Objects in ATL file

Hello Readers

Ever wanted to know the list of objects in your ATL file before importing?

Custom built VB-Script can do this for you.

Usage:

1. Select all your ATL files, Right click -> “Send to” and choose “ATL Objectlist Generator”

2. Within seconds, a folder with the name “Logs” will be created and you will get task completion notification.

3. Logs folder will have a CSV file containing the names of objects which were in the ATL files.

Configure your right click menu:

1. Start -> run

2. type shell:sendto and press enter

3. Extract the text file from the attachment, paste it there and rename txt extension to vbs.

And you are ready to use !

Explanation:

You must already know that ATL is just a plain text file containing object definitions.

Object definitions will all start with CREATE command and keywords specific to particular object types.

Script opens ATL files in read-only mode, searches for listed keywords and extracts the object name following the keyword.

Keyword List:

With the object list generated, deleting the imported objects becomes much more easier.

Optionally you can have a message box displayed if ATL file contains datastore definitions.

No more blind imports,

Cheers