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hiravibk
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Hi,
Is it possible to move part of the variable names itself to the map field instead of variable value in a COBOL-CICS program?
Eg. Suppose I have a variable WS-FIRST-NAME PIC X(10), I want to move 'FIRST-NAME' to the map output field removing the 'WS-' part from the variable WS-FIRST-NAME and not the value in it. I do want to hard code this logic. Is it possible?
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dbzTHEdinosauer
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| not in COBOL. |
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Binop B
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Hi Ravi,
May I ask - "Why" you want to do this ?  |
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hiravibk
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Actually it can reduce a lot of work for me if this is possible 
Here is why in simple words:
We are developing a new tool. It must read a VSAM file and display the contents of it the following way.
<LABEL1> <VALUE1>
<LABEL2> <VALUE2>
<LABEL3> <VALUE3>
<LABEL4> <VALUE4>
The label is description for the value i will be displaying(or variable name) which will be present in the copybook of the VSAM file. So, I want to get the variable names from the copybook display it on screen against the variable values for the entire VSAM file from the copybook for all the variables. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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| We are developing a new tool. |
looks more like reinventing the wheel!
or more likely wasting money developing in house what software providers can certainly do better !
... and if Your organization has to ask on a forum how to do it, that means that the skill set needed is not there |
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hiravibk
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Well, by tool i actually meant a new transaction. Instead of reinventing the wheel, i would say, re inventing the tyre, which is valid!
As i said, I have just kept it in simple words there are actually alot more files, tables involved. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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| i would say, re inventing the tyre, which is valid! |
nahh  just the same horse manure
did You care to search the forums on how to interpret a copybook source,
looks really like not! |
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dbzTHEdinosauer
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if you are just displaying it - why are you planning on wasting CICS resources?
you need to provide a business reason for this.
sounds to me as if someone has decided he will build a tool,
impress his boss and coworkers,
all the while planning on getting for free something off the internet.
horse manure. made a post recently using the more colloquial term.
if a moderator passes upon that post, would appreciate an exchange of terms. thx, |
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enrico-sorichetti
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well horse manure sounds more <classy>
from some internet source
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classy
... about having style and taking care to be polite to others and to reflect a genuine interest in them ... |
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Earl Haigh
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hows this:: classy horse manure
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