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Originally posted by: BasilTK Scenario: A data file contains dates listed repeatedly many times in a horizontal line entry with the YYYYMMDD format. An exe reads from that data file when compiled with V3.1. But however, after compiling with V5.1. the exe produces the trace below. ...
Originally posted by: BasilTK COBOL for AIX users tend to ask what the main difference is between the COBOL for AIX, V5.1 Runtime and prior runtimes. The main difference is that starting with COBOL for AIX, V5.1, the runtime is no longer re-distributable with user applications. ...
Originally posted by: BasilTK Consider the COBOL snippet below: $ cat test.cbl 000500 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 001000 01 WK-AREA. 002000 03 WK-XML-CODE PIC X(40000000). . . . 003000 PROCEDURE DIVISION. . . ...
Originally posted by: BasilTK Note: The steps below are written assuming that you already have the COBOL for AIX compiler and DB2 installed on your machine. Below are the steps you could use to compile, bind and run an 'SQL embedded' test cases: 1) Run the db2profile . /home/db2...
Originally posted by: BasilTK A COBOL for AIX user was expecting a certain output (described below) when compiling the following test case with -host when using COBOL for AIX: ===== COMPILE COMMAND: #Provides expected output: cob2 -c -qWSCLEAR -qSOURCE -qLIB -qAPOST ...
Originally posted by: BasilTK There are three ways for a user to set the filsystem when using COBOL for AIX: 1) export COBRTOPT="fs=<filesys>" . This is a global setting and will be applied to all your files and programs. eg export COBRTOPT="fs=stl" or 2) ...
Originally posted by: Cecilia F COBOL for AIX version 4.1 introduces a new utility, the source conversion utility (scu), to assist the conversion of programs in non-IBM COBOL source formats. The main function for utility is to “normalize” COBOL source input text so that the resulting...
Originally posted by: Cecilia F In addition to the fixed indicators that can be specified in the indicator area of the source reference format, there is a new floating comment indicator (*>) introduced by COBOL for AIX, V4.1. You can use the floating comment indicator in both the...
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Originally posted by: Cecilia F Extended source format is introduced in COBOL for AIX, V4.1. The new extended source format is divided into distinct areas as before, but permits lines varying in length from a minimum of 0 bytes to a maximum of 252 bytes. The following figures...
Originally posted by: Dwayne M Today we have announce competitive trade-up features for our IBM COBOL for AIX and IBM PL/I for AIX products. Clients moving from an eligible competitive product can now license IBM COBOL for AIX or IBM PL/I for AIX at an attractive price. For example, you can...