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. The views expressed in this e-mail message do not necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, or affiliates. __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind