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Specify Environment Parameters

Before you generate an application, you must specify its target environment. You can specify the environment parameters using the Environment Tool.

Follow these steps:

1. Select Construction.
2. Select Environment.
3. Select your target business environment.
4. Select Detail.
5. Select Properties.

Environment parameters belong to a business system. Different business systems within the same model can have different environment parameters. The parameters you set on the environment window are uploaded to the encyclopedia and are saved as properties of the business system.

The parameters you will set include the operating system, DBMS type, language, TP Monitor, Profile Manager, and screen type. You also have the option to clear the screen default, restart the application, enforce data modeling constraints, extend attribute support, optimize import view initialization, and select various MVS parameters.

Note: You specify the environment parameters for a client server application in the Client Environment and Server Environment using the Packaging Tool. For more information, see Toolset Help.

You can also specify environment information in the Generation Defaults window using the Generation Tool. The basic difference is that the environment parameters using the Environment Tool (for character-based or GUI applications) and the environment parameters using the Packaging option (for client/server applications) are meant to indicate the configuration where the application will run in production. The Generation Defaults window lets you override those selections for your workstation.

The Generation Defaults dialog also presents generation and installation options that are used to control generation activities. For more information about generation and installation options, see Creating an Executable Application.

There are two situations in which you would want to set parameters again on the Generation Defaults window:

• For purposes of testing, you may temporarily override the environment windows and reset the parameters. The Generation Defaults window lets you do this. For more information, see Specify Generation Default Parameters.
• If you are generating RI trigger modules or DDL, both of which are
  model-level objects not associated with any one-business system, you must set the parameters on the Generation Defaults window.