Making ATLAS 9 Functions Available in ATLAS 10

ATLAS 10 uses the SQL Race backend to execute functions.  SQL Race is able to execute the same XFN function files ATLAS 9 uses.  To make ATLAS 9 functions available in ATLAS 10 it is necessary to copy them from the ATLAS 9 funclib to the SQL Race function directory.  Copy all of the XFN files from:

%userprofile%\Documents\McLaren Electronic Systems\ATLAS 9\Funclib

To:

%userprofile%\Documents\McLaren Electronic Systems\SQL Race\Functions

%userprofile% by default is C:\Users\{username} on Windows 7 PCs. 

After copying the .XFN files to the correct place it is necessary to restart ATLAS 10 to make the new functions available as there is no way to refresh the function library from inside the application currently.  This feature is planned. 

Converting old ATLAS 9 functions to XFN format

ATLAS 9 had two file formats for functions, the old %funcname file and the new funcname.xfn file.  The old format is binary but the new format is XML based.  If your functions are in the old format they must be converted in order for SQL Race to be able to read and execute them for ATLAS 10.  A command line utility functionbatchconvertor.exe is installed with ATLAS 9 which converts the functions from one format to the other.  Open a command window by typing cmd in the Windows Start menu Search box.  Then issue the following command exactly all on one line:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\McLaren Electronic Systems\ATLAS 9\Bin\FunctionBatchConvertor.exe" -input "%userprofile%\Documents\McLaren Electronic Systems\ATLAS 9\Funclib" -output "%userprofile%\Documents\McLaren Electronic Systems\SQL Race\Functions" -xfn

If you get an error 'FunctionBatchConvertor.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. in the command window it may not be installed.  You may need to reinstall ATLAS 9 using the Complete (not Typical or Custom) installation option.