COBOL

Compiling COBOL in ASCII mode in mainframe express There is a need in my project where we are migrating the data from EBCDIC to ASCII mode. For data part we would be coverting the data using programs but for existing programs to run in ASCII mode, we will need to compile them in ASCII mode.

Convert easytrieve to COBOL The company that I work for has the easytrieve licence getting expired and they do not wish to renew the licence instead they are planning to get rid of easytrieve all together. The company has decided to work on a project to convert all the easytrive programs to COBOL programs. Is

EJECT command in COBOL In my shop, I see “EJECT” command used in many places in the COBOL program, but this does not seem to be an executable command. What is the purpose of using EJECT command in COBOL? “; ; ; ;

COBOL program to delete a PS file I have a requirement where I need to delete a file if a particular condition is met in the cobol program. Now this may sound strange to you, but thats how the requirement is. I have never deleted a file using COBOL, JCL is the one that is supposed to handle such

Can we display value of Index in COBOL Is it possible to display the value of Index in COBOL. I know its a register so it does not need to be  declared in the program but would it be possible  to display the value contained in it “; ; ; ;

Fri, 07/08/2011 – 19:47 #1 Easytrieve equivalent of S9(7)V99 Comp-3 in COBOL I have a file which is prepared by a COBOL program and which contains packed data. Packed data is not in readable format, so for sending the report to client I need it converted to readable format. I want to write an easytrieve to convert this