iSeries-AS/400
Interactive COBOL Programming

Course Code: ACB3

Description

iSeries-AS/400 Interactive COBOL Programming is a self-paced, multimedia course providing comprehensive, practical training in the design and coding of interactive programs, with special attention given to Screen Design Aid.

Upon completion you'll be able to:

Use Screen Design Aid to create, test, and maintain display files.
Use Source Entry Utility to maintain display file DDS and add documentation.
Use structured programming input/output and logic control operations.
Create interactive COBOL data inquiry programs.
Create interactive COBOL data entry and file maintenance programs that validate user-entered data.
Use and override data base file field attributes on displays.
Create COBOL programs that use multiple display formats.
Create overall and cursor-sensitive Help text.
Use display file-defined and message file-defined error messages.
Use "put overrides" and "data overrides" to reduce data transfers and improve performance.
Screen Design Aid (SDA)
Display Files and Display Formats
Testing Display Files
SDA Work Display
Data Description Specifications (DDS)
Positional and Keyword Notation
Comment Lines
File/Record/Field Hierarchy
Designing Display Formats
Constants and Data Fields
Renaming Data Fields
Display Attributes
Conditional Indicators
Referencing Data Base Descriptions
Help Processing
HELP Keyword
Programming Help
AS/400 Application Help
Cursor-Sensitive Help		 Error Message Handling
Error Message (ERRMSG) Keyword
Error Message-ID (ERRMSGID) Keyword
Manual Error Message Handling ALARM Keyword Message Fields Positioning the Cursor Protecting Fields
Display File Data Editing
Edit Code (EDTCDE) Keyword
Edit Word (EDTWRD) Keyword
"Automatic Entry"
Validity Checking
RANGE, COMP, and VALUES Keywords
CHANGE Keyword		 COBOL Programming Examples
Inquiry
Data Entry
File Maintenance
Multifunction Programming
OVERLAY and PUTOVR Processing
OVERLAY Keyword
Multiple Format Workstation Screens
CRLR and SLNO
PROTECT and ERASEINP
Put Override (PUTOVR)
Override Data (OVRDTA)
Override Attribute (OVRATR)
ANSI '85 Standards
IBM COBOL/400 Extensions
Audience
Programmers with AS/400 COBOL/400 programming experience.
Prerequisites
AS/400 Workstation Operations
AS/400 System Operations
AS/400 COBOL/400 Programming		 Format
Self-Instructional
Materials
Fifteen Audio CDs
Student Text
Workbook
Interactive Media		 Time Required
Approximately 15 Hours

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