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Enterprise COBOL for z/OS V6.3 documentation refreshed in May 2020

By Dan Zhang posted Fri May 29, 2020 02:31 AM

Enterprise COBOL for z/OS V6.3 documentation is refreshed today, to include the following enhancements:

Enhancements with PTFs installed: (For a complete list of Enterprise COBOL PTFs, check https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/604539):

PH22581: New suboptions LAX | STRICT are added to the INITCHECK option to control whether the compiler will issue warning messages for data items unless they are initialized on at least one, or on all, logical paths to a statement. For details, see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_6.3.0/pg/ui/up1031.html.

Documentation fixes:

- In Programming Guide:

Added a note to the INITCHECK option to clarify how the option reports and prints an uninitialized group in: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.3.0/pg/ui/up1031.html
Updated the performance considerations of static and dynamic calls to fix the case "Dynamic calls performance is better than the static one" in: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.3.0/pg/concepts/cpsub02a.html
Clarified the behavior of the VLR compilation option and added a table of the status file values in: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_6.3.0/pg/ui/up2081.html
Added considerations about using COBOL user exit routines with DFSORT: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_6.3.0/pg/tasks/tpsor31.html
Modified the links to CICS manuals about finding the CICS translator options in several places, such as in: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_6.3.0/pg/ui/up6070.html
Updated the link to CICS documentation library, and changed product names of "IBM Debug for z Systems" and "IBM Developer for z Systems" to "IBM Debug for z/OS" and "IBM Developer for z/OS" respectively in: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_6.3.0/pg/pgLR2mvs.html

-In Language Reference:

Updated the product name of "IBM Developer for z Systems" to "IBM Developer for z/OS" in several places, such as in: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.3.0/lr/rlpreacz.html

-In Migration Guide:

Clarified INSPECT...TALLYING behavior changes: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.3.0/migrate/igymsource.html
Provided details about migrating from PDS data sets to PDSE data sets: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_6.3.0/migrate/igymch1600ckl.html
Clarified that programs compiled with TEST(...,NOSEPARATE) under CICS require read access to DFHRPL libraries: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_6.3.0/migrate/igymch1804.html
Added information about finding the CICS translator options: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_6.3.0/migrate/igymch1701.html
Added a link to the COBOL Migration Information Portal, where you can find information about COBOL migration all in one place: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_6.3.0/migrate/igympreab2.html
Updated the product name of "IBM Developer for z Systems" to "IBM Developer for z/OS" in several places, such as in: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.3.0/migrate/igympreacc.html

-In Customization Guide:

Added a note to the INITCHECK option to clarify how the option reports and prints an uninitialized group in: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.3.0/custom/igycch282.html
Clarified the behavior of the VLR compilation option and added a table of the status file values in: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_6.3.0/custom/igycch272.html
Updated the product name of "IBM Debug for z Systems" to "IBM Debug for z/OS" in several places, such as in: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.3.0/custom/igycch100.html

-In Performance Tuning Guide:

Updated using static and dynamic calls to fix the case "Dynamic calls performance is better than the static one" in: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_6.3.0/perf/using_calls.html

The English PDF files are also refreshed to include the updates above (it may take up to 48 hours for the PDF files to be republished). You can find the latest English PDF files from the Enterprise COBOL for z/OS library page at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/611415.

If you have any comments regarding COBOL docs, please send them to compinfo@cn.ibm.com.

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