Create a new message definition
file from a COBOL file
When you create a new message definition
file from a COBOL file, you must set the following fields:
Select a COBOL file
- Message set
- Use this field to choose the message set project that
will contain the message definition file that you create. Message
set projects are filtered to only show artifacts in the active working
set.
- Message definition file name
- Use this field for the name of the message definition file that
you want to create.
- Target namespace
- Use this field for the name of the target namespace for the message
definition file that you want to create.
- Select file from workspace
- Choose this option if the COBOL file that you want to
add to the message definition file that you are creating is in the
current workspace, and select the file from the displayed content
of the workspace. COBOL files are filtered to only show artifacts
in the active working set.
- Select file from outside workspace
- Choose this option if the COBOL file that you want to add to the
message definition file that you are creating is not in the current
workspace, and specify the location of the COBOL file that you want
to add.
- Copy source file into the 'importFiles' directory of the message
set project
- Select this check box to copy the source file into the 'importFiles'
directory of the message set project.
- Create an appropriate physical format if one does not already
exist
- Select this check box to automatically create the message set
physical format that is needed by the pre-canned schema that you have
selected for import.
- COBOL file options
- Preserve case in variable names
- Select this check box if you want to preserve the case of the
characters that form the names of the variables.