Developing Applications FAQ

How can Visual Engineer Plus help me with my existing control files and rule files?

You can download your existing control files and rule files to take advantage of the Check Syntax utility. Visual Engineer Plus can compile your control file and rule file and generate an error report. You can then use this report to jump to the location of the error in your file. You can also execute the control file to test for processing errors. You can access information for the Enrichment error messages in the online help.

How do I download files to use in Visual Engineer?

Control files and rule files are simple ASCII files. You can download them with the ASCII CRLF option on any mainframe terminal emulator, such as IRMA, Attachmate, IBM PC/3270, and so on.

It is recommended that you use the following file extensions:

• Control files: *.CON
• Rule files: *.RUL

How do I upload the control file to the mainframe once I create it?

To upload the control file, use any terminal emulator, as mentioned above. Be sure to specify the ASCII CRLF option.