Program Generation
Zoned Decimal, Packed and Binary
  Table of Contents  v-24.01.01 - mkn25607.htm 
  Introduction
  Create a Test File
  Create a Primary Test File
  Create the User Test Files
  File Conversion
  EBCDIC to ASCII Convert
  ASCII to EBCDIC Convert
  Validate Record Content
  Generate Hexadecimal-Dump
  Accumulate Summary Totals
  Totals for Various Numeric Structures
  Process Control File for Summary Totals
  Technical Details
  Record Structure Definitions
  Copy File for Binary, Packed and Zoned
  Ancillary Functionality
  Set the Environment
  Display and Log Messages
  Summary
  Software Agreement and Disclaimer
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Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Introduction

This suite of programs will describe and demonstrate how to generate programs that will convert between various file structures with record content that includes text strings and numeric values using field formats such as Binary, Packed Decimal and Zoned Decimal and accumulate summary totals to ensure numeric integrity is maintained.

This document will focus on how to generate programs (or COBOL source code) and is 1 of 5 documents from the following list.

The following is a list of the five (5) documents included in this model for data management functions of non-relational data structures. The functions include data conversion (file structure and record content), record presentation in hexadecimal format with possible ASCII and EBCDIC character translations and the accumulation of summary totals with record counts.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore the ASCII and EBCDIC data conversion techniques for a file that contains text strings and numeric fields of various formats such as BINARY, PACKED-Decimal and ZONED-Decimal. A Mainframe System and the COBOL programming language supports a variety of different numeric formats that will be discussed in this document.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore how to create hexadecimal dump information of the records in a sequential file. The records may contain text strings and numeric fields of various formats such as BINARY, PACKED-Decimal and ZONED-Decimal. In addition to the Hex-Dump information the possible ASCII and EBCDIC character will be identified.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore how to accumulate summary totals for currency or numeric fields that are defined (or formatted) as Binary, Packed Decimal or Zoned Decimal. The record count is included as one of the summary totals.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore how to create a file that contains text and binary data. This document describes a model for creating a record sequential file that contains text strings that use EBCDIC or ASCII encoding and various numeric formats such as BINARY, PACKED-Decimal and ZONED-Decimal. This model has the capability of creating a test file for an ASCII or EBCDIC encoded environment. This document will address many of the challenges of doing a record content conversion of a file that will be transferred between an EBCDIC-encoded Mainframe System and an ASCII-encoded Linux, UNIX or Windows System.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore how to generate programs (or COBOL source code) to perform various data management functions for non-relational data structures. The functions described in this document include data conversion (file structure and record content), hexadecimal dumps and summary totals accumulation.


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Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Create a Test File

The objective is to be able to use a text editor of choice to define the data content and then use this information to create a User Test File that contains records that contain text strings (or Fields) and numeric fields that use a BINARY, PACKED-Decimal or ZONED Decimal format.

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Create a Primary Test File

The following Process Control File (MKN01K08.pcf) will be used to generate a program that will convert multiple 80-byte text strings into a single, 1024-byte text string using a Comma-Separated-Values (CSV) format.

***********************************************************************
*      MKN01K08.PCF - a Process Control File for Numeric Fields       *
*   This Process Control File is provided by SimoTime Technologies    *
*             (C) Copyright 1987-2019 All Rights Reserved             *
*               Web Site URL:   http://www.simotime.com               *
*                     e-mail:   helpdesk@simotime.com                 *
***********************************************************************
* SYSUT1, Record Sequential file with 80-byte text string segments.   *
* SYSUT2, Record Sequential file with 1024-byte text string.          *
***********************************************************************
* This set of specification will generate a COBOL program the will
* concatenate 80-byte text segments into a 1024 byte text string.
* Note: CSV is Comma Separated Value
*       FFL is Fixed Field Length
*
&SIMOPREP  call ..\..\ENV1BASE
&USERPREP  call USERCONV
&CONFORM   IBM
*HEAD34    ....:....1....:....2....:....3....
&HEAD34    RSEQ, CSV to FFL, Numberic Formats
&PROGID    MKN01KC8
&SYSUT1    org=Sequential recfm=FIXED    rlen=80
&SYSUT2    org=Sequential recfm=FIXED    rlen=1024
*
*
*          --------------------------------------------------------------------
*          The following statements incorporate the use of the "User Exit"
*          functions of the conversion program generator.
*          The USR keyword of the TRANSMODE statement causes the generator
*          to do the following.
*          1. Process the USERDATA statement to create the Data Definitions
*             in WORKING STORAGE of the generated program.
*          2. Process the USEREXEC statement to do the processing logic in
*             the PROCEDURE DIVISION of the generated program.
*
&transmode USR
&USERDATA  MKN01KWS_CRT.inc
&USEREXEC  MKN01KUI_CRT.inc

*
&END

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Create the User Test Files

The following Process Control File (MKN25608.pcf) will be used to generate the programs that will convert a sequential file with a Comma-Separated-Values (CSV) record structure to a file with a Fixed-Field-Length(FFL) record structure. The text fields will be populated with text information that describes the record content and numeric field formats. The text-formatted input numeric data will be converted to the numeric format defined in the user-specified COBOL Copy File.

