Limits the generation of properties in ILSMARTLINKAGE classes to non-redefining elementary items.
>>-.---.---.----.-ILSMARTRESTRICT------->< +-/-+ +-NO-+
| Default: | NOILSMARTRESTRICT |
| Phase: | Syntax check |
| $SET: | Initial |
| IDE equivalent: | Check Expose group linkage items to managed code on the COBOL tab in the project's properties, click Options and check Limit property generation to non-redefining elementary items. |
The following COBOL program is compiled with ILSMARTLINKAGE, ILSMARTRESTRICT, ILCUTPREFIX(lnk-b-) and ILCUTPREFIX(lnk-):
program-id. BookLegacy.
...
linkage section.
01 lnk-function pic x.
01 lnk-b-details.
03 lnk-b-text-details.
05 lnk-b-title pic x(50).
05 lnk-b-type pic x(20).
05 lnk-b-author pic x(50).
01 lnk-b-reprint-details redefines lnk-b-details.
03 lnk-b-invisible pic x(20).
procedure division using by value lnk-function
by reference lnk-b-details.
In C#, you can access the data in BookLegacy program in .NET COBOL as follows:
BookLegacy myBook = new BookLegacy();
//creates an object corresponding to the BookLegacy program
Details myDetails = new Details();
//creates an instance corresponding to the group lnk-b-details
. . .
myDetails.Title = "Great Expectations";
myBook.BookLegacy("2", myDetails);
// calls the BookLegacy method with myDetails,
// which corresponds to the group item lnk-b-details
Without ILSMARTRESTRICT set, you can also access other properties, such as group items and redefining elementary items:
... myDetails.setDetails = "Great Expectations Novel Dickens"; myDetails.setInvisible = "can't see this";
See the C# WinBook demonstration in the Enterprise Developer samples for more.