The first page of the Import PL/I Files wizard, titled Import
PL/I Files, allows you to specify the PL/I files that contain
the data structures that you want to convert to service flow project messages,
and also allows you to specify the subproject in which you want to store the
new message files and (optionally) the new or modified operations file.
To use this page of the wizard:
- In the PL/I files to import list box, list the
PL/I files that contain the structures that you want to convert to service
flow project messages.
- Click FileSystem to select a file from the workstation's
file system.
- Click Workspace to select a file from the current
workspace that you are using in the workbench.
- Click Remote to select a file on
the remote system.
- Click Remove to remove a file from the list.
Note: - The wizard allows you to select only those files that have one of the
following extensions: .pli, .inc, or .mac.
If your PL/I source file has a different extension then you must change it
to one of these extensions before you can select it in the wizard.
- The wizard converts each PL/I source file that you select (for example,
accountInfo.pli) to a new message file having the same name but with the extension
.sfmxsd (such as accountInfo.sfmxsd).
- Within each new message file, for each original PL/I data structure (for
example, a data structure named ORDERINFO) the wizard:
- Converts the PL/I data structure to an equivalent service flow project
message data type having the same name (ORDERINFO); and
- Creates a new message based on the new data type and named msg_datatype (msg_ORDERINFO).
- It is not a limitation that all the new messages created from a single
PL/I source file are stored within a single message file:
- A message in a message file is not itself used for data storage, but rather
is a pattern for an actual data area that is created and used for data storage
when a flow is played back or when a generated macro or service flow is
performed.
- You can create a reference (consisting of a message file name and a message
name) to a message from any operation in the same subproject as the
message file, and you can have multiple references to the same message.
- In the Project Name list box, select the subproject
in which you want the new message files and the operation file (if any) stored.
- Select the list box Overwrite existing resources without warning if
you want the wizard to overwrite existing message files or an existing operation
file without prompting you.
- Click Next to go to the next page of the wizard
or Finish to close the wizard.