Cobol

AIX COBOL & Shell Script & AIX commands
Hi, Is there any way to call a AIX shell script from IBM AIX COBOL? Could someone give me the link to the syntax/examples? Also, Is there a way to call system commands like "Echo 123" etc. using COBOL. It would be very helpful for me if syntax/examples are provided. Thanks! gaya3 ... 17 Dec 2009 04:55

License Management Service
Hello, I have downloaded and installed Net Express Personal Edition on Windows Vista. But whenever I try to start the application, it says "License Management Service is not running". And then stops. I don't have license number or Work Order no. So How do I start that service? Please help me. Thanks, ... 17 Dec 2009 12:35

IS NUMERIC check for SPACES
Hi All, I had a question regarding blanks or SPACES in numeric fields. Would SPACES pass the IS NUMERIC test used for checking if the value is numeric or not. Since SPACES can be compared arithmetically (> SPACES), I was wondering if it would pass the IS NUMERIC test. Thanks in advance ... 12 Dec 2009 11:18

My COBDATA problem
Hello, Today I downloaded the COBDATA COBOL source code and compiled it on my Windows XP machine using the IBM compiler that is part of Rational Developer for System z. I had to make many cosmetic changes, split the text of several lines, do one logic change because of EXIT PERFORM, and changed the input file to... 7 Dec 2009 10:39

"Climategate" code
As you may know, thousands of sooper-secret documents were copied from the East Anglia climate research center and published on the web. The documents demonstrate the perfidy and hubris of the scientists leading the global-warming sect. But that's only part of the story behind climate data being fudged: "O... 11 Dec 2009 14:42

IBM COBOL Migration to Windows COBOL
Hi Everyone, My organization wants to move its IBM z/OS COBOL programs off onto another (perceived-to-be cheaper) platform. One option being discussed is converting the (400+) programs (most of which do financial crunching to create print files) to run on Windows using either MicroFocus COBOL or Fujitsu NETCOBOL... 7 Dec 2009 06:17

"Hello World" OpenCobol query
I've been trying to get OpenCobol to run on Linux. It finds errors and when I correct all of them it doesn't compile it. (I'll see e-mail msgs sent to same ID AT freeshell DOT org quicker BTW) Per the FAQ I've been doing: $ cobc -x hellow.cob This is what I get: /usr/bin/ld: skippin... 19 Nov 2009 09:25

Microfocus Cobol Workbench 4 on XP ?
Hi. As stated above I've got Microfocus Cobol Workbench version 4.0.07* installed on a Windows XP box. Cobol developers here use only the compiler and basic text based animator, "animate.exe". This version of animator is *extremely* buggy. Set a breakpoint, press "Z" to zoom, crash. Query on an 88-level, ... 11 Nov 2009 20:14

Add/delete CICS users
Is there a CICS transaction provided by CICS that allowed to add or remove CICS users from the SNT table? Rather than using command line, I would like do this programmatically. Thanks. ... 10 Nov 2009 11:48

JSP-COBOL
hi, does anybody know about a JSP-COBOL preProcessor for z/OS? Any hint would be appreciated, thanks Jo ... 9 Nov 2009 12:09