EMS FastStart Manual

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Preparing the Application Configuration
File
Before you use EMS FastStart, you must modify the Application Configuration File
(ACF) parameters to generate the customized EGEN procedure for your application.
This section outlines the procedure for Modifying the ACF. In Application
Configuration File the features and restrictions of the ACF are described. Next, a listing
of the Default Application Configuration File
is shown followed by the key words and
parameters used to modify the ACF. A subsection about Field Definitions is included to
help explain the field key words and parameters. The end of this section covers adding
data types to the ACF with Adding Data Types with EXTRADDL and EGEN Default
Values.
This section assumes that you have already prepared your application by designating the
owner of the events, number and version (SSID), and the event message details (for
example, name, number, type, subject, etc.).
Application Configuration File
The Application Configuration File (ACF) is the source file for the EMS FastStart
generation process which produces the customized EGEN procedure. The ACF contains
parameters which you can modify to use with your application.
The EMS FastStart generation process starts by validating each ACF file parameter
entered. If an error is detected, an informative message is displayed and the generation
process stops. The message informs you of the probable cause and recommended action.
Therefore, it is important to specify the ACF parameters carefully. (See Section 5,
Running EMS FastStart, and Appendix A, EMS FastStart Messages, for specific
information.)
The ACF has the following features:
•
The ACF supports a comment character “--” (two hyphens) which may be placed in
any column.
•
A version field is provided to support future extensions.
•
USER-SUBVOL-FILES-PREFIX is a key word used to prefix all the files in the
user subvolume. It enables you to have multiple versions of the EGEN module in the
same subvolume.
•
Any field defined in the ACF can become the subject (see Section 6, Building Your
Application for Event Generation for information on Multiple Subject Data Type
Support).
The ACF has the following restrictions:
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The variables used by EGEN must be unique.