Prepare and execute as MapForce Server executable

The values in this section apply when preparing and/or executing Transformation maps as MapForce Server execution files.

Note:  this mode of preparing and executing Transformation Maps is available only for LANSA Composer on Windows servers.  If your LANSA Composer server is running on IBM i, you will not see these settings.

Path to MapForce Server

Example: C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\MapForceServer2016\bin

This value specifies the directory in which MapForceServer.exe is installed on your server.  LANSA Composer uses this path to invoke MapForceServer.exe to execute maps that have been prepared for execution as MapForce Server execution (MFX) files.

Current directory for MapForce Server

This value may specify the directory that is to be set as the current directory for MapForceServer.exe to execute maps that have been prepared for execution as MapForce Server execution (MFX) files.

The current directory is important only if your map relies on relative paths to locate files that it uses.  If your solution passes absolute paths to your maps, you usually do not need to specify this value.

Global resources: definition file path

Example: C:\LANSA Composer\MFX\GlobalResources.xml

This value may specify the path of a global resource definition file.  If this and the Configuration name are both specified, they will be used to identify global resource values to be used when Transformation maps are executed by MapForce Server.

MapForce global resources are a means in MapForce of externally identifying resources such as databases, as well as files and folders.  They provide a means of, for example, defining and testing a map using database and other resources that apply to a design environment, and then executing it using different instances of the database and other resources that apply in, say, a production or "live" environment.  Refer to MapForce documentation for further information about global resources.

Global resources: configuration name

This value may specify the name of a global resource configuration in the specified global resource definition file.  If this and the definition file path are both specified, they will be used to identify global resource values to be used when Transformation maps are executed by MapForce Server.