Choosing build descriptor options for COBOL generation

Build descriptor options are set in a Build Descriptor part. To choose build descriptor options for COBOL generation, follow these steps:
  1. In the EGL Source folder of your project, right-click the build file that you want to work with and then click Open With > EGL Build Parts Editor. The EGL Build Parts Editor opens to the General Options view.
  2. On the left side of the view, there is a table that displays build descriptor options. You can either show all available options, or filter the list of build descriptor options.
    • To see all available build descriptor options, follow these steps:
      1. Clear the Show only specified options check box.
      2. In the Build option filter list, select All.
    • To filter the list of build descriptor options, follow these steps:
      1. Select the Show only specified options check box.
      2. Alternatively, you can choose an environment-specific filter in the Build option filter list. Filters with the word "Basic" after the name of the target environment list only the build descriptor options that are used most frequently; filters with the word "All" contain all options available for that environment.
  3. After you select your options, you can edit the values of those options by clicking once on an option to select it, then clicking again in the Value field to make it editable.
  4. You can also enter symbolic parameters on the left side of this view. To add a symbolic parameter, click Add at the bottom of the table. To edit the new symbolic parameter, click once in the field you want to edit to make the field editable. Once you have entered symbolic parameters, you can click Remove to delete them.

Two build descriptor options, genDirectory and destDirectory, permit the use of a symbolic parameter for the value or a portion of the value. For example, for the value of genDirectory, you can specify C:\genout\%EZEENV%. Then if you generate for a Windows environment, the actual generation directory is C:\genout\WIN. If you generate for ZOSCICS, the actual generation directory is C:\genout\ZOSCICS.

You do not need to specify all the options listed. If you do not specify a value for a build descriptor option, the default for the option is used when the option is applicable in the generation context.

If you have specified a master build descriptor, the option values in that build descriptor override the values in all other build descriptors. For details on master build descriptors, see Build Descriptor part. When you generate, the master and generation build descriptors can connect to other build descriptors in a chain, as described in Build Descriptor part.


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