Hi Mike, Then you can drink some Java and reminisce. Jim -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:15 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Java Confidence Was RE: cobol-programming I'm afraid that by that time, Susie and I will have retired and gone to the Poor Farm! Mike Freeman sent from my iPhone On Jun 9, 2011, at 5:47, "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Suzie, > Someday, you and I will have a conversation and we'll be laughing at these > days. Those will be the good new days. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stanzel, Susan - > Kansas City, MO > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 7:51 AM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: cobol-programming > > Another thing I had to do was to set the window in JAWS, otherwise the time > continually got reported. I hate to say this, but I think I wish I could go > back to those days when I really knew what I was doing. I am getting the hang > of this Java stuff, however, I can't say it is fun. > > Susie Stanzel > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Homme, James > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 5:57 AM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: cobol-programming > > Hi, > No. The mainframe is just a terminal window. There are no real controls that > get communicated to JAWS. My memory of the scripts I saw ages ago tells me > that they are totally based on screen coordinates. I remember from my > mainframe days that you would use the tab key to go from field to field, and > it stopped on some stuff at the top of the window like a command line, and > another field. The next tab stop was the first line number of the code part > of the window. The next was column 7, where all comments must start in Cobol. > Then, from there to the bottom of the screen, you would have tab stops at the > beginnings of lines and the comment areas. Instead of reading the line > numbers as you moved down through lines of code, the scripts figured out > where column 7 was and read from there to the right. The beginnings of the > fields had ==> by default, so the scripts could do some invisible cursor > magic and find that stuff. They could also grab the row and column info from > the status line at the bottom of the window to make sure they knew what to > read. > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RicksPlace > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 4:45 PM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: cobol-programming > > Hi: When you work on a terminal or emulator using something like COBOL and > CICS do you know if there is a DOM on the Terminal machine. In other words, > I might have my pc running some piece of software to make it attachable as a > 3270 to a mainframe. I guess that would be the emulator software. Then there > is the software to link the emulator, my home computer, to the mainframe. On > my home computer running as the 3270 terminal would there be a DOM I could > script to make it more accessible? > I am wondering if I could wire up my home computer to a MainFrame and script > the mashup somehow using WindowEyes to be accessible and fast to use. > Rick USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 3:41 PM > Subject: RE: cobol-programming > > > Hi, > Yes, but it matters which terminal emulator you are using, and if you can > get your hands on a set of scripts that help you work with the environment, > that would even be better. There used to be someone named Glen Sepke who had > an excellent set of scripts that work with those environments. The biggest > thing, though is the environment. The scripts do make you much more > efficient. Once yyou get there, Cobol is all text. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gomal Tao > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 2:19 PM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: cobol-programming > > Hello, > > Is it possible to do programming in a IBM mainframe environment using > jaws12? The language is cobol. > > > /Gabriel > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended > solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If > you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately > and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not > keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the author's > prior permission. 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