Rational Developer for System z

Creating a generation properties file

Use the New Generation Properties wizard to create a generation properties file for your flow, adapted to the selected runtime environment.

The selected runtime environment determines which generation properties are available for configuration in the generation properties editor. See Building a program for a runtime environment for more information on creating a generation properties file.

Create a generation properties file for your flow as follows:

  1. Start the New Generation Properties wizard:

    1. In the EST Project Explorer, right-click the flow for which you want to generate a new generation properties file. The flow is: SampleProject > Flows > SampleProject.seqflow.

    2. Select New > Generation Properties File.

    The New Generation Properties wizard opens.

  2. The first page of the wizard requests information about the file name and location for the generation properties file. For this tutorial, complete the fields as follows:
    • In the File name input field, type SampleProjectGP.sfgen.
    • Leave the Description field blank.
    • The Destination project list box should already display the entry SampleProject.
    • The Flow list box should already display the entry SampleProject.seqflow.
    • The check box Validate flows against runtimes should already be selected.
    • Click Next to go to the next page of the wizard.
  3. The second page of the wizard prompts you to select a runtime environment.
    Note: Because you selected the check box Validate flows against runtimes on the previous page of the wizard, the wizard checks your flow and on this page lists only the runtime environments that support the types of node contained in your flow. (Some types of node, such as the Invoke Flow node, are not supported in all runtime environments.)
    For this tutorial, complete the fields as follows:
    1. Click the radio button CICS Service Flow Runtime: Level 2.0.
    2. Click Finish to close the wizard.
  4. The wizard performs the following steps:
    1. The wizard creates the generation properties file SampleProjectGP.sfgen and stores it in the folder SampleProject > Generation > CICS SFR L2.0 > SampleProject.
    2. As a convenience, the wizard opens the new generation properties file in the generation properties editor for you. (You could open the file yourself from the EST Project Explorer.)
    3. The New Generation Properties wizard closes.

The generation properties editor should now be open in the editor area. The properties displayed apply to the flow as a whole.


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