Compiling the Tutorial Maps

The Compile function compiles the map and creates a translation object. You use the Compile function after the map is completed and saved.

The map that you create using Sterling Gentran:Server® is a source map (the .MAP file). When that source map is compiled, the result is a compiled translation object (a .TPL file). This translation object must be registered with the Sterling Gentran:Server system before you can use it.

Use this procedure to compile the RND tutorial maps and generate translation objects:

  1. Within the Application Integration, select File > Open.
  2. Browse to the GENSRVNT\RND Standard\Tutorial folder on your hard drive and select the RND001i.map file.
  3. Select File > Compile to display the Run-Time Translation Object Name dialog.

    You are prompted to name the translation object the same name as the map file with the file extension .TPL. For example, if the name of the map file is RND001i.map, you are prompted with the translation object name RND001i.tpl.

  4. Enter a name and click Save to accept the name and compile the map and generate the translation object.
    Note: Name the translation object (.TPL file) the same file name (one to eight characters long) as the map (.MAP file). Preserving the same file name (with different file extensions) will ensure that the relationship between the source map and the compiled translation object remains evident.

    The system displays the Compile Error dialog.

  5. Verify that no errors occurred and click OK.

    The date on which the translation object was compiled is automatically loaded into the Compiled on box on the Translation Object Details dialog.

  6. Select File > Save to save the source map with the "Compiled on" date.
  7. Repeat steps 1 through 6 for each of the following tutorial maps:
    • RND001i2.map
    • RND001o.map
    • RND_Sys_Import.map