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RE: Working with DataArea in COBOL

  • Subject: RE: Working with DataArea in COBOL
  • From: "Amjad Zamil" <amjadz@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 20:13:56 +0300
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Thanks alot,Howard,I saw some similar examples while I was searching through the COBOL400 archives.
I may take some days to try them before I get back to you ;)
 
Best Regards
 
 Amjad
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-cobol400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-cobol400-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Weatherly, Howard
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 8:50 PM
To: 'COBOL400-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Working with DataArea in COBOL

Oops! I missed a dash, that should say LOCAL-DATA
-----Original Message-----
From: Weatherly, Howard [mailto:hweatherly@dlis.dla.mil]
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 11:58
To: 'COBOL400-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Working with DataArea in COBOL

Geir, that's not entirely correct, data areas are directly accessible from COBOL using the ACCEPT verb and saying From DATAAREANAME as the source and defined in Special-Names as LOCALDATA is DATAAREANAME. See pg.. 305 COBOL/400 Users Guide. Although it must be created outside of the COBOL program.
-----Original Message-----
From: Amjad Zamil [mailto:amjadz@sts.com.jo]
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 01:28
To: COBOL400-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Working with DataArea in COBOL

Geir,
 
 I appreciate it if you can send me an example (CL + COBOL).
 Thanks alot.
 
 Best  Regards
 
 Amjad
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From: owner-cobol400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-cobol400-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of geir.kildal@entragroup.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 4:04 PM
To: COBOL400-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Working with DataArea in COBOL


Amjad.

It's quite 'normal' to use a data area to pass parameters, but the dataarea must be read by a CL-program, and that program must pass the content to the COBOL program as a parameter(or parameters).  You must know how to use parameters in a COBOL program(LINKAGE SECTION and PROCEDURE DIVISION USING ....etc etc.).  If you don't know how, you have to look it up in a manual, or I can send you an example..


Mvh.

Geir




"Amjad Zamil" <amjadz@sts.com.jo>
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Geir,
 
 Thanx for your reply.Right now,I'm not using DataArea  within the COBOL code that's wun on the AS/400.I just  went
 through reading about the issue from internet resources and found  alot pointing to DataArea as a key to solve this
 problem.I can write a totally new sample COBOL program that meets  with whatever modifications/requiremetns that
 I should do to use DataArea if this's really the correct way to go  including the required CL to build and use,as well.
 
Best  Regards
 
 Amjad Zamil
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Sent: Monday, March 12,  2001 6:35 PM
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Amjad.

First of all, I  would check to see if the COBOL-program is expecting parameters in the call.   You mention DataAreas, they are usually read in a CL-program, whitch   can call a COBOL-program.


Mvh.

Geir Kildal  
Entra Data AS




"Amjad Zamil"  <amjadz@sts.com.jo>
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Hi,

 I'm totally new to  AS/400 environment.I have searched through the mailing
list archives  for
information regarding my problem but couldn't find a clear  answer.

 I have a Sun server running  Solaris 7 with SNAP-IX installed and configured
to set an  Lu6.2
connection to AS/400 server.I managed to test the connectivity with  the
AS/400 server and
it's working ok.The problem is that I have a small  cobol program that runs
on AS/400 and
I need to pass some parameters  in/out to/from it from my SNAP-IX server and
when I check
the AS/400  log,I find that the cobol program was called but get an  error
saying
"missing parameters".I think the problem is mainly related  to the way the
cobol program
is dealing with the  DataArea.

 I appreciate it if someone  can provide me with the typical way a COBOL
program should work
with the  DataArea and whatever pre-steps on the operating system level that
should  be done.

 Thanks alot in  advance.

 Best  Regards

 Amjad Zamil <  amjadz@sts.com.jo >

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