***********************************************************************
*      MKN25608.PCF - a Process Control File for Numeric Fields       *
*   This Process Control File is provided by SimoTime Technologies    *
*             (C) Copyright 1987-2019 All Rights Reserved             *
*               Web Site URL:   http://www.simotime.com               *
*                     e-mail:   helpdesk@simotime.com                 *
***********************************************************************
* SYSUT1, Record Sequential file with CSV formatted records.          *
* SYSUT2, Record Sequential file with 256-byte FFL formatted records. *
***********************************************************************
* This set of specification will generate a callable COBOL routine
* that will import data from an RSEQ file with a CSV Record structure.
* The new file will be an RSEQ file with a FFL record structure.
* Note: CSV is Comma Separated Value
*       FFL is Fixed Field Length
*
&SIMOPREP  call ..\..\ENV1BASE
&USERPREP  call USERCONV
&DIALECT   C2
&COPYFILE  MKN256B1.CPY
&HTMLFILE  mkn256b1.htm
*HEAD34    ....:....1....:....2....:....3....
&HEAD34    RSEQ, CSV to FFL BINARY Signed
&PROGID    MKN256C8
&SYSUT1    org=Sequential recfm=FIXED    rlen=1024
&SYSUT2    org=Sequential recfm=FIXED    rlen=256
*
&TRANSINIT SPACES
*
***********************************************************************
* The &IMP... statements define the following.
*     1. The name of the member to be generated.
*     2. The format for the data structures.
*     3. The name of the fields to be imported.
*
&IMPCALL   MKN256R8
&IMPREC    MKN-RECORD
&IMPLREC   256
&IMPFMT    CSV ,
*
&IMPORT    MKN-ID
&IMPORT    MKN-TAG
&IMPORT    MKN-COMMENT
*
&IMPORT    MKN-BS-72 MKN-PS-72 MKN-ZS-72
&IMPORT    MKN-BS-23 MKN-PS-23 MKN-ZS-23
&IMPORT    MKN-BS-52 MKN-PS-52 MKN-ZS-52
&IMPORT    MKN-BS-60 MKN-PS-60 MKN-ZS-60
&IMPORT    MKN-BS-20 MKN-PS-20 MKN-ZS-20
*
&IMPORT    MKN-BU-72 MKN-PU-72 MKN-ZU-72
&IMPORT    MKN-BU-23 MKN-PU-23 MKN-ZU-23
&IMPORT    MKN-BU-52 MKN-PU-52 MKN-ZU-52
&IMPORT    MKN-BU-60 MKN-PU-60 MKN-ZU-60
&IMPORT    MKN-BU-20 MKN-PU-20 MKN-ZU-20
*
&IMPORT    MKN-END
*
&END

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section File Conversion

The primary objective of this suite of programs is to do data conversion between EBCDIC and ASCII and maintain mainframe numeric integrity.

The Primary Test Files are then read and converted to a Fixed-Field-Length (FFL) format using a BINARY, PACKED or ZONED-Decimal format.

The conversion programs are generated using input from a Process Control File (PCF) and a COBOL Copy File (CPY). The following link provides additional information about generating the conversion programs.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore How to Generate a Data File Convert Program using simple specification statements in a Process Control File (PCF). This link to the User Guide includes the information necessary to create a Process Control File and generate the COBOL programs that will do the actual data file conversion. The User Guide contains a list of the PCF statements that are used for the data file convert process.

The Process Control Files are described in the following sub-sections of this document.

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section EBCDIC to ASCII Convert

The following PCF member (CVN25601.pcf) will be used to generate the programs that will convert a sequential file with 256-byte records that contains text strings and numeric values that use a BINARY, PACKED-Decimal or ZONED-Decimal format. The conversion will be from EBCDIC encoding to ASCII encoding.

