Getting cobol Copy book length in Rexx

ksreddy1976 · New User Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 7

Hi,
How to get the cobol copy book or Record layout length in REXX.
As we can see length thru file aid (view record layout) , If i want execute same thru REXX, How it can be done.

PLease suggest the way, it can be done

Thanks
Srinivas

ofer71 · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 4:49 pm

It is a somewhat complex task. My solution was to write an Edit-macro shell that invokes File-Aid's RLPRINT function.

O.

ksreddy1976 · New User Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 7

Thanks for quick help..
My requirement is to get the length of record layouts(copy books) in a PDS lengths and write to the file. I need to generate some report abou for each copy book what is the length.

If u have any code, how to get the length using file-aid. PLease guide me.
If i want execute the file-aid thru , How it can be done. HOw it can acheived thru RLPRINT command .

PLease suggest in this regard.

ofer71 · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 3:09 pm

Don't you have FileAid's manuals? It's all there...

O.

bakshi_man · New User Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 3 Location: mumbai

superk · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 5:26 pm

Go to www.compuware.com/.

Select the Technical Support tab.

Log in and download whatever you need.

PeD · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 6:27 pm

see http://groups.google.be/group/bit.listserv.tsorexx/browse_thread/thread/d60c97b35839e3ff/bdcec8b86fb6ecae?lnk=gst&q=rexx+record+calculation#

At the end of first thread.

Thanks to Mark Harrington.

Cheers
Pierre