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TRANSLAT

Use the TRANSLAT utility to create ERRFILE.DAT and LOGFILE.DAT files from the MSGFILE.DAT file. This utility uses the TRANSLAT.INI file as a resource.

Normally, the system creates the ERRFILE.DAT and LOGFILE.DAT files for you during the normal GenTrn, GenData, and GenPrint processing steps. If, however, you have used the ImmediateTranslate option in the Control INI file control group to turn off the automatic conversion of the MSGFILE.DAT file, you must use the TRANSLAT utility to convert the MSGFILE.DAT file into the ERRFILE.DAT and LOGFILE.DAT files.

Note Typically, you would turn off the creation of the ERRFILE.DAT file to maximize performance. You can also use this utility to translate error message into different languages or to substitute your own custom messages.

Program names

Syntax

TRANSLAT /INI /MSG /TINI

Parameter

Description

 

Enter the name of the INI file you want the utility to read. The default is FSIUSER.INI.

/MSG

Enter the name of the message file (MSGFILE.DAT) you want the utility to use.

/TINI

Enter the name and path of the INI file you want the utility to use, typically TRANSLAT.INI.

You can omit all of these command line parameters and simply specify the information in your FSIUSER.INI or FSISYS.INI files.

TRANSLAT.INI File