How to change the file generation
process [Enterprise Edition]
Prior to generating output files, the Repgen application
will check for a file named repgen_custom.pm
located within the directory where it has been installed. If this file
is found, it will be copied to the destination directory and executed
along with the main perl program which is used to generate output files.
There are two subroutines from the repgen_custom.pm perl
module which are exported for use by the main perl program.
The before_script_generation() subroutine runs after the
configuration parameters have been read from the repgen_conf.pm file,
but prior to the 1st output file being generated.
Adding code to this subroutine can affect globally used configuration
variables, which will be used throughout the file generation process.
The after_script_generation() subroutine runs after all
of the output files have been generated. This subroutine provides a
convenient location for DBAs to more fully customize any of the output
files which have already been generated. The recommended process to
follow is to look at the perl source code which gets written to the
disk during the file generation process. Each output file is created
with a corresponding subroutine which is called from the main perl program
file. Find and copy the subroutine which generates the file you want
to change. Paste this code into the repgen_custom.pm file, and place
a call to this subroutine into the after_script_generation() subroutine.
Modify the subroutine as needed to make your custom changes to the output
file.
If you allow the subroutine to use the default filenames
then your customized version of the output file will replace the standard
version of the file.
If you want to create a brand new output file, just provide
a filename which differs from any of the existing output files.
