Adding Parameters To The Parameter Definition File; Edit Option File; Using The Parameter Definition File To Associate The Field Definition File - HP StorageWorks P9000 User Manual

data files for mto conversion or otm conversion (a pair of Mainframe SAM file and open systems
UNIX/PC file).
Add a declaration to perform user editing operations (Code Converter operations), as well as Code
Converter parameters such as the Field Definition file name, to the Parameter Definition file. The
Parameter Definition file is also created by the user as a text file, following a prescribed format.

Adding Parameters to the Parameter Definition File

Add two parameters as follows:
• USER-EDIT: This is a reserved keyword declaring that user editing operations (Code Converter
operations) are to be performed. At the end of the existing Parameter Definition file, enter one or
more single-byte spaces, and then specify this keyword exactly as shown.
• Field Definition file name and Edit Option file name: These are the Code Converter parameters.
Add ./" to the name of the Field Definition file created as described in
Variable-Length
the two names with a ," (comma), and then add this after USER-EDIT in ü following one or more
single-byte spaces. Do not enter any spaces between the Field Definition file name and the Edit
Option file name.
The following figure shows the Parameter Definition file being used to associate the Field Definition
file.
Figure 33 Using the Parameter Definition File to Associate the Field Definition File
.

Edit Option File

The Edit Option file defines the details for all the code conversion modes supported by Code Converter.
It is located in the current directory of the open systems environment (UNIX/PC server).
Users may want to customize this file, such as using a special space code to replace the undefined
character code. For clarification, a brief explanation of what is defined in the Edit Option file is
presented in the following figure.
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Records" on page 39 and to the name of the Edit Option file (EditOpFile), join
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