ANSI '85 COBOL INITIALIZE EVALUATE (Simple and Compound Structures) Scope Delimiters END-READ, END-START, END-IF, END-WRITE, and END-PERFORM NOT AT END NOT INVALID KEY Nested Perform Loops Nested IF Statements Using Scope Delimiters Using Externally Described Files START and READ-NEXT EXTERNALLY-DESCRIBED-KEY DB-FORMAT WRITE, REWRITE, and DELETE Using Data Base Field Names (COPY DDS) Using Alias Names (COPY DD) |
Printer Files Creating, Defining, and Using External Printer Files (External Report Definitions) Report Layout Utility (RLU) Communicating Between Programs CALL GOBACK and EXIT PROGRAM vs. STOP RUN CANCEL CALL USING LINKAGE SECTION Executing AS/400 Commands from COBOL |
Debugging Tools Start COBOL Debug Command (STRCBLDBG) End COBOL Debug Command (ENDCBLDBG) Change Debug Command (CHGDBG) Display Program Variable Command (DSPPGMVAR) Change Program Variable Command (CHGPGMVAR) Defining and Using Breakpoints Using Trace Using the AS/400 Core Dump |
Audience Programmers with previous COBOL experience who will be writing batch COBOL programs on the AS/400. Prerequisites AS/400 Workstation Operations AS/400 System Operations ANSI 1974 or 1982 COBOL programming experience |
Format Self-Instructional Materials Sixteen Audio CDs Student Text Workbook Interactive Media |
Time Required Approximately 15 Hours |