VisualAge Generator to Enterprise Generation Language Migration Guide

Link edit part


Figure 128. Link edit part

VisualAge Generator 4.5
EGL produced by the migration tool Migration tool considerations
In VisualAge Generator, the link edit part is typically named programName.suffix, where the first part of the name is the same as the VAGen program name and the suffix is LKG. The VAGen /linkedit generation option specifies the value for the suffix.

By default, in EGL the link edit part name must be the same name as the program name. If this is the case you do not need to specify the link edit build descriptor option.

If you have multiple link edit parts for a program, then you must use different part names for the program's link edit build descriptor option parts. In this case, you must specify the complete link edit part name in the linkedit build descriptor option.

If the suffix is .LKG, the migration tool removes the suffix when creating the new EGL link edit part. If the suffix is anything other than .LKG, the migration changes .suffix to _suffix because periods (.) are not valid characters in EGL part names.
A VAGen link edit part contains the link edit statements needed for linkediting a program during the preparation process in a host environment. In EGL, a link edit part contains the link edit statements needed for linkediting a program during the build process in a host environment

The migration tool does the following:

  • Converts any symbolic parameters that are used within the link edit part to the corresponding EGL replacement symbolic parameter.
  • Uses the same indentation as in the VAGen part.


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