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  3. July 2002

RE: A little shudder here

Jon,

Are you saying that you don't need a SELECT or a File Section
entry for workstation I-O in AS/400 Cobol?

I have never been able to compile a program without them :(

Please enlightnen me....

Terry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Paris [mailto:Jon.Paris@Partner400.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 2:10 PM
> To: Cobol400-L@Midrange. Com
> Subject: A little shudder here
>
>
> Just a further thought.
>
> There is no point in defining the Display file at all in the
> COBOL.  i.e. in
> the SELECT ... ASSIGN or in the File Section.  Unlike RPG
> these have no
> "under the cover" effects.  Just use the COPY DDS in WS and
> all is well.
>
> Jon Paris
> Partner400
>

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