OpenEdge Development:<br />Progress Dynamics Administration Generating the batch-mode data

The data required by the DCU batch components consists of two XML files that you generate using the DCU GUI:

DCU script file — Contains all the data related to ADO paths, what patches must be applied, what ADOs must be loaded and any other information needed to complete the Repository update that is not site specific.

DCU site data file — Contains any data that is site specific. This includes such data as the site number, the connection parameters to the databases, and other information that is specific to the end-user site.

These two files allow you to tailor your batch installations and upgrades to individual end-users of an application using a different file for each site, while maintaining a common set of upgrade data in a common file for all users.

Create a new Windows shortcut from a copy of the standard Dynamics Configuration Utility shortcut.

Open the properties window for the new shortcut and modify the Target field by expanding the -icfparam startup parameter to include the DCUSCRIPTFILE and DCUSITEDATAFILE options using the following syntax:

Syntax
DCUSCRIPTFILE=`script-file`[,DCUSITEDATAFILE=`site-data-file`]

The parameters specify:

script-file — The filename of the DCU script file, including the .xml extension.

site-data-file — The filename of the DCU site data file, including the .xml extension.

If you do not specify the DCUSITEDATAFILE option, the DCU writes all of the site-specific data to the specified script-file.

For example, the complete -icfparam value might look like the following:


-icfparam DCUSETUPTYPE=ProgressSetup,DCUSCRIPTFILE=dcuscript.xml,DCUSITEDATAFILE= site42.xml

Start the DCU GUI with the new shortcut, connecting to your updated deployment Repository.

Respond to the prompts as if you were running the DCU to install or upgrade this Repository at a specified end-user site.

After you choose the Process button, the DCU writes out the specified files instead of doing a Repository upgrade. These files are written to the shortcut Start in directory, unless you specify a different directory.