pTAL Reference Manual (H06.08+)

HP pTAL Reference Manual—523746-006
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18 pTAL Cross Compiler
The optional pTAL cross compiler runs on the PC platforms in Table 18-1 on
page 18-1.
On all Windows platforms, valid pTAL cross compiler source files must have the
extension .tal.
The pTAL cross compiler allows you to:
•
Write, compile, and link NonStop RISC-based or Itanium-based server applications
(NonStop Guardian executable files, static libraries, user libraries, and DLLs) on
the PC and transfer them to the Guardian platform for use in production.
Object files built on the PC platform are functionally identical object files built in the
NonStop RISC-based or Itanium-based server platform.
•
Link pTAL, C/C++, and NMCOBOL or ECOBOL objects into a single object file.
•
When multiple RVUs are installed, use any installed RVUs of the cross compilers
and libraries. (Tools must come from the same RVU—HP does not test the
interactions of tools used in one RVU with tools from other RVUs.)
•
On the ETK platform, enter ADD, MODIFY, SET, and DELETE statements into a
TACL DEFINE file (see TACL DEFINE Tool (ETK) on page 18-7).
The pTAL cross compiler is delivered on a separate CD and is not available on the site
update tape (SUT).
Table 18-1. pTAL Cross Compiler Platforms
Platform
Cross Compiler Name
Windows Operating
System
PC Guardian NT 4.0 2000 XP
ETK
1
TNS/R NonStop pTAL Yes Yes Yes
TNS/E
2
NonStop pTAL No Yes Yes
PC command line TNS/R
3
ptal Yes Yes Yes
TNS/E
2
eptal No Yes Yes
1. HP Enterprise Toolkit—NonStop Edition
2. H06.01 and later RVUs
3. G06.14 and later RVUs