Creating compiled executables

This recipe shows how we create compiled code from the job we have created. First, we will export the code into a compiled executable, and then we will execute it via the command line.

How to do it...

1. Open the folder chapter11 in the metadata repository.
2. Right-click on the job jo_cook_ch10_0010_helloWorld, and select the option to Export Job.
   
3. Click on Browse to navigate to the folder compiledCode within the cookbook directory.
4. Ensure the Export type is Autonomous Job, and tick Extract the zip file.
5. In the options tick Shell launcher and Context Scripts, and tick Apply Context to children Jobs.
6. Your dialog should look like the one in the next screenshot:
   
7. Click on Finish to compile the job.
8. Navigate to the compiledCode folder, and you will see a zip file and a directory for the compiled job.

   Executing the job

9. Open a command window within Windows or a shell window in Linux.
10. Navigate to the cookbook compiledCode\jo_cook_ch10_0010_helloWorld directory, and execute the .bat...