***********************************************************************
*                CVN25601.pcf - a Process Control File                *
*               SimoTime Program Generation Technologies              *
*            (C) Copyright 1987-2019 All Rights Reserved              *
*               Web Site URL:   http://www.simotime.com               *
*                     e-mail:   helpdesk@simotime.com                 *
***********************************************************************
* SYSUT1 is a Record Sequential File with 256-byte, fixed-length,
*        EBCDIC-endoded records with text strings and various numeric
*        fields defined as BINARY, PACKED-Decimal and ZONED-Decimal.
* SYSUT2 is a Record Sequential File with 256-byte, fixed-length,
*        ASCII-endoded records with text strings and various numeric
*        fields defined as BINARY, PACKED-Decimal and ZONED-Decimal.
*
* This procdedure will generate the IO Program, the callable convert
* routine and the HTML Documentation based on the COBOL copy file.
***********************************************************************
* For more information about a Process Control File (PCF) that will
* generate data conversion programs refer to the following.
*
* Refer to http://www.simotime.com/utconv01.htm for additional detail
* about the PCF statements for Data Convert.
*
* This set of specification will generate an mainline I/O program and a
* callable COBOL routine that will convert an EBCDIC-encoded file to an
* ASCII-encoded file and maintain the numeric integrity.
***********************************************************************
*
&SIMOPREP  call ..\..\ENV1BASE
&USERPREP  call USERCONV
&CONFORM   IBM
*
* The following COPYFILE statement defines the COBOL copy file that
* will be used to convert the record structure at the field level.
* Also, the copy file will be used to create the documentation for
* the record structure.
*
&COPYFILE  MKN256B1.cpy
*
* The following HTMLFILE statement causes the HTML document for the
* record structure to be generated. The parameter defines the name
* of the document.
*
&HTMLFILE  mkn256b1.htm
*
* Defines an eight character name of a COBOL Copy File that will
* override the default copy file that is used to do the conversion
* for text strings (PIC X) within a record.
*
&USRXFILE  AE0437B1
*
* The following group of statements are for the file I/O program and
* will define the file properties and behavioral characteristics for
* the Program to be generated.
*
*HEAD34    ....:....1....:....2....:....3....
&HEAD34    Read ASC/RSEQ, Write EBC/RSEQ/256
&IOMODNAME CVN256C1
&SYSUT1    org=Sequential recfm=FIXED    rlen=256
&SYSUT2    org=Sequential recfm=FIXED    rlen=256
*
* The following group of statements are for the callable conversion
* program and will define the behavioral characteristics for the
* program to be generated.
*
&TransCALL CVN256R1
&TransMODE E2A
*
&END

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section ASCII to EBCDIC Convert

The following PCF member (CVN25602.pcf) will be used to generate the programs that will convert a sequential file with 256-byte records that contains text strings and numeric values that use a BINARY, PACKED-Decimal or ZONED-Decimal format. The conversion will be from ASCII encoding to EBCDIC-encoding.

***********************************************************************
*                CVN25602.pcf - a Process Control File                *
*               SimoTime Program Generation Technologies              *
*            (C) Copyright 1987-2019 All Rights Reserved              *
*               Web Site URL:   http://www.simotime.com               *
*                     e-mail:   helpdesk@simotime.com                 *
***********************************************************************
* SYSUT1 is a Record Sequential File with 256-byte, fixed-length,
*        ASCII-endoded records with text strings and various numeric
*        fields defined as BINARY, PACKED-Decimal and ZONED-Decimal.
* SYSUT2 is a Record Sequential File with 256-byte, fixed-length,
*        EBCDIC-endoded records with text strings and various numeric
*        fields defined as BINARY, PACKED-Decimal and ZONED-Decimal.
*
* This procdedure will generate the IO Program, the callable convert
* routine and the HTML Documentation based on the COBOL copy file.
***********************************************************************
* For more information about a Process Control File (PCF) that will
* generate data conversion programs refer to the following.
*
* Refer to http://www.simotime.com/utconv01.htm for additional detail
* about the PCF statements for Data Convert.
*
* This set of specification will generate an mainline I/O program and a
* callable COBOL routine that will convert an ASCII-encoded file to an
* EBCDIC-encoded file and maintain the numeric integrity.
***********************************************************************
*
&SIMOPREP  call ..\..\ENV1BASE
&USERPREP  call USERCONV
&CONFORM   IBM
*
* The following COPYFILE statement defines the COBOL copy file that
* will be used to convert the record structure at the field level.
* Also, the copy file will be used to create the documentation for
* the record structure.
*
&COPYFILE  MKN256B1.cpy
*
* The following HTMLFILE statement causes the HTML document for the
* record structure to be generated. The parameter defines the name
* of the document.
*
&HTMLFILE  mkn256b1.htm
*
* Defines an eight character name of a COBOL Copy File that will
* override the default copy file that is used to do the conversion
* for text strings (PIC X) within a record.
*
&USRXFILE  AE0437B1
*
* The following group of statements are for the file I/O program and
* will define the file properties and behavioral characteristics for
* the Program to be generated.
*
*HEAD34    ....:....1....:....2....:....3....
&HEAD34    Read ASC/RSEQ, Write EBC/RSEQ/256
&IOMODNAME CVN256C2
&SYSUT1    org=Sequential recfm=FIXED    rlen=256
&SYSUT2    org=Sequential recfm=FIXED    rlen=256
*
* The following group of statements are for the callable conversion
* program and will define the behavioral characteristics for the
* program to be generated.
*
&TransCALL CVN256R2
&TransMODE A2E
*
&END

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Validate Record Content

The primary objective of this suite of programs is to read the test files and accumulate summary totals. In order to meet the primary objective it is necessary to generate the programs that will read a file and accumulate the summary totals.

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Generate Hexadecimal-Dump

The following PCF member (HXR25601.pcf) will be used to generate the program that will provide a file of hexadecimal dump information for a sequential file with 256-byte records that contains text strings and numeric values that use a BINARY, PACKED-Decimal or ZONED-Decimal format.

