how to create test message for testing tool

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February 14, 2018 at 5:19 am #55619
Albert Sinha
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How to create test message for testing tool. Help appreciated.
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- February 14, 2018 at 3:20 pm #85924
  Albert Sinha
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  can I do a smatconvert to an NL file and then use it as a input DATA for testing tool ?
  
  Really appreciate any help.
- February 14, 2018 at 4:23 pm #85925
  Jim Kosloskey
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  If you have messages in SMAT which represent the messages you want to test with then yes just extract using the SMAT tool to either a new line terminated or length encoded file.
  
  If there are many messages I want to test with I put each message in a file – I find that easier to work with.
  
  If there are no existing messages maybe because this is a new source system and there are no messages to be had, you can actually use the Xlate and the Xlate Testing tool to craft a test message according to the Source System’s spec. Save the message in the Testing tool to a file then use that file to test the new Xlate.
  
  This is a technique I cover in my Xlate class.
  
  email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.
- February 14, 2018 at 6:54 pm #85926
  Albert Sinha
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  C:cloverleafcis6.0integratortestalexecprocessesfr_paragon>hcismat -i C:c
  
  loverleafcis6.0integratortestalexecprocessesfr_paragonfr_paragon_15100.ms
  
  g -orsf c:cloverleafparagon_15100.txt -nl
  
  hcismat: Invalid argument bad variable name “::SMAT::argArray(TARGET)”: upvar wo
  
  n’t create a scalar variable that looks like an array element
  
  usage: hcismat -i filename ?-pri priority? ?-nl? ?-reply? ?-ib? <mes
  
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- February 14, 2018 at 7:13 pm #85927
  Jim Kosloskey
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  Why not use the SMAT GUI tool to find, select, and extract the messages?
  
  email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.
- February 15, 2018 at 3:38 am #85928
  Albert Sinha
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  Thank you Jim, I was also wondering how to do it in NL as by default it is len10. Thanks again
- February 15, 2018 at 4:29 am #85929
  Jim Kosloskey
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  Well I think there is a script provided with cloverleaf which will convert len10 encoded records to nl.
  
  I don’t recall the name but I think it is len10tonl or something like that maybe someone else can give the correct name if that is not correct.
  
  After doing the GUI SMAT extract, use that script from the command line to convert to NL.
  
  However, the Xlate testing tool can use len10 files inbound.
  
  email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.
- February 15, 2018 at 1:10 pm #85930
  Steve Williams
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  The script is len10_to_nl.pl and lives in the contrib directory.
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