<extract> tag

Defines the action for extracting a global variable. The attributes of the <extract> tag are:

enabled
Indicates whether this action is enabled for use. The default is true.
srow
Defines the starting row on the host screen of the text being extracted.
erow
Defines the ending row on the host screen of the text being extracted.
scol
Defines the starting column on the host screen of the text being extracted.
ecol
Defines the ending column on the host screen of the text being extracted.
name
Specifies the name of the global variable to which the text is extracted. This can be an existing global variable or a new global variable.
overwrite
Specifies whether the text extracted is to overwrite the value of an existing global variable. Valid values are true and false.
indexed
Specifies whether the text extracted is a single string or a list of strings, where each string in the list corresponds to a single row of text from the extracted region. Valid values are true and false.
index
If an existing global variable is indexed, this attribute specifies the index number to which the extracted value is to be written. The effect of this attribute is dependent on the value of the overwrite attribute. If overwrite=true, the extracted value overwrites the existing variable, starting at the specified index. If overwrite=false, the extracted value is inserted into the existing variable, beginning at the specified index.
shared
Shared specifies whether the global variable is shared between all the applications in the same EAR file.