***********************************************************************
*                HXR25601.pcf - a Process Control File                *
*    Hex-Dump for a Record with BINARY, PACKED and ZONED-Decimal      *
*             (C) Copyright 1987-2019 All Rights Reserved             *
*               Web Site URL:   http://www.simotime.com               *
*                     e-mail:   helpdesk@simotime.com                 *
***********************************************************************
* SYSUT1 - Record Sequential file, 256-byte fixed-length records.     *
* SYSUT3 - Record Sequential file, 080-byte fixed-length records.     *
***********************************************************************
* This Process Control File will be used to generate a COBOL program
* that will do a hexadecimal dump of the user-defined records
* contained in a record sequential file.
*
* The following group of statements will define the high level
* functions and processes to be performed.
*
&SIMOPREP  call ..\Env1BASE
&USERPREP  call USERCOGI
&CONFORM   IBM
&COPYFILE  MKN256B1.CPY
&HTMLFILE  mkn256b1.htm
&USRMODEL  SYSDUMP2.txt
*
* The following group of statements will define the behavioral
* characteristics and environment variable for the file I/O Program
* to be generated.
*
*HEAD34    ....:....1....:....2....:....3....
&HEAD34    Batch, HEX-Dump for RSEQ LRECL=256
&PROGID    HXR256C1
&UT1READ   SEQUENTIAL
&SYSUT1    name=SYSUT1 org=Sequential recfm=fixed rlen=256
&SYSUT3    name=SYSUT3 org=Sequential recfm=FIXED rlen=080
*HEXOUT    name=HEXOUT org=Sequential recfm=FIXED rlen=256
*
* WIP...
*
*HEXOPEN   OUTPUT or EXTEND
&HEXDUMP   SYSUT1 pos 0001 len 0256

*HEXFIRST
*HEXFINAL
*HEXLIMIT
*
&END

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Accumulate Summary Totals

The primary objective of this suite of programs is to read the test files and accumulate summary totals. In order to meet the primary objective it is necessary to generate the programs that will read a file and accumulate the summary totals.

The validation programs are generated using input from a Process Control File (PCF) and a COBOL Copy File (CPY). The following link provides additional information about generating the conversion programs.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore How to Generate a Data File Compare, Validate or Hex-Dump Program using simple specification statements in a Process Control File (PCF). This link to the User Guide includes the information necessary to create a Process Control File and generate the COBOL programs that will do a data file compare, accumulate summary totals with a record count or produce a Hex-Dump of records in a VSAM, KSDS based on a list of user-defined keys. The User Guide contains a list of the PCF statements that are used for the data file compare, validate or dump process.

The Process Control Files are described in the following sub-sections of this document.

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Totals for Various Numeric Structures

Generate the programs that will that will read a file and accumulate summary totals using a variety of different numeric formats or structures (i.e. Binary, Packed or Zoned-Decimal). The numeric fields to be processed are user-selected based on their field names specified in a COBOL Copy File.

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Process Control File for Summary Totals

The following PCF member (VTN25601.pcf) will be used to generate the programs that will accumulate summary totals for a group of user-defined numeric fields that are stored in a SIGNED, BINARY format. The COBOL syntax would be PIC S9(9) USAGE IS COMPUTATIONAL.

***********************************************************************
*      VTN25601.PCF - a Process Control File for Numeric Totals       *
*   This Process Control File is provided by SimoTime Technologies    *
*             (C) Copyright 1987-2019 All Rights Reserved             *
*               Web Site URL:   http://www.simotime.com               *
*                     e-mail:   helpdesk@simotime.com                 *
***********************************************************************
* SYSUT1 is a sequential file with 256-byte, fixed-length records.    *
***********************************************************************
* This Process Control File will be used to generate a callable COBOL
* routine that will calculate summary totals for the specified field
* names as defined in a COBOL copy file.
*
* The input file (SYSUT1) is a Micro Focus Record Sequential file.
* The output will be written to SYSOUT.
*
* The following group of statements will prepare the System and
* Job environments.
*
&SIMOPREP  call ..\ENV1BASE
&USERPREP  call USERCOGI
*
* The following group of statements will define the COBOL Copy File
* used for input and the HTML file to be created.
*
&COPYFILE  MKN256B1.cpy
&HTMLFILE  mkn256b1.htm
*
* The following group of statements will define the program behavior
* and characteristics for the file I/O Program to be generated.
*
&CONFORM   IBM
*HEAD34    ....:....1....:....2....:....3....
&HEAD34    Totals for Multiple Numeric Types
&PROGID    VTN256C1
&SYSUT1    org=Sequential recfm=FIXED    rmax=256
*
* The following group of statements will define the behavioral
* characteristics and environment variables for the numeric totals
* to be generated.
* The following defines the name of the callable routine for special
* numeric processing.
*
&NUMCALL   VTN256R1
&NUMREC    MKN-RECORD
*
* The following group of statements will define the type of processing
* and the name of the numeric fields.
*
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-BS-72
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-BS-23
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-BS-52
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-BS-60
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-BS-20
*
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-BU-72
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-BU-23
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-BU-52
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-BU-60
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-BU-20
*
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-PS-72
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-PS-23
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-PS-52
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-PS-60
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-PS-20
*
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-PU-72
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-PU-23
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-PU-52
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-PU-60
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-PU-20
*
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-ZS-72
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-ZS-23
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-ZS-52
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-ZS-60
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-ZS-20
*
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-ZU-72
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-ZU-23
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-ZU-52
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-ZU-60
&UT1TOTAL  MKN-ZU-20
*
&END

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Technical Details

This section provides a closer look at the system environments, component structures and processing techniques used with this suite of programs.

