HostExplorer OHIO Samples Readme.txt

Requirements to run the compiled Visual Basic executables (.exe) for Windows.

1. HostExplorer 2006 or higher

2. 3270Host.hep - locis.loc.gov,TN3270 host -  which is included in each project's 
directory.  OHIO requires  a host to connect to. 

3. Projects 3270 Get Screen and Terminal Get Data require mscomctl.ocx - which 
should be placed in the System or System32 directory. Terminal Get Data
also requires COMDLG32.OCX - also placed in the System or System32 directory. 
These files are common to most systems.

4. Microsoft Excel 2000 or higher for ExcelSearch.



Requirements to view and run Visual Basic Source code projects (.vbp) for windows.

HostExplorer 2006 or higher
Visual Basic version 6.0



Description of Projects

Double click the Visual Basic(.vbp) project file and view source code on 
a machine that has Visual Basic 6.0 installed.

Each project folder, except ExcelSearch contains the following:
*.vbp - The Visual Basic project file 
*.frm - The Visual Basic Form file	
*.frx - The Binary file of the form
3270Host.hep - The HostExplorer Profile needed to connect to and run the 
OHIO script


3270GetScreen
Runs a script that connects to the locis.loc.gov host and navigates to the 
Search Hours screen.  It gets the screen data and displays it on the Visual  
Basic form.


LibrarySearch
Runs a script that connects to locis.loc.gov, navigates to a screen that 
contains articles to search and searches for a topic. 


TerminalGetData
Allows you to open a HostExplorer profile that you created or uses the default 
locis.loc.gov host. You can then send and receive data to and from the host.


ExcelSearch
An OHIO script within an Excel worksheet.  It is necessary to set the path to 
the 3270Host.hep (profile).  It is, by default, set to c:\Program Files....\3270Host.hep.
To view code; 
open the ohiophone.xls 
click Enable macros
Go to the Visual Basic Menu
Click the Visual Basic Editor
