Screen scraping a mainframe screen in java?

Question

I am new to programming world, and in my project I need to screen scrape a mainframe screen using attachmate? Can anyone tell me what exactly screen scraping is and how does it work?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

IBM used to offer a package that would allow TN3270 connections from straight Java. I can't remember the name of the package, but if you can find that, you wouldn't need Attachmate at all.