EGL Reference Guide for iSeries

oneFormItemCopybook

The build descriptor option oneFormItemCopybook indicates how EGL-generated COBOL code accesses the values of form-item properties. Values are as follows:

no (the default)
EGL generates a COBOL copybook into the definition of each form item, in the Data Section of the COBOL program. Access is direct, not requiring use of COBOL SET statements.
yes
EGL places a single copybook in the Linkage Section, and access is by COBOL SET statements.

If possible, accept the default value, which maximizes performance. If your program uses many forms or if the forms contain many items, however, EGL generates a large number of COBOL variable names, and the COBOL compiler symbol table can become so large that compilation fails.

If you need to avoid the compilation problem just described, set oneFormItemCopybook to yes; then, the EGL-generated code will invoke a COBOL SET statement whenever a form-item property value is accessed.


Related concepts
Build descriptor part


Related reference
Build descriptor options


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