Cobol

Conversion (*.dat) to a readable format
Hi, I have to convert some Data Cobol files to a readable format(Excel, txt, ...). The problem is that those files are not editable under NotePad or a text editor ... (not a sequential file by line). Plz could you help me, i am a biginner in COBOL :-(( 10x ... 5 Sep 2005 19:36

recover data file format from pgm file ?
Hi everybody, I have to recover cobol data files from a software... These files are from acucorp and i used VUTIL32 -rebuild to reindex them so, if i understood what i read, they do not contain deleted record anymore. with VUTIL32 -extract, i obtain a file format very near to be comprehensive, except for num... 10 Aug 2005 18:40

data conversion
Hi all, Is there anyone who know something about *.dat, *.id and *.x file formats? Is it possible that it is Cobol data? Any tool which could convert it to ASCII files? Thanks in advance! Anabella ... 8 Aug 2005 17:16

SCREEN SECTION and ACCEPT ecxamples.
All my COBOL manuals and books wre written before screen handling became standardized. I can find good examples of displaying pretty thing on the screen but none showing how you ACCEPT data in a SCREEN environment. In addition to the mechanics of same there are some gotchas when the whole screen is accepted at once... 7 Aug 2005 18:29

Visual Cobol
Hi, there is a cobol studio? a editor and debug like microsoft visual C++ Where I can download it or similar ... 28 Jun 2005 18:38

Syntax for embedded sql
I am writing a program and need to know the correct syntax inside Cobol for SUBSTR. Insert into catable (member, namekey, namekey6, namekey10, name) Select substr(name, 1, 2), name, 1, 6) From Member Where members not = "0000000000" Order by Members EXEC-END. Is this Correct? ... 15 Jun 2005 15:33

MS COBOL 5.0
Hello All, Can anybody tel where can i still get a copy of ms cobol 5.0 thanks gys ... 9 Jun 2005 04:51

Need sanity check on return from EZASOKET call
I've got a simple TCP/IP app running on OS/390 (not sure of the compiler version details) that leverages EZASOKET calls to do it's work. Under some circumstances a READ will have a RETCODE of "000000000J" (according to a debug DISPLAY line I use to peek at this record.) RETCODE is a Pic S9(8) Binary. I read th... 16 May 2005 18:58

Should COBOL be lockedUP for good?...
Hello EveryOne, I am developing a softWare application for a multiUser operation in a netWork environment, the software should facilitate dataEntry functions, and provide capabilities for an information system as well. Also, the program has to handle concurrent Read-Write intensive requests, withOut any bottlene... 19 May 2005 21:14

JCL Builder or script HELP
Is there a tool or script (PERL, C#, or whatever) available that can extract only the JCL STEPs that generate reports, especially those using the Xerox DJDE format. In other words, I'm looking for a tool and/or the logic necessary to scan JCL text files, extract only the step(s) that print a report and rebuild a... 6 May 2005 05:18