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Record Structure Definitions

A COBOL Copy File is used to define the record structure for each of the test files that are used by this suite of programs.

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Copy File for Binary, Packed and Zoned

The following CPY member (MKN256B1.cpy) is the COBOL Copy File that defines the record structure for the test file that contains the Text Strings and various Numeric Structures such as BINARY, PACKED Decimal and ZONED Decimal.

      *****************************************************************
      *               MKN256B1.cpy - a COBOL Copy File                *
      *   Copy File for testing of Text Strings and Numeric Formats.  *
      *****************************************************************
      *         Copyright (C) 1987-2019 SimoTime Technologies         *
      *                     All Rights Reserved                       *
      *****************************************************************
      *              Provided by SimoTime Technologies                *
      *        Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com           *
      *     Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com       *
      *****************************************************************
       01  MKN-RECORD.
           05  MKN-TEXT.
               10  MKN-ID                PIC X.
               10  MKN-TAG               PIC X(08).
               10  MKN-COMMENT           PIC X(23).
      *
      * ------------------------------------------------------------- *
      *    A group of SIGNED and UNSIGNED Numbers using a
      *    COMPUTATIONAL format.
      *    The physical structure is Binary.
      *    An abbreviated form of the USAGE IS COMPUTATIONAL clause
      *    is simply coded in COMP.
      *    An following statement is an example of the full sysntax.
      *    01  FIELD-NAME    PIC S9(5)V99  USAGE IS COMPUTATIONAL.
      *
           05  MKN-BS-NBRS.
               10  MKN-BS-72             PIC S9(7)V99   COMP.
               10  MKN-BS-23             PIC S9(2)V999  COMP.
               10  MKN-BS-52             PIC S9(5)V99   COMP.
               10  MKN-BS-60             PIC S9(6)      COMP.
               10  MKN-BS-20             PIC S99        COMP.
           05  MKN-BU-NBRS.
               10  MKN-BU-72             PIC 9(7)V99    COMP.
               10  MKN-BU-23             PIC 9(2)V999   COMP.
               10  MKN-BU-52             PIC 9(5)V99    COMP.
               10  MKN-BU-60             PIC 9(6)       COMP.
               10  MKN-BU-20             PIC 99         COMP.
      *
      * ------------------------------------------------------------- *
      *    A group of SIGNED and UNSIGNED Numbers using a
      *    COMPUTATIONAL-3 format.
      *    The physical structure is Packed Decimal.
      *    An abbreviated form of the USAGE IS COMPUTATIONAL-3 clause
      *    is simply coded in COMP-3.
      *    An following statement is an example of the full sysntax.
      *    01  FIELD-NAME    PIC S9(5)V99  USAGE IS COMPUTATIONAL-3.
      *
           05  MKN-PS-NBRS.
               10  MKN-PS-72             PIC S9(7)V99   COMP-3.
               10  MKN-PS-23             PIC S9(2)V999  COMP-3.
               10  MKN-PS-52             PIC S9(5)V99   COMP-3.
               10  MKN-PS-60             PIC S9(6)      COMP-3.
               10  MKN-PS-20             PIC S99        COMP-3.
           05  MKN-PU-NBRS.
               10  MKN-PU-72             PIC 9(7)V99    COMP-3.
               10  MKN-PU-23             PIC 9(2)V999   COMP-3.
               10  MKN-PU-52             PIC 9(5)V99    COMP-3.
               10  MKN-PU-60             PIC 9(6)       COMP-3.
               10  MKN-PU-20             PIC 99         COMP-3.
      *
      * ------------------------------------------------------------- *
      *    A group of SIGNED and UNSIGNED Numbers using a
      *    DISPLAY format.
      *    The physical structure is Zoned Decimal.
      *    The USAGE IS DISPLAY clause is the default value and
      *    is typically not hard coded.
      *    An following statement is an example of the full sysntax.
      *    01  FIELD-NAME    PIC S9(5)V99  USAGE IS DISPLAY.
      *
           05  MKN-ZS-NBRS.
               10  MKN-ZS-72             PIC S9(7)V99.
               10  MKN-ZS-23             PIC S9(2)V999.
               10  MKN-ZS-52             PIC S9(5)V99.
               10  MKN-ZS-60             PIC S9(6).
               10  MKN-ZS-20             PIC S99.
           05  MKN-ZU-NBRS.
               10  MKN-ZU-72             PIC 9(7)V99.
               10  MKN-ZU-23             PIC 9(2)V999.
               10  MKN-ZU-52             PIC 9(5)V99.
               10  MKN-ZU-60             PIC 9(6).
               10  MKN-ZU-20             PIC 99.
      *
           05  FILLER                   PIC X(86).
      *
      * ------------------------------------------------------------- *
      *    A Text string to tag the end of a record.
      *
           05  MKN-TEXT-END.
               10  MKN-END               PIC X(8).
      *
      ***  MKN256B1 - End-of-Copy File - - - - - - - - - - - MKN256B1 *
      *****************************************************************
      *

