Map developers are targeted as the primary users of this book. Map developers who use this book to manage maps must also be familiar with the contents of the reference guide. Additional conceptual information and examples are provided in the reference guide to assist the users who configure the system.
This document describes how to use ECRTP™ in a Windows environment. ECRTP is a data transformation engine. It analyzes, transforms, and routes messages.
The guide is organized into the following chapters:
Chapter 1, “About ECRTP” describes how the product works.
Chapter 2, “Running ECRTP” provides code examples on how to run ECRTP as an executable, DLL, or from a Visual Basic script.
Chapter 3, “User Exit Routines” provides information on how to invoke a proprietary routine from within a map so that you can perform additional functions called by mapping rules.
Chapter 4, “Using ECRTP as an Adapter” explains how to use ECRTP as a standalone adapter.
Chapter 5, “Using ECRTP in a Web Environment” explains how to use ECRTP for your website.
Chapter 6, “ECRTP Performance” explains how to improve the performance of ECRTP using map caching and memory I/O.
Chapter 7, “Non-ODBC Database and File Formats” describes the format of trading partner files.
Chapter 8, “ODBC Database Table Formats” explains how ODBC trading partner data is stored.
This section describes the available documentation.
Cross-Platform Documentation The ECRTP documentation set includes:
Installation Guide
Reference Guide
Feature Guide
Release Bulletin
Related Documentation Other related documentation is available from New Era of Networks, Sybase, and IBM. Refer to other documentation from each of these companies for more detail about use of applications relevant to this product.
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