Screen scraping a mainframe screen in C# *without* 3rd-party utilities

Question

I\'m looking to screen scrape a 3270 mainframe application in C#, but I\'ve got to do so without Attachmate or other 3rd party plugins. Are there free managed libraries to do so

Answer 1

http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/publications/servlet/pbi.wss?CTY=US&FNC=SRX&PBL=GA23-0059-07

This is the document you are looking for if you plan on doing all of the heavy lifting yourself. It doesn't print out well but is the best source of information on the protocol.

I am about to embark on this road myself (thanks to the federal government) and in less than two weeks I intend to have a completed application. I don't want to do it, but my parameters state I do not use any third party applications as well. Mine will be in C# as well.

I would invite you to email me if you'd like my source, but I must warn you, I will not give it away for free. I know you are looking for free.