Serial record part in EGL source format

You declare a record part of type serialRecord in an EGL file, which is described in EGL source format.

An example of a serial record part is as follows:

  Record mySerialRecordPart type serialRecord
    {
      fileName = myFile
    }
    10 myField01 CHAR(2);
    10 myField02 CHAR(78);
  end

The syntax diagram for a serial record part is as follows:

Record recordPartName serialRecord

Identifies the part as being of type serialRecord and specifies the part name. For the rules of naming, see Naming conventions.

fileName = fileName

The file name. For details on the meaning of your input, see Resource associations (overview). For rules, see Naming conventions.

lengthItem = lengthItem

The length item, as described in Properties that support variable-length records.

numElementsItem = numItem

The number of elements item, as described in Properties that support variable-length records.

structureItem

A structure item, as described in Structure item in EGL source format.

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