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Mailedit Use Mailedit to produce data files for input to the Batch Configurator option of the Mailutil utility. It is an easy method of creating these Batch Configuration files without using a text editor. Read Chapter 13 before using Mailedit for the first time. Running Mailedit Mailedit is a menu driven program that looks similar to the HP Desk Configurator. Many of the screens are equivalents of the Configurator screens. Mailedit does not update the databases directly, but writes the configuration operations to a file, which you later use to perform a batch configuration. Only batch configuration operations can be recorded by Mailedit. You can add, delete, modify, purge, or rename elements of the database.
NOTE Do not use Mailedit to perform: * Purge sublocation * Rename sublocation * Purge computer/gateway * Purge hierarchic addressing In addition, Mailedit does not provide facilities to produce the following Batch transaction types: * Modify Local System Data (05nn) * Transaction application filter (06) * Modify Local User details (44nn) * Modify computer details (53nn) These Batch Configuration file formats are described in Chapter 14 .
As you complete screens to record operations, Mailedit builds up a batch configuration file which exactly resembles in format that which you might create yourself using the format in Chapter 14 . So, for instance, adding a location by typing the location code, country code, and name at the Location Information screen, writes the following record to the file: 21UK MANF2 Liverpool Manufacturing You must perform operations in the order in which they are to be applied to the database during batch configuration. The operations would be in the same order when you would manually create a batch configuration file using a text editor. Therefore, a new country must be added before any new locations for that country. Since Mailedit doesn't reference the existing HP Desk database, your entries are only checked for syntax - not for context. (If you write a record to add a location, Mailedit doesn't know whether the country specified for this location exists or not.) Any errors are only reported when you run the file through the Batch Configurator. For this reason, it is usually advisable to read and edit your newly created file, using one of Hewlett-Packard's text editors, such as EDIT/3000. (Remember to keep the file unnumbered.) To obtain a printed copy of a batch configuration file created by Mailedit, use a text editor to print it. ________________________________________________________________________ | | | How to run Mailedit: | | | | 1. To run the utility, type MAILEDIT. | | | | 2. The Main Menu is displayed. | | | | Supply a name for the file in which you want the batch | | configuration operations recorded, and press the appropriate | | function key. This can either be a name for a new file that | | you are about to define, or the name of an existing file which | | you wish to add to. | | | | 3. The Configuration Main Menu is displayed. | | | | From this point on, Mailedit is similar to the HP Desk | | Configurator. Work through the menus until you reach the | | information screen you require, and there complete all the | | fields that you want to define. | | | | The entries you make in individual fields must be in the | | formats given for the corresponding fields in the HP | | Desk Configurator. These are described in Chapter 12 | | . | | | | If you're modifying data, remember to complete fields for all | | the existing defined parameters, not just the one(s) you want | | to modify. | | | | Each time you press a function key to register a change, | | Mailedit writes the corresponding operation to the file you | | first named. | ________________________________________________________________________ Mailedit Options At most information screens, the following function keys are available: * f1 returns you to the previous menu, or screen. * Add f2 writes a record to the file that will add the information in the fields of the screen to the database. * Delete f3 writes a record to the file that will delete the information in the fields of the screen from the database. * Refresh Screen f4 redisplays the current screen if it becomes corrupted. * Modify f5 writes a record to the file that will modify an existing item in the database according to the information in the fields of the screen. If you leave a field blank, the corresponding information in the database element will become an empty string.