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| mca |
 Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:43 am Post subject: Re-Write old WMB msg Flows in v7 |
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Hi,
We have two Message Broker Bar files running in Production. One Bar file has message flow that converts IMS Message (Cobol) into XML. Other Bar file contains message flow that converts XML message into IMS (Cobol). Both these flows were written in WMB v5.3. Now my manager wants me to re-write both these flows in WMB v7.
Is it easy for me to import the existing v5.3 Bars into v7 Toolkit, recompile and deploy or start development from scratch?
Any advice will be very appreciated.
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| lancelotlinc |
| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:00 am Post subject: |
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| zpat |
| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:07 am Post subject: |
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First of all BAR files normally contain executable not source code (but they may have source if the option was chosen to include it).
The source for this BAR should be in your source control library. Are you saying that you have lost the source? |
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| mca |
| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:19 am Post subject: |
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| The BAR files have the source code in them. But when i try to import the source in v7, compile it and deploy, it does not work. |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:26 am Post subject: |
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| mca wrote: |
| it does not work. |
Define "does not work". Deploying code as old as v5.3 probably won't work until you've removed references to replaced features.
The migration guides for 6.0 & 6.1 might help if the deploy errors don't
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| smdavies99 |
| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Did you 'unzip' the .bar file first to extract the sources before importing them into the toolkt?
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| mca |
| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:03 am Post subject: |
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When i unzip and extract the BAR file, i got 3 folders META-INF, MessageSet_Project and MessageFlow_Project. In addition to these there are 3 files .cmf, .dictionary, .xml that got extracted.
How do you recommend me to import these into v7 Toolkit? |
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| mqjeff |
| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:06 am Post subject: |
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There's no such thing as Broker v 5.3.
The only way to "import" a Bar file is to use the Generate Message Flow pattern.
If these message flows are really as simple as you say, it may be easier for you to just rewrite them from scratch.
Unless your flows are significantly more complex than MQInput->Compute->MQOutput. |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:08 am Post subject: |
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| mca wrote: |
| When i unzip and extract the BAR file, i got 3 folders META-INF, MessageSet_Project and MessageFlow_Project. In addition to these there are 3 files .cmf, .dictionary, .xml that got extracted. |
You said previously that:
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| The BAR files have the source code in them |
It doesn't sound much like it from that description. What leads you to the conclusion that these bar files were built with included source?
| mca wrote: |
| How do you recommend me to import these into v7 Toolkit? |
Well you don't from the sound of it. They sound like they contain the compiled components.
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| mca |
| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:15 am Post subject: |
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We have a mandatory procedure in our client to add the source code to the BARS and i can also import it into tool kit and see the flows.
But when i try to compile the imported flows and deploy on server it doesn't work. I feel i am not doing the import of source files correct way into toolkit. |
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| mqjeff |
| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:17 am Post subject: |
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| mca wrote: |
| I feel i am not doing the import of source files correct way into toolkit. |
That's correct, you aren't.
I've told you the correct way. |
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| mca |
| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Our environment is z/Linux and we have 3 BAR's (3 Message flows) running on the server. If i run the generate pattern, how will it differentiate the 3 flows. Will i get the flows in such a way that i can make changes and deploy it in server?
Thanks for your replies... |
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| mqjeff |
| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:54 am Post subject: |
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What happens when you try it?
What does the documentation say will happen? |
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| mca |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:37 am Post subject: |
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My Broker is running on Linux. I tried to download the pattern on my desktop and install here, but did not get an executable when i extract the zip.
Can you please help me the install this pattern. |
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| mqjeff |
| Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:48 am Post subject: |
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