EGL Reference Guide for iSeries


EGL source format

You declare logic, data, and user-interface parts in EGL files, each of which has the extension .egl and is constructed as follows:



Syntax diagram for EGL source format

package identifier
Specifies the name of the package in which the file resides, with each identifier separated from the next by a period.

For an overview, see EGL projects, packages, and files.

import packageName
Specifies the full name of a package to import. For an overview, see Import.
partName
Specifies a single part to import.
*
Indicates that every part in the package is to be imported.
part
One of the EGL logic, data, or user-interface parts.

You may place comments in an EGL file, inside or outside a part.


Related concepts
EGL projects, packages, and files
Import
References to parts
Parts


Related tasks
Syntax diagram


Related reference
Basic record part in EGL source format
Comments
DataItem part in EGL source format
DataTable part in EGL source format
FormGroup part in EGL source format
Form part in EGL source format
Function part in EGL source format
Indexed record part in EGL source format
Library part in EGL source format
MQ record part in EGL source format
PageHandler part in EGL source format
Program part in EGL source format
Relative record part in EGL source format
Serial record part in EGL source format
SQL record part in EGL source format


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