Exporting Display Files

ASNA Mobile RPG .aspx pages provide the face of a Display File. As such, .aspx pages are constructed and updated by adding, modifying, or deleting fields and records. This causes the pages to be out of sync with the RPG code residing in the IBM i server. The RPG code needs to be recompiled against the new description of the Display File so it is necessary to have an Export mechanism to convert the .aspx code back into a Display File on the server.

Starting this process is usually as simple as locating the appropriate Mobile Display File (Visual Studio's Solution Explorer, MobileDF folder, FileName.aspx), right-clicking on it, and selecting Export to Display File from the context menu.

The topics in this section detail explore the invoked export mechanism in greater depth.

In This Section

Export to Display File Process

Describes how to export ASNA Mobile RPG .aspx code into a IBM i Display File.

Export Display File Dialog

Explains the mandatory and optional entries in the dialog box when running the Export process.

Generated DDS

Describes the structure of the generated DDS file.