HP Neoview Release 2.3 Software - Manual (Page 97)

B Control File Editor and Control File Generator
This chapter addresses the following topics:
• The “Control File Editor ” (page 97)
• The “Control File Generator” (page 99)
Control File Editor
The Control File Editor is a Java-based GUI editor for creating, editing, and managing the
Transporter control file. This tool can be used either on the loader platform that hosts the
Transporter client component, or on your local workstation or PC to create, edit, and syntactically
validate the control file for correctness.
Features
With the control file editor, you can:
• create a control file
• edit an existing control file
• validate a control file for correctness
• transfer (FTP) a control file to a remote system
• support user preferences — default file save location, system name, user name (not password)
• support a GUI and a text pane
Restrictions
Control file editor restrictions are:
• Transfer of files can only be one way (to the remote system).
• Parsing errors while opening an existing control file to populate the editor's GUI pane results
in the file being displayed only in the text pane. You need to correct the errors before the
GUI pane can be populated.
Packaging
The control file editor is packaged as part of the Transporter Java client package. It is located in
the $NVTHOME/utils directory.
To use the editor on a local workstation or PC, copy the jar file from the loader platform onto
your local system.
Using the Control File Editor
This section describes how to use the control file editor for various purposes:
Creating a New Control File
To create a new control file:
Click File —> New or type Ctrl+N.
The control file editor opens in GUI mode.
To work in text mode:
Click View —> Text.
Opening an Existing Control File
To open an existing control file:
Click File —> Open or type Ctrl+O.
If a control file is not syntactically correct, it opens in text mode only. Fix all syntax errors before
viewing the file in GUI mode. See
“Checking the Syntax of a Control File” (page 98) .
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