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Attachmate.Reflection.Objects.Emulation.OpenSystems Library / Attachmate.Reflection.Objects.Emulation.OpenSystems Library / Screen Object / ReadLine3 Method
The time (in seconds) to wait for a line-feed character. The range of valid values is 0 through 99.
A ReadOption value.
Returns true if a line-feed character was received, otherwise false.
Example
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    ReadLine3 Method
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    Reads data from the host until a line-feed character is encountered.
    Syntax
    expression.ReadLine3( _
   ByVal timeout As Integer, _
   ByVal option As ReadOption, _
   ByRef sawEndOfLine As Boolean _
) As String
    where expression is a variable that represents a Screen Object

    Parameters

    timeout
    The time (in seconds) to wait for a line-feed character. The range of valid values is 0 through 99.
    option
    A ReadOption value.
    sawEndOfLine
    Returns true if a line-feed character was received, otherwise false.

    Return Value

    Line of data read from the host (excluding carriage return and line-feed characters).
    Example
    This example reads and prints all the lines from the host until no end of line character is found.
    Sub ReadDataFromHost()
 
    Const timeout = 1
    Dim line As String
    Dim sawEOL As Boolean
 
    With ThisScreen
        
        'Send a command
        .SendKeys "1"
        .SendControlKey ControlKeyCode_Return
    
        'read lines until no end of line character is found
        Do
            
            line = .ReadLine3(timeout, ReadOption_NoTranslation, sawEOL)
    
            'print each line to the immediate window
            Debug.Print line
    
 
        Loop While sawEOL
 
    End With
 
End Sub
    See Also

    Reference

    Screen Object
    Screen Members

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