The following link provides additional documentation for the COBOL copy file (NUMTBSB1.cpy) that defines the record structure for a test file that contains Text Strings and various Numeric Structures such as BINARY, PACKED Decimal and ZONED Decimal.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore numeric values that use the BINARY, PACKED and ZONED format. This HTML document was generated by SimoTime Technologies and uses the field definitions included in a user-defined COBOL copy file to calculate additional information such as the field positions within the record.

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Ancillary Functionality

This section provides additional detail about the secondary CMD files and programs that are used in this set of sample programs.

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Set the Environment

A command file (ENV1BASE.cmd) is called from other command files to set commonly used environment variables. This provides a single point of definition. The following is a listing of the contents of the command file.

@echo OFF
rem  * *******************************************************************
rem  *               ENV1BASE.cmd - a Windows Command File               *
rem  *        This program is provided by SimoTime Technologies          *
rem  *           (C) Copyright 1987-2021 All Rights Reserved             *
rem  *             Web Site URL:   http://www.simotime.com               *
rem  *                   e-mail:   helpdesk@simotime.com                 *
rem  * *******************************************************************
rem  *
rem  * Text   - Provide a single point to set common environment variables.
rem  * Author - SimoTime Technologies
rem  * Date   - January 24, 1996
rem  *
rem  * Set the commonly used environment variables. This is used to provide
rem  * a single point for managing the commonly used environment variables.
rem  *
     set SimoLIBR=c:\SimoLIBR
     set BASELIB1=c:\SIMOSAM1\DEVL
     set BASELIB8=c:\SimoSAM8
     set BaseWIP1=c:\SimoSAM1\WIP1
     set DATAZERO=c:\SIMODATA\DEVL\DATA\ZERO
     set BASEAPP=%BaseLib1%
     set BASESYS=%BaseLib1%\SYS1
     set BASECAT=%BaseLib1%\DATA
     set UMAPALIB=%BASECAT%\ASC1
     set UMAPELIB=%BASECAT%\EBC1
     set SYSLOG=%BASESYS%\LOGS\SYSLOG_USER.DAT
     set SYSOUT=%BASEAPP%\LOGS\SYSOUT_SIMSAM01.txt
     set SLZMSG=%BASEAPP%\LOGS\SLZMSG_USER.TXT
     set PostNOTE=%BASEAPP%\LOGS\JOBLOG_SIMONOTE.TXT
     set SIMONOTE=%BASEAPP%\LOGS\JOBLOG_SIMONOTE.txt
     set USERPOST=%BASEAPP%\LOGS\ASSIGNED_USER_POST_FILE.txt
     if [%1]==[] goto NO_POST
     set SYSOUT=%BaseLib1%\LOGS\SYSOUT_%1.txt
     call SIMONOTE "+ ENV1BASE *"
     call SIMONOTE "+ ENV1BASE ********************************************************************%1"
     call SIMONOTE "+ ENV1BASE is preparing the System Environment..."
     call SIMONOTE "+ SIMOLIBR is %SIMOLIBR%"
     call SIMONOTE "+ MIFOSYS1 is %MIFOSYS1%"
     call SIMONOTE "+ BASELIB1 is %BASELIB1%"
:NO_POST
     call SIMONOTE "+ SIMONOTE Job Log File is %SIMONOTE% "
rem  *
     set MQBASE=C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere MQ
rem  *
rem  * Set the location for the Apache-Tomcat Server...
     set CATALINA_HOME=C:\APACHETC\apache-tomcat-7.0.52
rem     set CATALINA_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_112
rem  *
rem  * Set the Environment for the Java Environment...
rem     set JAVABASE=C:\APACHETC\apache-tomcat-7.0.52
     set JAVABASE=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_112
     set JAVASDK="%JAVABASE%\bin"
     set JAVA_HOME=%JAVABASE%
     set JRE_HOME=%JAVABASE%
     set SIMOTCAT=%CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\simotcat
     set SIMPACKS=%CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\simotcat\WEB-INF\classes\simpacks
rem  *
rem  * Set the environment for the Micro Focus technology...
     set MIFOEDEV=C:\Program Files (x86)\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer
     set MIFOVCBL=C:\Program Files (x86)\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL Build Tools
     set MIFOESTU=C:\Program Files (x86)\Micro Focus\Studio Enterprise Edition 6.0
