The map development program is installed on a client workstation and includes a client ECRTP for execution testing. Maps are developed and tested on the client PC using the map development program and then transferred to the Windows NT server for production. Before transferring map files to the server, it is a good practice to create a backup copy of the files. You can use the Archive or Copy Map functions in ECMap to create a backup.
Map files – copy the ASCII *.map files generated by the map development program from the client PC to a “map directory” on the production server. The fully qualified path to this “map directory” (also called the “generated files directory”) is used as a switch on the command line of the ECRTP executable or passed in as a parameter to the ECRTP DLL.
Trading partner database – copy the trading partner database created by the map development program from the client PC to the production server. The location of this database is used as a switch on the command line of the ECRTP executable or passed in as a parameter to the ECRTP DLL. If the trading partner information is stored in a non-ODBC database, the fully qualified path to the “trading partner directory” is used as a switch/parameter. If the trading partner information is stored in an ODBC database, the “trading partner DSN” (that points to the trading partner database) is used as a switch/parameter.
