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List, We will be migrating COBOL programs from a VSE/ESA system to i5. Many of our COBOL programs have optional input parameters that drive the processing. The way the majority of them handle the parms is that the parms are coded "in-line" in the JCL. The program defines the system reader device as a "file". This technique has proven to be the most flexible since it enables the program to handle 0 to many input parms and keeps "reading" the file until end-of-file (translated that means when the JCL card containing the "/*" card is read). So, I would like opinions as to how best to adapt this type of processing to the iSeries world. Is there a way to define the system reader device as a file to the COBOL program which can read in the parameter cards that are "in-line" in the CL and *know* when to stop (EOF)? If not, what is the closest method that would require the fewest logic changes to the existing programs? Your ideas please. TIA!
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