Overview of build descriptor options

A Build Descriptor part controls the generation process. Build descriptor options are one of several types of information in a build descriptor part. Build descriptor options specify how to generate and prepare the output for your main parts, and a subset of the build descriptor options can cause other build parts to be used during the generation process, or additional output files to be created during the generation process.

The next two tables list all the build descriptor options that can be used. The first table shows whether the option can be used to guide Java™, JavaScript, or COBOL generation. The second table lists each option, a description of the option's function, and the default value.

Because these tables list all available options, they are very long. For this reason you may want to refer to a shorter, more specific list:

Table 1. Build descriptor option platform dependencies
Build descriptor option	Java	Java iSeries	Java- Script	iSeries (COBOL)	z/OS batch	CICS for z/OS	IMS BMP	IMS/ VS	Debug
bidiConversionTable	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
bidiRuntime	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
bind	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
birtEngineHome	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
blanksAsZero	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
buildPlan	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
byteArrayOperationsForStructuredRecords	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
cachePreparedStatements	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
cancelAfterTransfer	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
checkIndices	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
checkNumericOverflow	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
checkToTransaction	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
checkType	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
cicsEntries	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
cicsj2cTimeout	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
clientCodeSet	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
commentLevel	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
currencyLocation	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
currencySymbol	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
data	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
dbContentSeparator	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
dbms	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
debugLocalDateFormat	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
debugTrace	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
decimalSymbol	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
deepNullCheck	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
defaultDateFormat	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
defaultMoneyFormat	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
defaultNumericFormat	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
defaultSessionCookieID	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
defaultServiceTimeout	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
defaultTimeFormat	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
defaultTimeStampFormat	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
deploymentDescriptor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
destDirectory	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
destHost	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
destLibrary	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
destPassword	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
destPort	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
destUserID	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
eliminateSystemDependentCode	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
enableJavaWrapperGen	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
endCommArea	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
errorDestination	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
fillWithNulls	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
formServicePgmType	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
genDataTables	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
genDDSFile	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
genDirectory	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
genFixedLengthSqlLike	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
genFormGroup	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
genHelpFormGroup	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
genProject	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
genProperties	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
genResourceBundle	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
genReturnImmediate	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
genRunFile	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
genVGUIRecords	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
genXSDFile	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
imsFastPath	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
imsID	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
imsLogID	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
imsPSB	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
includeLineNumbers	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
initIORecordsOnCall	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
initNonIODataOnCall	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
j2ee	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
j2eeLevel	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
leftAlign	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
linkage	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
linkEdit	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
math	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
maxNumericDigits	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
mfsDevice	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
mfsExtendedAttr	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
mfsIgnore	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
mfsUseTestLibrary	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
minSubstringLength	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
msgTablePrefix	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
nextBuildDescriptor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
positiveSignIndicator	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
prep	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
prepareAllSQLStatements	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
preparedStatementCacheSize	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
printDestination	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
programPackageName	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
projectID	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
reservedWord	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
resourceAssociations	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
resourceBundleLocale	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
restartTransactionID	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
restoreCurrentMsgOnError	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
returnTransaction	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
secondaryTargetBuildDescriptor	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
separatorSymbol	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
serverCodeSet	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
serverType	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
sessionBeanID	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
setFormItemFull	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
spaADF	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
spaSize	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
spaStatusBytePosition	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
spacesZero	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
sqlAccessColumnsAsBytes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
sqlCommitControl	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
sqlDB	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
sqlErrorTrace	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
sqlID	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
sqlIOTrace	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
sqlJDBCDriverClass	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
sqlJNDIName	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
sqlPassword	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
sqlSchema	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
sqlValidationConnectionURL	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
startTransactionID	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
statementTrace	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
synchOnPgmTransfer	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
synchOnTrxTransfer	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
sysCodes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
system	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
targetNLS	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
tempDirectory	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
templateDir	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
transferErrorTransaction	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
truncateExtraDecimals	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
twaOffset	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
useCurrentSchema	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
userMessageFile	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
useXctlForTransfer	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
v60DecimalBehavior	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
v60NumWithCharBehavior	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
v60NumWithDateBehavior	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
v60SQLNullableBehavior	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
v71AddBehavior	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
vagCompatibility	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
validateBlankDateFields	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
validateMixedItems	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
validateOnlyIfModified	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
validateSQLStatements	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
workDBType	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
wrapperCompatibility	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
wrapperJNDIPrefix	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
wrapperPackageName	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No

Table 2. Build descriptor option descriptions and default values
Build descriptor option	Default value	Description
bidiConversionTable	No default value	Identifies a bidirectional conversion table, which is needed to handle literals that contain Arabic or Hebrew characters.
