Re: PF / LF files

Cmon Jon - COBOL/400 is a very modern language! It could always create files on the fly - (using QCMDEXE haha :)

In fact at our company, COBOL/400 came in a close second to choosing SAP as our future platform.

Well, maybe it wasn’t all that close (but it would have been a lot cheaper :)






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From: COBOL400-L [mailto:cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 3:42 PM
To: Cobol400-L@Midrange. Com <cobol400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [COBOL400-L] PF / LF files

"The table structures are created outside of the high level languages in OS400 operating system.”

Just for technical correctness - COBOL on IBM i _can_ create files. It is a capability that was added some years ago to get round some ANSI compliance issues.

Not that you should use it of course but … <grin>


Jon Paris

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www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On Oct 26, 2016, at 1:50 PM, John Arnold (MFS) <jarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bottom line - file descriptions are not created by COBOL code in OS400. You need a basic understanding of how physical and logical files are created. Just modifying the COBOL file structures will not modify the file structure of a table.
As Joel Stone said, this can be done with SQl or DDS but not with COBOL. The table structures are created outside of the high level languages in OS400 operating system.

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From: COBOL400-L [mailto:cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charmaine A. Gray
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 1:10 PM
To: 'cobol400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [COBOL400-L] PF / LF files

Hello,

I just started working on an AS400 in April of this year.
I need some help in understanding how to create a new field for a LF (logical File).

I have added the new field to the copybook which holds the file layout.
I have recompiled the program.
I don't know what to do to the actual file to make it larger.

Can you help me?

Thank you,
Charmaine
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