAR
AP412431 LstMov 7 19 63 4 NUM
AP412431 HldCds 7 19 68 5 CHAR
AP412431 QMS 7 19 74 1 CHAR
AP412431 NetGrp 7 19 76 4 CHAR
AP412431 MSG 22 22 2 78 CHAR
[/tt]
This table descrie everything I need to properly parse my sData string and assign the value to the proper data type.

Skip,

_{Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!}

thanks skip for the reply,
i'll give this a go tomorrow, can I ask do you use this method because you found it to be the most efficient ? speed wise.
I also like the idea of the screen map, would be useful when coming back to a project to build addons.

I have ONE routine for scraping any screen, not one routine for each screen.

I can set up the data in a matter of a few minutes and be ready to roll. THAT is what is fast.

Skip,

_{Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!}

ok thanks again for your advice.