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| Subject | Date Asked |
| COBOL Program 2 | 5/25/2012 |
| Q: Will all records (P RECORDS, I RECORDS, AND M RECORDS)get processed in the PERFORM STATEMENT based ... A: No they will not. Your evaluate statement has logic which will bypass the Perform statement if an ... | |
| COBOL Program | 5/24/2012 |
| Q: I am new to I series Cobol/AS400. The following is code in which I need to modify ASAP. In the ... A: EVALUATE P-I-FLAG WHEN “P” CONTINUE WHEN “I” CONTINUE ... | |
| COBOL Program | 5/24/2012 |
| Q: I am new to I series Cobol/AS400. The following is code in which I need to modify ASAP. In the ... A: If you need to make "I" and "M" records act the same as "P" records, you should do the same thing ... | |
| Need a help for me | 4/23/2012 |
| Q: How many divisions are there in JCL-COBOL? if i am asking somebody,they told 4 only but if i search ... A: NagarajanM, JCL and COBOL are two different things. I am assuming you are asking specifically ... | |
| FLAGS IN COBOL | 2/29/2012 |
| Q: CAN U TELL ME THE EXACT DEFINITION OF 'FLAGS' THAT WE USE IN COBOL? NEED A BRIEF EXPLANATION IF U ... A: I'm assuming you are referring to what is also known as an 88 level switch. A flag is useful when ... | |
| Cobol code issues | 1/20/2012 |
| Q: I have requirement. My file is Flat File having account number and sequence number and some other ... A: Shravani, I'm not going to write the program for you because this seems like a homework question to ... | |
| NEED HELP BADLY | 11/9/2011 |
| Q: IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. CTRLBRK-SALES. ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. ... A: This looks like homework :) I'll point you in the right direction though... The comment appears ... | |
| need your help in ispf. | 10/30/2011 |
| Q: greetings for the day. Can you please help me out on this. I have submitted a job in mainframe. TSO ... A: You need to add the jobcard "typerun=scan" to jcl to run the scan instead of submitting the job. ... | |
| Compiler directives | 9/19/2011 |
| Q: am working on a migrating project from AIX to Linux and i want to know about what are the major ... A: Ok, thanks for the info. I'm going to have to point you to one of two options: Post your question ... | |
| Compiler directives | 9/16/2011 |
| Q: am working on a migrating project from AIX to Linux and i want to know about what are the major ... A: With what information you've shared, I would ask that you verify that these are in fact Micro Focus ... | |
| RM COBOL | 9/14/2011 |
| Q: We are looking to "modernize" our RMCOBOL 74, currently running in SCO UNIX Openserver 5.06 (or ... A: *smile* No problem. Yes, Eclipse is the editor. It allows you to work in a graphical environment ... | |
| RM COBOL | 9/14/2011 |
| Q: We are looking to "modernize" our RMCOBOL 74, currently running in SCO UNIX Openserver 5.06 (or ... A: Jennifer, As you've already found, no matter what you do, you'll have some work to do. What you ... | |
| Compiler directives | 9/12/2011 |
| Q: am working on a migrating project from AIX to Linux and i want to know about what are the major ... A: There aren't any compiler differences that I am aware of. Your only issues will be in any scripts ... | |
| Issue with ^ symbol and Junk characters | 7/25/2011 |
| Q: I am extracting data from ISAM files to Flat files using a generic MF COBOL program with simple ... A: I believe the only way I could determine the issue would be to review the source and see a sample ... | |
| Issue with ^ symbol and Junk characters | 7/25/2011 |
| Q: I am extracting data from ISAM files to Flat files using a generic MF COBOL program with simple ... A: Without seeing the code or data file, my first guess would be that you don't have your file defined ... | |
| Remove spaces and extract numeric from alphanumeric | 4/15/2011 |
| Q: I am new to mainframe and I was trying to solve a problem i had. The problem is: Possible values in ... A: Hey Akhil, The way I would do it is through the use of reference modification. The example routine ... | |
| Difference between Cobol And Microfocus COBOL | 4/11/2011 |
| Q: I want to deploy my code written in COBOL 85 to Microfocus so that I can run it on windows server. ... A: Hey Epex, You shouldn't have to make any changes to get it to run within the Micro Focus ... | |
| queue | 2/28/2011 |
| Q: i'm new in c++. can you please explain me briefly what is FIFO, LIFO and Priority Queue. what are ... A: Hey ganapathy, Think of a stack of plates. LIFO (last in first out) means that you would always ... | |
| Mainframe as Career | 2/3/2011 |
| Q: I am a graduate in engineering 2009,ex web developer, looking for a change in career could you ... A: Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I didn't see the message until just now... Tough question. ... | |
| Buffer overlfow problem | 11/10/2010 |
| Q: I am trying to take a Mainframe CICS/COBOL program and run it on a MF COBOL runtime with CICS ... A: Since you specifically mentioned CICS and linkage, the first place I would look would be at the ... | |
| A full version of cobol | 10/20/2010 |
| Q: Would like to find out where can I get a full copy of cobol which can install & run on windows xp? ... A: You don't have to write COBOL.Net with Visual COBOL. You can do traditional COBOL application ... | |
| String Manipulation in COBOL Without Using Reference Modification | 10/14/2010 |
| Q: SIR, PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO WRITE THE CODE FOR DISPLAYING THE CHARACTER OR STRING WITHOUT USING THE ... A: Hey Prashant, You have a couple of options, depending upon whether you are writing standard ... | |
| A full version of cobol | 10/5/2010 |
| Q: Would like to find out where can I get a full copy of cobol which can install & run on windows xp? ... A: Hey Art, You can get a copy of the Micro Focus product at ... | |
| Execution Error | 9/28/2010 |
| Q: Receiving the following error after installing new image on new server. Execution error : file ... A: Hey Jeanine, Not much to go on here... If everything in the environment is setup the same (Same ... | |
| Retrievel of data | 9/16/2010 |
| Q: Table:Employee(id,name,age,role) in this table 200 rows are there,now i want fetch that row ... A: Hey Priya, I believe there is already an example program provided with the Micro Focus software ... | |
| Read Cobol data files through ODBC | 8/28/2010 |
| Q: My Clinet sent me two iCobol files, having file types NX and XD. I would like to extract the records ... A: Hey Demi, There is an ODBC driver available for iCobol files ... | |
| How to convert a dec value to packed value | 7/30/2010 |
| Q: we are working in a data migration from a distributed platform to a main frame. But we need to know ... A: The only file conversion utilities I know of typically come with the COBOL tools from the vendor. ... | |
| iCobol data file migration | 7/27/2010 |
| Q: Our client uses iCobol version 3.65 (linux for x86). They are in desperate need to migrate data ... A: Hey Grace, To fully answer your question, I need more information than what you've provided. But, ... | |
Robert Collins
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Expertise
I currently work for Micro Focus and am directly involved in migrations from the IBM z/OS mainframe to the distributed platforms. I'm familiar with CICS, COBOL, DB2, JCL, SQL Server, Windows, Visual Studio, VB.Net, etc.
Experience
I currently work for Micro Focus and am directly involved in migrations from the IBM z/OS mainframe to the distributed platforms. I'm familiar with CICS, COBOL, DB2, JCL, SQL Server, Windows, Visual Studio, VB.Net, etc.
Publications
http://itsacobolworld.blogspot.com
Education/Credentials
Bachelor of Science in CIS from DeVry Institute
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