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gimli1971

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:50 am
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Recovering source code.

Hi,

I have just inherited the cobol based system .

Unfortunately while there are load modules ,

source code library for those was deleted .

Is there anyway recover the source code from existing load module?

Eugene
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DavidatK

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:24 am
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Eugene,

I'm so very sorry for you. I hope there are not very many of these programs.

There are some products on the market the will not do what you want, but will give you COBOL code that will compile. Since the products do not know what the data names, paragraph names, etc. are, it will give you sequentially produced labels. You will need to give them meaningful names.

With my one experience doing this, many many moons ago, I learned that it is probably easier to re-code the program from scratch than to re-claim the program from the load module.

The only problem with re-coding is that you need to understand, in detail, what the program does. Absent this, I guess having the COBOL code generated by some product is better than, say, a sharp stick in the eye.

It?s been so many years since I did this, I don?t even know where to start looking. Maybe with IBM. I?m sure they get these questions occasionally.

Best of luck, maybe someone else has had more resent experience doing this.

Dave
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zabraavi09

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:20 pm
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Hi, I am working on a project where we do not have the source code but have the load modules. Is there any way to recover the source code please as I am trying to upgrade the version? If there are other tools/thirdparty - please let me know the details. TIA!
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Nic Clouston

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:51 pm
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Why are you appending your topic to someone else's and, what is more, one that is 14 years old?
Please start you own topic and never resurrect old topics.
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