     set MIFOEMFE="C:\Program Files (x86)\Micro Focus\Mainframe Express"
rem  *
rem  * Large file support, performance tuning and record locking of the File Handler
     set EXTFH=%BASESYS%\CONFIG\EXTFHBIG.CFG
rem  *
rem  * For IMS Support
     set ES_IMSLIB=%BASEAPP%\IMSLIB
     set ES_ACBLIB=%BASEAPP%\IMSLIB
rem  *
rem  * EZASOKETS Check EZASOKETS Enabled box or set ES_EZASOKET_SUPPORT=YES
     set EZACONFG=BASESYS1\CONFIG\EZACONFG.dat
rem  *
rem  * Resource Allocation and Performance for SORT and non-Relational Data
rem  set MFJSENGINE=SYNCSORT
     set SORTSCHEME=1
     set SORTSPACE=750000000
     set TMP=C:\SORTWORK
rem  *
     set ES_ALLOC_OVERRIDE=%BASESYS%\CONFIG\CATMAPA1.cfg
rem  * For CORE_ON_ERROR function, ABEND Dump
rem  *     set COBCONFIG_=%BASESYS%\CONFIG\diagnose.cfg
rem  *
rem  * Consolidated Trace Facility (CTF)
rem  *     set MFTRACE_CONFIG=%BASESYS%\CONFIG\ctf.cfg
rem  *     set MFTRACE_LOGS=c:\ctflogs
rem  *
rem  * For Job Restart, ABEND Recovery
     set MF_UCC11=Y
     set ES_JES_RESTART=Y
rem  *
rem  * Set environment for MFBSI (Micro Focus Batch Scheduling Interface)
     set ES_EMP_EXIT_1=mfbsiemx
     set MFBSI_DIR=%BASESYS%\LOGS\%JESSERVERNAME%
     set MFBSIEOP_CMD=ENABLE
     set MFBSIEOP_CSV=ENABLE
     set MFBSIEOP_HTM=ENABLE
     set MFBSIEOP_XML=ENABLE
rem  *
rem  * Set Behavior and Trace Flags for GETJOBDD
rem  *   Position=12345678/12345678
     set JDDFLAGS=nnnWnnnn/YYnnnnnn
rem  *
rem  * If not already set then set the PATH for Micro Focus Directories
     if "%SIMOPATH%" == "Y" goto JUMPPATH
     if "%MIFOSYS1%" == "EDEV" goto JUMPEDEV
     if "%MIFOSYS1%" == "VCBL" goto JUMPVCBL
     if "%MIFOSYS1%" == "ESTU" goto JUMPESTU
     if "%MIFOSYS1%" == "EMFE" goto JUMPEMFE
:JUMPEDEV
     set path=%BASESYS%\LOADLIB;%MIFOEDEV%\bin;%JAVASDK%;%BASEAPP%\JAVA;%PATH%;
     set CobCpy=%BASEAPP%\CobCpy1;%BASEAPP%\CobCpy2;%BASEAPP%\CobCpy6;%SimoLIBR%;%MIFOEDEV%\CPYLIB
     set MIFOBASE=%MIFOEDEV%
     goto JUMPPATH
:JUMPVCBL
     set path=%MIFOVCBL%\bin;%MIFOVCBL%;%JAVASDK%;%BASEAPP%\JAVA;%PATH%;
     set MIFOBASE=%MIFOVCBL%
     goto JUMPPATH
:JUMPESTU
     set MIFOBASE=%MIFOESTU%\Base
     set MIFOBIN=%MIFOBASE%\bin
     set path=%BASESYS%\LOADLIB;%MIFOBASE%;%MIFOBIN%;%JAVASDK%;%BASEAPP%\JAVA;%PATH%;
     set CobCpy=%BASEAPP%\CobCpy1;%BASEAPP%\CobCpy2;%BASEAPP%\CobCpy6;%SimoLIBR%;%MIFOBASE%\SOURCE
     goto JUMPPATH
:JUMPEMFE
     set MIFOBASE=%MIFOEMFE%\Base
     set MIFOBIN=%MIFOBASE%\bin
     set path=%BASESYS%\LOADLIB;%MIFOBASE%;%MIFOBIN%;%JAVASDK%;%BASEAPP%\JAVA;%PATH%;
     set CobCpy=%BASEAPP%\CobCpy1;%BASEAPP%\CobCpy2;%BASEAPP%\CobCpy6;%SimoLIBR%;%MIFOBASE%\SOURCE
     goto JUMPPATH
rem  *
:JUMPPATH
     set SIMOPATH=Y
rem  *
     set MAINFRAME_FLOATING_POINT=true
     set COBIDY=%BASEAPP%\COBIDY
     set COBPATH=.;%BASEAPP%\LOADLIB;%BASEAPP%\LOADLIB\GNTS;%BASESYS%\LOADLIB;%SimoLIBR%
     set LIBPATH=.;%BASEAPP%\LOADLIB;%BASEAPP%\LOADLIB\GNTS;%BASESYS%\LOADLIB;%SimoLIBR%
     set TXDIR=%BASESYS%\LOADLIB;%MIFOBASE%
     set CobCpy=%BASEAPP%\CobCpy1;%BASEAPP%\CobCpy2;%BASEAPP%\CobCpy6;%SimoLIBR%
rem  *
     set USERCLASS=%BASELIB1%\LOADLIB
     set CLASSPATH=.
     set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%JAVABASE%
     set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%JAVABASE%\lib
     set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;\%USERCLASS%\simpacks
     set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\APACHETC\apache-tomcat-7.0.52\webapps\simotcat\WEB-INF\classes
     set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\APACHETC\apache-tomcat-7.0.52\webapps\simotcat\WEB-INF\classes\simpacks
rem  *
     if "%MIFOSYS1%" == "ESTU" set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%MIFOBIN%
     if "%MIFOSYS1%" == "EDEV" set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%MIFOEDEV%
     if "%MIFOSYS1%" == "VCBL" set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%MIFOVCBL%
     if "%MIFOSYS1%" == "VCBL" set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%MIFOVCBL%\bin\mfcobol.jar
rem  *
     set JobStatus=0000
     call SIMONOTE "+ ENV1BASE is returning to caller"


Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Display and Log Messages

The following CMD File (SIMONOTE.cmd) is called from other command files to consistently display messages and write to a log file. The following is a listing of the contents of the command file.

@echo OFF
rem  * *******************************************************************
rem  *               SIMONOTE.cmd - a Windows Command File               *
rem  *         This program is provided by SimoTime Technologies         *
rem  *            (C) Copyright 1987-2019 All Rights Reserved            *
rem  *              Web Site URL:   http://www.simotime.com              *
rem  *                    e-mail:   helpdesk@simotime.com                *
rem  * *******************************************************************
rem  *
rem  * Text    - Display message on screen and write to a log file.
rem  * Author  - SimoTime Technologies
rem  *
rem  * This script may be called from other scripts and expects a single
rem  * parameter enclosed in double quotes. The double quotes will be
rem  * removed. Before writing to the log file a date and time stamp
rem  * will be inserted in front of the message text.
rem  *
rem  * Note: The tilde (~) removes leading/trailing double-quotes.
rem  *
if "%SimoNOTE%" == "" set SimoNOTE=c:\SimoLIBR\LOGS\SimoTime.LOG
echo %date% %time% %~1>> %SimoNOTE%
echo %~1

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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 documentation and software were developed and tested on systems that are configured for a SIMOTIME environment based on the hardware, operating systems, user requirements and security requirements. Therefore, adjustments may be needed to execute the jobs and programs when transferred to a system of a different architecture or configuration.

SIMOTIME Services has experience in moving or sharing data or application processing across a variety of systems. For additional information about SIMOTIME Services or Technologies please contact us using the information in the  Contact or Feedback  section of this document.

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SimoTime Technologies makes no warranty or representations about the suitability of the software, documentation or learning material for any purpose. It is provided "AS IS" without any expressed or implied warranty, including the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. SimoTime Technologies shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special or consequential damages resulting from the loss of use, data or projects, whether in an action of contract or tort, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this software, documentation or training material.

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This section includes links to documents with additional information that are beyond the scope and purpose of this document. The first group of documents may be available from a local system or via an internet connection, the second group of documents will require an internet connection.

Note: A SimoTime License is required for the items to be made available on a local system or server.

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Current Server or Internet Access

The following links may be to the current server or to the Internet.

Note: The latest versions of the SimoTime Documents and Program Suites are available on the Internet and may be accessed using the Link to Internet icon. If a user has a SimoTime Enterprise License the Documents and Program Suites may be available on a local server and accessed using the Link to Server icon.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore the Numbers Connection for additional information about the structure and processing of numeric data items (or numeric fields).

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore The Binary or COMP format for numeric data strings. This numeric structure is supported by COBOL and may be explicitly defined with the "USAGE IS COMP" or "USAGE IS BINARY" clause.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore The Edited for Display format for numeric data strings. This numeric structure is supported by COBOL and may be used with an edit-mask to prepare the presentation for readability by human beings.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore The Packed-Decimal or COMP-3 format for numeric data strings. This numeric structure is supported by COBOL and may be explicitly defined with the "USAGE IS COMP-3" clause.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore The Zoned-Decimal format for numeric data strings. This numeric structure is the default numeric for COBOL and may be explicitly defined with the "USAGE IS DISPLAY" clause.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore the JCL Connection for more examples of JCL functionality with programming techniques and sample code.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore the COBOL Connection for more examples of COBOL programming techniques and sample code.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore An Enterprise System Model that describes and demonstrates how Applications that were running on a Mainframe System and non-relational data that was located on the Mainframe System were copied and deployed in a Microsoft Windows environment with Micro Focus Enterprise Server.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore The ASCII and EBCDIC Translation Tables. These tables are provided for individuals that need to better understand the bit structures and differences of the encoding formats.

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore The File Status Return Codes that are used to interpret the results of accessing VSAM data sets and/or QSAM files.

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The following links will require an internet connect.

A good place to start is The SimoTime Home Page for access to white papers, program examples and product information. This link requires an Internet Connection

Explore The Micro Focus Web Site for more information about products (including Micro Focus COBOL) and services available from Micro Focus. This link requires an Internet Connection.

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Glossary of Terms

Link to Internet   Link to Server   Explore the Glossary of Terms for a list of terms and definitions used in this suite of documents and white papers.

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