Re: R: [COBOL400-L] newbie: simple file output problem, debugging

[jared <jhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi Finucci,

if fs-thefile NOT = '00'
  ??? how do i put error text somewhere i'll be able to see it?
end if

-jared

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Finucci Domenico wrote:

> Hello.
> First of all: assign to database-thefile, i suppose.
> Please code also:  file status is fs-thefile
> After any i-o operation, please check the value of fs-thefile: if it is not 
> '00' something wrong has happended.
> Hear you soon.
> Sincerely
>
>       Domenico Finucci
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>
>
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: jared [mailto:jhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Inviato: giovedì 15 luglio 2004 15.31
> A: cobol400 list
> Oggetto: [COBOL400-L] newbie: simple file output problem, debugging
>
>
> Hi all.
>
> My program runs without complaint, but when I check the output file, it
> seems to be totally empty.  It used to complain, but then I started
> calling it after creating an output file with the following command:
>
>   CRTPF FILE(MYLIB/THEFILE) RCDLEN(16384) FILETYPE(*DATA) MBR(*FILE)
>
> The COBOL contains blocks like these:
>
> file-control.
>    select thefile assign to thefile.
> data division.
> file section.
>  fd  thefile.
>  01  named-rec        pic x(16384).
>
> [omit working-storage, linking sections, procedure division header]
> [inside main procedure:]
>
> open output thefile
> perform set-named-rec-value
> if return-code = 0
>   write named-rec
> end-if
> close thefile
> .
>
> Do I need to create the output file in a different way?  Am I not telling
> the COBOL program enough about file?
>
> I also don't know how to debug the running COBOL program to check whether
> named-rec is being set correctly.  I'm on V5R2.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Jared
>
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