For some time CodeGen has shipped with a utility called CreateFile that (given an appropriately configured repository) could be used to create an ISAM file based on a repository FILE or STRUCTURE definition.

A customer recently asked me to create a mechanism that they could use to create multiple files, load data into those files, and also support creating both RELATIVE and ISAM files. Rather than writing something completely new I decided to extend the CreateFile utility, and that new feature has now been released along with the latest version of CodeGen (5.4.2).

Briefly, there is a new command line option -in that allows you to specify an input file containing the details of one or more files to be created and and populated. The file uses a JSON format. If you’re interested in finding out more you can find additional information in the CodeGen documentation.