Programming Guide: runcat Utility

# Programming Guide

## runcat Utility

This utility works on only the Windows and OS/2 platforms.

This utility invokes the `mkcatdef` command and pipes the message catalog source data, the output from `mkcatdef`, to the `gencat` program.

This utility is provided on the specified platforms as a temporary work-around until the VisualAge compiler provides this function. When the compiler is available, this utility will be removed.

    runcat CatalogName SourceFile [CatalogFile]

CatalogName | The name of the catalog message file to be generated. You must include the `.h` extension to the file name. This parameter must be included in your application program. This catalog name can be used in library functions.
SourceFile | The name of the message source file from which the catalog is to be created or updated.
CatalogFile | The name of the catalog file to be created or updated.

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