VisualAge Generator to Enterprise Generation Language Migration Guide


Running the Stage 1 migration tool

After you have finished editing your preferences, you are ready to run the Stage 1 migration tool to extract your source code from the Smalltalk library. To do this, perform the following steps:

  1. Start the EGL Migration Driver View using one of the following techniques:
    1. If you modified the preferences by starting the Preferences Editor, start the EGL Migration Driver View from the Systems Transcript by selecting EGL Migration Tools -> Migration Driver.
    2. If you modified the preferences by starting the EGL Migration Driver, then when you saved the preferences file, you are positioned back at the EGL Migration Driver View.
  2. Ensure the File Name for the Migration Preference File points to the file in which you stored your preferences. Use the Browse... button to point to a different preferences file. Use the Edit... button to review or make final modifications to your preferences.
  3. When you are satisfied with your preferences, select the Execution Options that you want to use. The Execution Options control the output of the Stage 1 migration tool as follows:
  4. After you have selected your Execution Options, click OK to run Stage 1 of the migration tool. The migration tool writes messages to the log file you specified in your migration preferences. The tool also puts the same messages in the System Transcript.

At this point, if you ran the Stage 1 migration tool and selected the Update Database option, your migration plan information, including your VAGen code in External Source Format, is stored in the migration database. After reviewing your report and the Stage 1 messages, you might decide to make changes to your code in VisualAge Generator and run Stage 1 again. After you are satisfied with the results of Stage 1 and have your final External Source Format code stored in the migration database, you are ready to perform Stage 2 of the migration. To run the Stage 2 migration tool, you use the WebSphere Studio product. See Stage 2 - Conversion to EGL syntax for information about continuing your migration process.


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