bidiRuntime	No default value	Identifies a bidirectional runtime file, which contains options that control the bidirectional behavior for the fields in the form groups associated with an application.
bind	No default value	Identifies the bind control part, which is meaningful only when you generate a COBOL program that runs on z/OS® and that accesses SQL tables on DB2.
birtEngineHome	No default value	Identifies the location of the Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) report engine.
blanksAsZero	NO	Controls what happens when you assign or compare a text variable to a numeric variable.
buildPlan	YES	Specifies whether a build plan is created.
byteArrayOperationsForStructuredRecords	0 (must be set to 1 to provide the performance benefit)	Provides a performance benefit in some cases, by defining how generated Java code handles fields in structured records.
cachePreparedStatements	NO	Specifies whether to cache all PreparedStatements used with a connection.
cancelAfterTransfer	NO	Indicates whether a generated COBOL program is removed from memory when (a) the program issues a transfer to program statement; and (b) a dynamic linkage is involved.
checkIndices	YES	Specifies whether to support index range and null value checking.
checkNumericOverflow	YES	Specifies whether the generated code will check for numeric overflow.
checkToTransaction	YES	Indicates whether a special check is included in a generated CICS® program that issues a transfer to program statement.
checkType	NONE	Specifies the degree to which EGL checks at validation time for primitive-type conflicts within structures and records.
cicsEntries	NONE	Specifies whether to produce CICS program and transaction definitions; and if so, in what format.
cicsj2cTimeout	30000	Assigns a value to the cso.cicsj2c.timeout Java runtime property, which specifies the number of milliseconds before a timeout occurs during a call that uses protocol CICSJ2C.
clientCodeSet	IBM-850	Specifies the name of the coded character set that is in effect on the workstation.
commentLevel	1	Specifies the extent to which EGL system comments are included in output source code.
currencyLocation	NONE	Specifies the location of a currency symbol in a string representing a monetary value. For Java, also assigns a character to the vgj.nls.currency.location Java runtime property.
currencySymbol	For COBOL, determined by the language code of the runtime system. For Java, determined by the locale of the vgj.nls.code runtime property.	Specifies a currency symbol that is composed of one to three characters. For Java, also assigns a character to the vgj.nls.currency Java runtime property.
data	31	Specifies whether to use the DATA(24) or DATA(31) compile option to prepare a generated COBOL program.
dbContentSeparator	\|	Specifies the character used to delineate fields in a file which is used to load or unload data from the table of a relational database.
dbms	DB2	Specifies the type of database accessed by the generated program.
debugLocalDateFormat	Date format returned by the JDBC driver	Specifies the date format pattern for the text host variables associated with date columns in the debugger.
debugTrace	NO	Indicates whether EGL embeds trace information within a generated COBOL program.
decimalSymbol	For COBOL, determined by the language code of the runtime system. For Java, determined by the locale of the vgj.nls.code runtime property.	Specifies the symbol to use as the decimal indicator. For Java, also assigns a character to the vgj.nls.number.decimal Java runtime property.
deepNullCheck	YES	Specifies the compare method when compare any variable to null.
defaultDateFormat	For COBOL, determined by the language code of the runtime system. For Java, no default value.	Controls the initial runtime value of strLib.defaultDateFormat. For Java, controls the value of strLib.defaultDateFormat indirectly by setting the vgj.default.dateFormat Java runtime property.
defaultMoneyFormat	No default value	Controls the initial runtime value of the strLib.defaultMoneyFormat system variable. For Java, controls the value of strLib.defaultMoneyFormat indirectly by setting the vgj.default.moneyFormat Java runtime property.
defaultNumericFormat	No default value	Controls the initial runtime value of the strLib.defaultNumericFormat system variable. For Java, controls the value of strLib.defaultNumericFormat indirectly by setting the strLib.defaultNumericFormat Java runtime property.
defaultSessionCookieID	JSESSIONID	Identifies the session cookie provided to the EGL Rich UI Proxy from a service.
defaultServiceTimeout	No default value	Specifies the maximum valid number of milliseconds between a service call and the response.
defaultTimeFormat	For Java, no default value. For COBOL, the default value is `HH:mm:ss`.	Controls the initial runtime value of the strLib.defaultTimeFormat system variable. For Java, controls the value of strLib.defaultTimeFormat indirectly by setting the vgj.default.timeFormat Java runtime property.
