Compiling A Cobol Program On The Host System; Executing A Cobol Program On An Ibm 5280 System; Debugging Cobol Programs; Related Publications - IBM 5280 Programmer's Manual

Compiling a COBOL Program on the Host System
Chapter 7 describes the procedures available for compiling a source program;
it also provides information that can be used for modifying the procedures at
your installation if necessary. Information is given on the data sets required,
the related job control language, and the options available for compilation.
Executing a COBOL Program on an IBM 5280 System
Chapter 8 provides a guide to loading and executing a COBOL program on
the IBM 5280 system. Subjects covered include:
• Manuals and other documentation required by the operator
• Rules for creating COBOL data sets
• The COBOL-initiated prompts and how to respond to them
• Improving performance
• How to interpret the status line in regards to keyboard, device, and
CORaL execution errors
Executing Jobs in Sequence on an IBM 5280 System
The COBOL job-to-job facility allows you to pass control from your program
to another COBOL program or any other program (for example, a DE/RPG
program, an assembler program, a system utility program, etc.). You achieve
this linkage with a CALL to a COBOL library routine as described in Chapter
10.
Together with the PROMPT /NOPROMPT option described in Chapter 7,
this facility permits you to control linkage among several programs with little
or no operator action.
Debugging COBOL Programs
Related Publications
Chapter 9 discusses procedures and the facilities provided by the compiler and
the COBOL languages for debugging COBOL programs. Coded examples of
some of the debugging facilities provided by COBOL are included.
You should have the following publications available for reference when
preparing and running COBOL applications:
References for Coding and Debugging COBOL Programs
• IBM 5280 COBOL Language Reference, GL23-0031
• IBM 5280 COBOL Host Compilers Problem Determination Manual,
SL23-0043
Coding A ids for Transaction I/O
• Data Description Specifications, GX21-9362 (a pad of coding forms)
• IBM Printer/Display Layout, GX21-9174 (a pad of layout forms)
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