Load File Support in TPF Toolkit

The TPF Toolkit offers a feature enabling users to incorporate contents into load files within a TPF project.

A load file essentially outlines the collection of files intended for loading into the z/TPF file system via the MakeTPF build solution.

1. TPF Project Template

The TPF Toolkit furnishes a foundational template for the creation of TPF project templates. This template can be tailored to align with specific project requirements. The template has undergone recent enhancements, including:

• Upon creating a new TPF project using the TPF project template, an empty maketpf.loadfile is automatically generated in the project's build directory, alongside the makefile, maketpf.cfg, and maketpf.cntl files.
  
  
  
• The oldr and tldr build targets within the makefile have been revised to now incorporate both the maketpf.cntl and maketpf.loadfile files as inputs for the loadtpf command.
• The makefile now employs variables to reference the project control file (maketpf.cntl) and the load file (maketpf.loadfile).
  
  
  

2. New Context Menu Action: "Include Entries from Load File"

This action empowers users to add file entries from an existing load file into the project load file.

This action is accessible via the "MakeTPF Actions" context menu for both TPF projects and project load files (.loadfile).

Additionally, this functionality is available directly within the editor when a load file (.loadfile) is open for editing.

Refer to this documentation page for more information on how to use this action.

To explore the latest enhancements and newly added features in TPF Toolkit 4.6, please refer to the resources listed below.

·        What's new in TPF Toolkit 4.6 Fix Pack 21

·        TPF Toolkit demo videos

·        z/TPF Blog entries