defaultTimeStampFormat	For COBOL, the default value is `yyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss:SSSSSS`. For Java, no default value.	Controls the initial runtime value of the strLib.defaultTimeStampFormat system variable. For Java, controls the value of strLib.defaultTimeStampFormat indirectly by setting the vgj.default.timestampFormat Java runtime property.
deploymentDescriptor	No default value	Contains the name of the EGL services deployment descriptor file; this is created to provide service binding information for programs, libraries, handlers, and other services that invoke service functions.
destDirectory	If destHost is specified, the default directory is the same as where the build server was started; if destHost is not specified, the default is determined by the genDirectory build descriptor option.	Specifies the name of the directory that stores the output of preparation.
destHost	No default value	Specifies the name or numeric TCP/IP address of the target system where the build server resides.
destLibrary	QGPL	Specifies the 1- to 10-character name of the iSeries library that receives the objects created during generation and contains the objects used at run time.
destPassword	No default value	Specifies the password that EGL uses to log on to the system where preparation occurs.
destPort	No default value	Specifies the port on which a remote build server is listening for build requests.
destUserID	No default value	Specifies the user ID that EGL uses to log on to the system where preparation occurs.
eliminateSystemDependentCode	YES	Indicates whether the EGL generator ignores code that will never run in the target system.
enableJavaWrapperGen	YES (allow all)	Specifies whether all or only some of the following components can be generated when you attempt to generate the program: the program, Java wrapper classes, and related EJB session bean.
endCommArea	NO	Indicates whether to add four bytes of hexadecimal F values to the end of the COMMAREA on calls from EGL-generated CICS COBOL programs.
errorDestination	ELAPRINT (for IMS™ BMP); or ELADIAG (for IMS/VS)	Specifies the destination of diagnostic messages.
fillWithNulls	YES	Indicates whether to fill form fields with null characters.
formServicePgmType	ALL	Specifies the type of print services programs to generate.
genDataTables	YES	Specifies whether you want to generate the data tables that are referenced in the program you are generating.
genDDSFile	NO	Indicates whether you want to create iSeries data description specification (DDS) files from the record declarations with which your program does input or output.
genDirectory	No default value	Specifies the fully qualified path of the directory into which EGL places generated output and preparation-status files.
genFixedLengthSqlLike	NO	Indicates whether a host value used in an SQL LIKE clause includes trailing blanks to conform to the fixed length of the value, if the value is of type CHAR, MBCHAR, or UNICODE.
genFormGroup	YES	Indicates whether to generate the form group that is referenced in the use declaration of the program being generated.
genHelpFormGroup	YES	Indicates whether to generate the help form group that is referenced in the use declaration of the program being generated.
genProject	No default value	Places the output of Java generation into a workbench project and automates tasks that are required for Java runtime setup.
genProperties	NO	Specifies what kind of Java runtime properties to generate (if any) and, in some cases, whether to generate a linkage properties file.
genResourceBundle	YES	Specifies whether to generate a Java resource bundle.
genReturnImmediate	NO	Specifies whether the generated CICS COBOL program exits with a CICS RETURN IMMEDIATE statement.
genRunFile	YES	Indicates whether to produce sample runtime JCL for a z/OS batch program that you are generating .
genVGUIRecords	YES	Indicates whether to generate the VGUI records that are referenced in converse or show statements of a web transaction.
genXSDFile	NO	Indicates whether to create XML schema definition (XSD) files for the program parameter record and variable declarations.
imsFastPath	NO	Specifies whether the program can run as an IMS fast-path program.
imsID	No default value	Specifies the IMS DB control ID for your database; the value is used when you debug IMS code that accesses DL/I.
imsLogID	No default value	Specifies an identifier that will be included in records written to the IMS log.
includeLineNumbers	NO	Specifies whether or not Java runtime error messages contain the line number of the error.
initIORecordsOnCall	YES	Specifies when called program IO records are initialized.
initNonIODataOnCall	YES	Specifies when called program non-IO-record and primitive variables are initialized.
j2ee	NO	Specifies whether a Java program is generated to run in a J2EE environment.
j2eeLevel	No default value	Specifies the J2EE level of the web application server to which an EGL-generated web service or service-binding library will be deployed.
leftAlign	YES	Indicates whether to left-justify the output data on some form fields.
linkage	No default value	Contains the name of the linkage options part that guides aspects of generation.
linkEdit	No default value	Identifies a link edit part, which is meaningful only when you generate a COBOL program for z/OS.
math	COBOL	Specifies whether to do arithmetic calculations based on CSP math, which is used in some COBOL programs that were written either with IBM® Cross System Product (CSP) or with VisualAge® Generator.
maxNumericDigits	31	Specifies the size of numeric fields. This applies only to COBOL generation.
