RE: Test environments

["Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, if it didn't help him, it sure helped me!

The standard environment designators (MM, MT) are just conventions, correct?
You can set their library lists however you want?

TIA, db

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dave Lauderdale
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 2:25 PM
>
> Weston,
>
> I think that it is important to realize that you can have a test
> environment that is "only files" and one that is both files and
> programs.
>
> The designator "MM" is standard for MAPICS.  The first "M" refers
> to the program library and second "M" refers to the file
> libraries.  In our situation, we have an "MT" environment that
> uses the program library, AMALIB, and the files libraries of
> AMFLIBT and AMTLIBT.
>
> If you want a separate environment with its own program library,
> then you need to change both designators.  For example, at one
> point we had a test environment, "TT" that used AMALIBT as the
> program library and AMFLIBT and AMTLIBT as the file libraries.
> In case you don't know the difference between AMFLIB and AMTLIB,
> AMFLIB contains all the master files and subsidiary files while
> AMTLIB contains only the transaction files.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> David