Recent content by dchristensen

I have spent some time playing with the COBOS IDE which utilizes the OpenCOBOL compiler. The current version does compile and link on Windows (or Linux) and seems to show some promise. The IDE is on SourceForge.

I'm part of a data warehouse team that daily extracts mainframe data that's moved to the LAN and loaded into SQL Server. We generate delimited files and transport the files using FTP. While there are alternate ways to do this, our solution is clean and reliable due to its simplicity. You...

Couldn't you use the MySQL Connector/ODBC libraries to allow you to connect using ESQL? I've done that on Windows and it's worked fine.

From the discussions, I think the desire is to have a program that will reformat COBOL to handle indenting, aligning things like the PIC's in record descriptions, etc. Years ago in my Burroughs/UniSys mainframe days, I used a re-formatter for COBOL that worked well. I can't remember the name...

Found some things on this site: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/07/12/time-savers-code-beautifier-and-formatter/

You can get the free version of Net Express from the Micro Focus site, or there's an educational version available on the Fujitsu site. There are limitations with either of them. Another low cost option would be to buy a copy of KOBOL offered by TheCompany.com The WIndows version works okay...

I haven't looked at the data file as yet, but you might try using "Record Edit" which is a data file editor that can accept COBOL records and data types. You can also build a record description within the application which will give you a way to browse and export the file.

Have learned that ports 1477 & 1478 TCP/UDP need to be open between the workstation and the HIS server in order for communication to work.

The Windows version of KOBOL from thekompany.com works okay. If you want to use it on Linux, there are some issues that have yet to be resolved. http://www.thekompany.com

We are setting up HIS to test what it can bring to our mixed environment of mainframe and networked systems. We have HIS set up on a server with appropriate firewall access to the mainframe. We'd now like to install the HIS client on developer workstations, but can't seem to locate what ports...

You can also use FileAID for this process and it will generate JCL you can save to repeat the process.

There are two relatively inexpensive utilities I use to look at old COBOL programs. First (and favorite) is Visustin, which will look at a COBOL program and can give you a selection of diagrams. The second is Power Structure. Of course, there's always Micro Focus Revolve, though it is fairly...

We're in the process of implementing MFE to offload development to the workstation. Another option to look at would be perCOBOL. During our evaluation, I looked at it and it seemed to be a good product. Its IDE is also based on Eclipse.

If you go to this IBM link: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247126.html You'll find samples and documentation.

Thanks to everyone for responding. I've been out of town for a few days and this is my first chance to look at postings to the thread. I have a program that will be used multiple times during nightly processing to access files using a common record format to split the files into collections of...