Re: A little shudder here

["Jay Sulzmann" <jsulzmann@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

See Winchester Terry's prior message.  He has an example of both a READ and
a WRITE.  Note particularly "FORMAT" and INDICATORS ARE.

COBOL isn't as smart as RPG.  You have to tell it everything.

Jay

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
To: <cobol400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 2:21 PM
Subject: RE: A little shudder here


> > From: Jay Sulzmann
> >
> > I always set up 01-levels for each record format in WORKING-STORAGE.  In
> > other words, set up a 01-level, then do a COPY DD (as opposed to COPY
DDS)
> > on the record format name.
>
> Please forgive my ignorance here.  This is REAL newbie stuff, I'm sure,
but
> let me show you what I'm working with:
>
>    FILE-CONTROL.
>        SELECT WRKSTN ASSIGN TO WORKSTATION-DSPF005
>            ORGANIZATION IS TRANSACTION
>            ACCESS DYNAMIC RELATIVE KEY RRN
>            FILE STATUS IS WS-STATS.
>
>   FILE SECTION.
>   FD  WRKSTN LABEL RECORDS ARE OMITTED.
>   01  WRKSTN-REC.
>       COPY DDS-ALL-FORMATS OF DSPF005.
>
>
>       MOVE "CBL002" TO PGMNAM OF S00100-O.
>       WRITE WRKSTN-REC FORMAT "S00100".
>
>
> Given this, I assume (bad, I know) that the COPY DDS-ALL-FORMATS is what
> brings in the definitions of the file, creating the magic "S00100-I" and
> "S00100-O" formats.  This defines PGMNAM in my program.  Then, since the
> compiler "knows" that S00100 is a format of WRKSTN-REC and that WRKSTN-REC
> "belongs to" WRKSTN, the WRITE verb completes correctly.
>
> If I put 01-levels for each format in my working storage, what is the
syntax
> of the WRITE verb that associates the format with the workstation?
>
> Joe
>
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