AutoTMF Software User's Guide (Update 11)

Preparing Programs

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Diagnosing Preparation Errors

The INFO PROGRAM command displays the preparation status of each object file:

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Unprepared Calls – Program calls to procedures that are normally intercepted by

NonStop AutoTMF software are not retargeted. Either the program was not

prepared, or was prepared using an earlier release of NonStop AutoTMF software.

In either case, issue the PREPARE again.

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No User Library – The program has no user library. Either the program was not

prepared or the user library was removed. In either case, issue the PREPARE

again.

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Invalid User Library – The user library does not contain the NonStop AutoTMF

runtime library procedures. Follow the procedures below for Preparing Programs

that Have a User Library.

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Intercept Conflict – The program has a procedure that has the same name as an

NonStop AutoTMF intercept procedure. NonStop AutoTMF procedure interception

would not be reliable if the program were prepared.

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External Conflict – The program makes external calls to both prepared names and

unprepared versions of the same procedure name; this situation would lead to

duplicate externals (see next item) if the program were prepared.

External conflicts occur when prepared and unprepared objects have been bound

together; try to avoid this situation; however, if you need to bind prepared and

unprepared objects, use the ALLOWDUPLICATES option (causing duplicate

externals), then rebind the object file.

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Duplicate Externals – The program has duplicate names in the external procedure

list, resulting in unresolved externals when the program is run, probably leading to

program failure. Re-bind the object file.

To avoid duplicate externals, build programs using only unprepared object files,

then prepare them.

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Library Conflict – The program is not prepared but is configured to use a library

that contains the AutoTMF runtime library, causing an inconsistency between the

prepared state of the program and the prepared state of the program’s user library.

Issue the PREPARE command to prepare the program.

Note that access errors may prevent preparation of an object file; both read and write

access are required.

Non-executable object files are not prepared unless they are to be bound with the

NonStop AutoTMF runtime and used as a user library. Consult Preparing Programs

that Have a User Library below. In most cases, you do not need to prepare separately

compiled modules; you only need to prepare complete programs.