mfsDevice	No default value	Specifies information to include in the EGL-generated DEV and DFLD statements, for form-group generation targeted to IMS.
mfsExtendedAttr	YES	Indicates a default value for whether the devices support extended attributes and for whether a color default (CD) extended attribute is generated for form fields that are defined with color = default color.
mfsIgnore	NO	Indicates whether to include IGNORE in the SOR parameter of the MSG statement for the EGL-generated MID and MOD.
mfsUseTestLibrary	NO	Specifies whether the build script will cause the build server to place the MFS control blocks in a test library.
minSubstringLength	1	Specifies whether the minimum allowed computed length for a sub-string move is 1 or 0. This option applies to source variables only. When you use the sub-string on a target variable, the length of the move must be at least 1.
msgTablePrefix	No default value	If you generate a VGUI record bean alone, specifies the message-table prefix that is stored in the VGUI record bean.
nextBuildDescriptor	No default value	Identifies the next build descriptor in the chain.
positiveSignIndicator	F	Specifies the character that the iSeries-based ILE COBOL compiler uses as the positive sign for numeric data of types DECIMAL, MONEY, NUM, NUMC, and PACF.
prep	YES	Specifies whether EGL begins preparation when generation completes successfully.
prepareAllSQLStatements	NO	Controls the kind of JDBC object that EGL uses to run an SQL statement.
preparedStatementCacheSize	100	Specifies how many prepared statements to keep in the runtime cache when the cachePreparedStatements build descriptor option is set to YES. The value is assigned to the vgj.jdbc.pstmt.cache.size Java runtime property.
printDestination	PROGRAM CONTROLLED	Specifies the destination of printed output for basic programs generated for CICS.
programPackageName	No default value	Names the Java package that receives EGL-generated output during program generation.
projectID	No default value	Assigns a value to the EZEPID symbolic parameter, which is used in build scripts that run on z/OS.
reservedWord	No default value	Specifies a fully qualified path name for a text file that contains reserved words other than the EGL reserved words.
resourceAssociations	No default value	Contains the name of a resource associations part, which relates record parts to files and queues on the target platforms.
resourceBundleLocale	No default value	Specifies a Java locale to be included in the name of a resource bundle that is generated for a VGUI record or for a message table, either of which is used in a web transaction.
restartTransactionID	A blank	Indicates the transaction ID used to restart a program generated for CICS for z/OS.
restoreCurrentMsgOnError	YES for transaction-oriented BMPs; else, NO	Specifies whether, if an IMS BMP ends because of an error, a message that is being read by an EGL statement is reinserted on the IMS message queue.
returnTransaction	No default value	Identifies the CICS transaction that starts when the transaction associated with the generated program ends without a transfer.
secondaryTargetBuildDescriptor	No default value	Specifies a build descriptor that guides the generation of code being deployed to a web application server, while other code (which is targeted for other environments) is being generated in the same generation request.
separatorSymbol	For COBOL, determined by the language code of the runtime system. For Java, determined by the locale of the vgj.nls.code runtime property.	Specifies the symbol for separating the thousands and hundreds in a numeric value. For Java, also assigns a character to the vgj.nls.number.separator Java runtime property.
serverCodeSet	IBM-037	Specifies the name of the coded character set that is used by the z/OS or iSeries build server.
serverType	No default value	Identifies the type of web server in which your output will be deployed.
sessionBeanID	No default value	Identifies the name of a session element in the J2EE deployment descriptor.
setFormItemFull	YES	Indicates whether to display asterisks (*) in every empty form field for which you specified a set statement of the type set field full.
spaADF	NO	Specifies whether the IMS/VS program being generated transfers to or from an IMSADF II program.
spaSize	0	Specifies the number of bytes in the IMS scratch-pad area.
spaStatusBytePosition	No default value	Specifies the position of a segmentation status byte in the IMS scratch pad area.
spacesZero	NO	Specifies whether a generated program includes extra code to process numeric fields that are filled with spaces.
sqlAccessColumnsAsBytes	NO	Specifies whether column values from a DB2 database are copied directly as bytes into an SQL record rather than being used to construct Java objects. The YES value provides a performance benefit but has an effect only in some cases.
sqlCommitControl	No default value	Assigns a value to the vgj.jdbc.default.database.commitControl Java runtime property, which specifies whether a commit occurs after every change to the default database.
sqlDB	No default value	Specifies the default database used by a generated program.
sqlErrorTrace	NO	Specifies whether a generated COBOL program includes the code necessary to trace errors that occur during I/O operations against a relational database.
