GenTran 5.1 User Manual

Overview

Using Translation Objects

Gentran:Server for Windows – November 2005

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This chapter describes how to use translation objects with Gentran:Server.

A translation object is a set of definitions, links, and rules that combine to provide 
the translator with all the information necessary to convert data from one format 
to another. Translation objects are used in Gentran:Server to control the 
processing of the translator subsystem.

Translation objects are created by compiling an application map or a form 
definition using the Application or Forms Integration subsystem in 
Gentran:Server.

Reference
See the Application Integration User’s Guide and Forms Integration User’s 
Guide more information about those subsystems.

There are two types of translation objects:

System translation objects
System translation objects control the creation and separation of 
interchanges, functional groups, and transaction sets. They are also used to 
generate and reconcile functional acknowledgements.

User translation objects
User translation objects control screen entry, importing, exporting, and 
creating printed reports. All required system translation objects are 
automatically installed with the Gentran:Server system.