Our COBOL Programming

COBOL Programming - Basics

1 hour

1 hour

1 hour

PowerPoint Our COBOL Environment

PowerPoint Our COBOL Programming

WebinarUnderstanding

COBOL and Your Role

= Datatrain Course Modules

Introduction to COBOL

Program Structure

Program Control

Instructions and Procedures

1 hour

Arithmetic

1 hour

Company name

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1 hour

Screen, Time and Date Input

Why Have Procedures and Methods?

• Improve Code Readability

• Improve Code Reliability

• Improve Performance

• Reduce Cost of Coding

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COBOL Program and Module Names

SALCMP01

Application: First Three Characters:•SAL – Sales•ACC – Accounting•CUS – Customer•STK – Stock•UTL – Standard Utility

Sub-Application: Second Two Characters

Identifying Characters: Last Three Characters

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Coding Standards

• Improve Code Quality and Reliability

• Covers:• Comments

• Variable Naming Standards

• Program Size Limits

• Guides to Better Programming

• Includes Code Fragments for Common Jobs

• Documented at http://my.company.com/COBOL/standards

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Utility Routines for COBOL

• Date Handling

• File Handling

• DB2 and IMS Database Access

• Sort

• Documented at http://my.company.com/COBOL/utilities

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COBOL Compiles

• Standard Compile Options

• Do NOT Compile Programs Outside Panels

• Production Compile Output Stored in Control-D

• More Information at http://my.company.com/COBOL/compile

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COBOL Source

• Stored in SCLM

• Stored on SYSX Only

• Production Compiles From SCLM

• SCLM Maintained by Application Group

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COBOL Tools

• Micro Focus – Mainframe COBOL Development on Windows

• Compuware Abend-Aid – abend analysis

• IBM Application Performance Analyzer (APA)

• CA-Optimizer – COBOL Code Optimizer

Summary

• COBOL and Our Company

• Where COBOL Runs

• The Future of COBOL

• Why We Use COBOL

• COBOL Tools

COBOL Programming - Basics

1 hour

1 hour

1 hour

PowerPoint Our COBOL Environment

PowerPoint Our COBOL Programming

WebinarUnderstanding

COBOL and Your Role

= Datatrain Course Modules

Introduction to COBOL

Program Structure

Program Control

Instructions and Procedures

1 hour

Arithmetic

1 hour

1 hour

Screen, Time and Date Input

9 | Copyright © Interskill Learning Pty Ltd 2011 – Commercial in Confidence