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Control Multiple Reflection Workspaces

Reflection Desktop .NET API Guide V17.0
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Control Multiple Reflection Workspaces
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You can create multiple instances of the Reflection. This sample shows how to set up two Reflection workspaces so that controls in each workspace can be accessed.

To set up two workspaces

  1. In Visual Studio, create a new Console Application project and add references for the following Reflection assemblies. (Depending on your version of Visual Studio, these can be found either on the .NET tab or under Assemblies | Extensions.)
    Attachmate.Reflection
    Attachmate.Reflection.Framework
    Attachmate.Reflection.Emulation.OpenSystems
    Attachmate.Reflection.Emulation.IbmHosts
  2. Replace all the code in the Program.cs file with the following code. This code creates two instances of Reflection and opens a session for each. Then it gets text from each session and writes it to the Console.
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    using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Attachmate.Reflection;
using Attachmate.Reflection.Emulation.IbmHosts;
using Attachmate.Reflection.Framework;
using Attachmate.Reflection.UserInterface;
using Attachmate.Reflection.Emulation.OpenSystems;
namespace MultipleWorkSpaces
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Start a visible instance of Reflection or get the instance running at the given channel name ("Workspace1")
            Application app1 = MyReflection.CreateApplication("WorkSpace1", true);

            //Create a new IBM Session
            IIbmTerminal terminal1 = (IIbmTerminal)app1.CreateControl(new Guid("{09E5A1B4-0BA6-4546-A27D-FE4762B7ACE1}"));
            terminal1.HostAddress = "demo:ibm3270.sim";

            //Create a View, making Reflection visible to users and then get a handle to the screen
            IFrame frame1 = (IFrame)app1.GetObject("Frame");
            frame1.CreateView(terminal1);
            IIbmScreen screen1 = terminal1.Screen;

            //Start a second instance of Reflection or get the instance running at the given channel name ("Workspace2")           
            Application app2 = MyReflection.CreateApplication("WorkSpace2", true);

            //Open a session in the second workspace
            string sessionPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USERPROFILE") + @"\Documents\Micro Focus\Reflection\demoSession.rdox";
            ITerminal terminal2 = (ITerminal)app2.CreateControl(sessionPath);

            //Create a View for the session in the second workspace, making Reflection visible to users, and then get a handle to the screen
            IFrame frame2 = (IFrame)app2.GetObject("Frame");
            frame2.CreateView(terminal2);
            IScreen screen2 = (IScreen)terminal2.Screen;

            //Get some text from each of the terminal screens in the two workspaces
            Console.WriteLine("IBM terminal text is" + screen1.GetText(1, 1, 20) + "and UNIX text is" + screen2.GetText(1, 1, screen2.DisplayRows, screen2.DisplayColumns));
        }
    }
}

To test this project

  1. Open Reflection and create a new VT session.
  2. In the IP/Address box, enter "demo:UNIX" and then save the session as demoSession.rdox.
  3. In Visual Studio, press F5 to run the session.
  4. Verify that the text from each screen is written to the Console.

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