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Set Up System Parameters

Within CA 2E Translator, the environment is defined by system values. System values must be set up before commencing translation using the Set Up System Parameters screen. In this guide, system values are referred to by their logical names to allow for flexibility in set up. For example, the Application Model Library is called aplgenlib and the Application Conditions File is called aplcndfil.

All system values are validated on entry; if a value is not required in a particular installation, a "dummy" value such as qtemp should be entered instead.

The following illustration depicts a typical environment for a site translating a single application from English into French. The application is called SRS, and the model prefix is RS.

Note: This model is generating MSGIDs, so no new source library is required.

TRN520R  ENTER                                              04/30/04  05:14:13




Set Up System Parameters






TRANSLATOR  Programs library        .... YTRNPGM     (TRNPGMLIB)


            Data files library      .... YTRNDTA     (TRNDTALIB)


            Export library  .... YTRNEXP     (TRNEXPLIB)


            Devices Member list     .... MSGIDMBRS   (TRNDEVLST) Type M (L//M/S/C)


            Msg Pfx / Last Nbr used    M      0    (TRNMSGPFX/TRNLSTMSG)  






APPLICATION Model library   .... SRSMDL      (APLMDLLIB)


            Generation library      .... SRSGEN      (APLGENLIB)


            Prompt Messages file.... RSPMTMSG    (APLPMTMSGF)


            User Messages file .... RSUSRMSG    (APLUSRMSGF)


            Conditions file        .... RSVLLSP     (APLCNDFIL)


            New DDS source library.. QTEMP       (APLNSRCLIB)




            Dvpt Machine CPU Number44DB429










ENTER=Continue  F3=Exit  F12=Previous  N.B. Check correct TRNDTALIB in liblist

System Value

Description

TRNPGMLIB

Contains CA 2E Translator programs.

This value is shipped as YTRNPGM.

TRNDTALIB

Contains CA 2E Translator data.

This value is shipped as YTRNDTA.

TRNEXPLIB

Contains CA 2E Translator export data for shipment to remote translation sites.

This value is shipped as YTRNEXP.

If using remote sites, create this library, or enter a dummy value such as qtemp.

TRNDEVLST

The name of the member list of all device members in aplgenlib for the Screen & Print files menu option.

See Set up options Work with All & New Panels for more information.

TRNDLSTTYP

The devices list type; for example, whether the original device source members contain CA 2E MSGID statements or hard‑coded literals.

See the appendix "Message IDs vs. Literals" for more information about making this decision.

TRNLSTMSG

The last message number allocated when working with hard-coded DDS literals.

APLMSGPFX

The single-character prefix for all new message identifiers.

APLMDLLIB

The Model library of the application being translated.

APLGENLIB

The Generation library of the application being translated or the library where application objects reside (in particular, the device file source members, message files, and conditions file).

If the source is not stored in the genlib, nominate the library that does hold the source, and copy the conditions file and both message files into that library.

APLUSRMSGF

The Name of the User Messages file of a CA 2E-generated application (as defined in the model, in data area aplmdllib/ymsgvnmrfa).

APLPMTMSGF

The name of the Prompt Messages file of a CA 2E‑generated application (as defined in the model, in data area aplmdllib/ypmtmsgrfa).

If you are not using CA 2E to generate MSGIDs, do not use the default CA 2E prompt message file named xxpmtmsg.

APLCNDFIL

The name of the application Conditions file in the format xxvllsp, where xx is the data area aplmdllib/yvlspfxrfa.

APLDEVSRCF

The file of DDS panel source members and is programmatically set to qddssrc.

APLNSRCLIB

The library for new device file source members containing msgcon statements.

This library is not required if MSGIDs are being generated from the CA 2E model. Another library distinct from aplgenlib should be set up to hold the converted source, to avoid any possibility of operator error resulting in the original source being overwritten.