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Introduction
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This document was generated from a COBOL copy file using the SimoTime Record Layout utility program. The primary intent of the following table is to provide additional information about a file record layout using a COBOL Copy File as input. For example, the position of a field within a record is not easily determined from the COBOL Data Structure. Also, the actual physical length for group items, packed fields, binary fields and tables must be calculated manually. This information is provided by the SimoTime COBOL Copy File Analysis program.

COBOL Copy File Format
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The physical length for the BINARY or COMP fields is calculated based on the format for an IBM Mainframe

Summary
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The purpose of this document is to assist as a tutorial for new programmers or as a quick reference for experienced programmers. In the world of programming there are many ways to solve a problem. This suite of programs is provided as a COBOL programming example of one of the possible solutions to the problem of determining the field position within a record using a COBOL Copy File as input. This example will also determine the physical length of PACKED and BINARY fields.

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About SimoTime Enterprises
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