sqlID	No default value	Specifies a user ID that is used to connect to a database during generation-time validation of SQL statements, or for a Java program at run time.
sqlIOTrace	NO	Specifies whether a generated COBOL program includes the code necessary to trace the I/O operations done against a relational database.
sqlJDBCDriverClass	No default value	Specifies a driver class that is used to connect to a database during generation-time validation of SQL statements or for Java runtime in a non-J2EE environment.
sqlJNDIName	No default value	Specifies the default database used by a generated Java program that runs in J2EE.
sqlPassword	No default value	Specifies a password that is used to connect to a database during generation-time validation of SQL statements or in a Java program at run time.
sqlSchema	No default value	Sets the vgj.jdbc.schema Java runtime property.
sqlValidationConnectionURL	No default value	Specifies a URL that is used to connect to a database during generation-time validation of SQL statements.
startTransactionID	No default value	Indicates the transaction ID used to start a program that is generated for CICS.
statementTrace	NO	Specifies whether a generated COBOL program includes the code necessary to trace a non-SQL statement.
synchOnPgmTransfer	YES	Specifies whether to set a commit point in CICS in a way that minimizes the difference between processing on CICS and IMS.
synchOnTrxTransfer	NO	Specifies whether a commit point occurs when one the following kinds of programs runs a transfer to transaction statement: A main program in a Java environment A main program that is generated for z/OS batch A main program that is generated for IMS BMP, as described in "Runtime configurations"
sysCodes	NO	Determines the source of the return code that is placed in the system variable sysVar.errorCode in response to a file I/O error in a COBOL program.
system	No default value	Specifies the target runtime environment of the generated code. This option is required.
targetNLS	Based on the locale of the workstation that does generation.	Specifies the target national language code used to identify runtime messages.
tempDirectory	No default value	Specifies the location where EGL places two kinds of files: the Intermediate Representation (IR) files that are created when using the EGLSDK, and the JSP files created when generating a VGWebTransaction program or VGUIRecord.
templateDir	None	Specifies the directory that contains templates used to produce runtime JCL for z/OS or runtime CL for iSeries.
transferErrorTransaction	No default value	Specifies the name of a CICS transaction that receives control when a transfer statement results in an error.
truncateExtraDecimals	YES	Specifies whether the additional digits after the decimal point in a numeric value will be dropped during an assignment.
twaOffset	0	Specifies how many bytes in the transaction work area (TWA) are reserved for use by non-EGL programs in the same CICS run unit.
useCurrentSchema	NO	If YES, EGL will prepend the contents of the sqlLib.currentSchema system variable to all SQL table names at runtime.
userMessageFile	No default value	Specifies the generated value for the vgj.messages.file Java runtime property, which specifies a properties file that includes messages you create or customize.
useXctlForTransfer	NO	Indicates whether to use an XCTL command to implement a transfer to program statement.
v60DecimalBehavior	Depends on vagCompatibility	Controls the precision of an even-length DECIMAL, MONEY, or PACF variable.
v60NumWithCharBehavior	Depends on vagCompatibility	Indicates whether to treat NUM variables in the same way as all other numeric variables in assignments and comparisons that involve CHAR variables.
v60NumWithDateBehavior	NO	Specifies whether the behavior of assignments from Num fields to Date fields fulfills the behavior that was in effect in EGL version 6.
v60SQLNullableBehavior	Depends on vagCompatibility	Specifies how EGL behaves when a null value is assigned to a variable.
v71AddBehavior	NO	States whether, in a specific case, the effect of the plus (+) sign is determined by the type of variable to which an expression is assigned.
vagCompatibility	NO	Indicates whether the generation process allows use of special program syntax.
validateBlankDateFields	YES	Tells whether to identify an error in the following case: the dateFormat property is in effect for a field in a text form, but the user set the field to blank.
validateMixedItems	YES	Specifies whether a generated COBOL program validates fields that are of type MBCHAR.
validateOnlyIfModified	NO	Specifies whether to validate only those text-form fields for which the modified data tag is set.
validateSQLStatements	NO	Indicates whether SQL statements are validated against a database at generation time.
workDBType	AUX, for CICS; DLI, for IMS	Specifies the type of work database to use at run time.
wrapperCompatibility	CURRENT	Indicates how to regenerate wrappers that you intend to use with handwritten Java code when the wrappers were originally generated by VisualAge Generator 4.5, EGL 5.x, or EGL 6.x.
wrapperJNDIPrefix	No default value	Specifies a prefix to be added to all JNDI names for generated session beans.
wrapperPackageName	No default value	Specifies the package to generate Java wrappers into.