Generating runtime code
If you used VisualAge Smalltalk Standard, you must generate runtime code for all applications that you migrate to the current version of VA Smalltalk.
To accomplish this, select your application in the Organizer window and select Generate > Runtime Code from the Applications menu.
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You can also generate runtime code by opening the Composition Editor on individual part classes of your application and selecting Save Part from the File menu. Beginning with Version 6.0, VisualAge Smalltalk automatically generates runtime code every time you save your parts. For migration, however, the first method described is likely much faster.
Generated runtime code includes the private instance method named abtBuildInternals, which contains all of the information needed to recreate the visual subparts and connections of your part at runtime, as you defined them in the Composition Editor. It also includes the private class methods beginning with IS_ (short for interface specification), which contain all information needed to re-create the features of your part at runtime, as you defined them in the Public Interface Editor.
Last modified date: 07/02/2019