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Building the Module on Windows

To build a DLL on Windows:

Start Visual C++.

Click File > New.

In the New dialog box, click the Projects tab and select the MFC AppWizard (DLL) option.

Enter its location.

In the BankSoft example, you enter c:\pmclient\tx\INF_BankSoft
, assuming you generated files in c:\pmclient\tx.

Enter the name of the project.

It must be the same as the module name entered for the External Procedure transformation. In the BankSoft example, it is INF_BankSoft.

Click OK.

Visual C++ now steps you through a wizard that defines all the components of the project.

In the wizard, click MFC Extension DLL (using shared MFC DLL).

Click Finish.

The wizard generates several files.

Click Project > Add To Project > Files.

Navigate up a directory level. This directory contains the external procedure files you created. Select all .cpp files.

In the BankSoft example, add the following files:

fv.cpp

txinf_banksoft.cpp

version.cpp

Click Project > Settings.

Click the C/C++ tab, and select Preprocessor from the Category field.

In the Additional Include Directories field, enter ..; <pmserver install dir>
\extproc\include.

Click the Link tab, and select General from the Category field.

Enter <pmserver install dir>
\bin\pmtx.lib in the Object/Library Modules field.

Click OK.

Click Build > Build INF_BankSoft.dll or press F7 to build the project.

The compiler now creates the DLL and places it in the debug or release directory under the project directory.