Merrill Oveson wrote:
In my world (IBM midrange - AS400/iSeries) a screen scraper is an application that sits between the Internet and 'legacy' applications running on big iron. The screen scraper interprets the screen information coming from the legacy application, usually in a 5250 or 3270 data stream, converts it to html and presents it as a GUI. The user does their thing and the screen scraper posts their input back to the legacy application. Screen scrapers vary quite a bit in their sophistication level and the quality of their appearance. It's a quick way to get on the 'net' without re-writing the old application. Many times it's used as a stop gap measure and as part of a strategy to get the old applications web enabled.What's a screen scraper?
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