How to convert COBOL layout to EASYTRIEVE

LinkinPark · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:52 am

How to convert COBOL file and field definitions to its CA-EASYTRIEVE PLUS
, Kindly someone can give me example step by step ?

guptae · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:11 am

Hi there,

Just provide me ur file layout i will tell u equivlent EZT layout

LinkinPark · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:56 am

Hi guptae,

I heared about there is functionality which provided by CA to convert COBOL layout to EZT one, Could give me some suggestion?

guptae · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:08 am

Hi there

LinkinPark · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:52 am

Hi guptae,

Thanks for ur reply, but if the number of field of COBOL layout is so large that it's very hard to covert them manually, it there job or Utility to covert it automatically ?

Regards
Thanks

guptae · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:44 am

Hi there,

I dont remember whether there r any such utility we used to do it manually.

LinkinPark · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:14 am

Hi guptae,

I've got Easy Proc for convertion , I'm learning how to use

LinkinPark · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:24 am

Hi,

LinkinPark · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:29 am

Hi,
when running above job

raviprasath_kp · New User Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 65 Location: chennai

ohterwise You can use fileaid.
as usual browe the dataset and change the format as char
and just giveOFFSET

LinkinPark · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:21 am

Hi raviprasath_kp,

I'm a freshmen, sorry for don't understand above clearly,
Could you give me more , which dataset should be browsed and how to find out OFFSET.

Regards
Thanks

preeth · New User Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 11

i beleive the best way to convert a copybook, ie ur cobol field definitions, to a maclib, i.e ur easytrieve field definitions, would be to use ezlayout.. goto to the command, using option 6 and type tso ezlayout.. give in the relevant pds names and member names where required

guptae · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:07 am

Hi Preeth,

tso ezlayout is shop dependent.

azshukla · New User Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 9 Location: Pune

Hi all,
Seems to be a good idea, but i don't think IBM provides any such utility or with MVS installation, hence it has to be shop dependent. The command to by preeth seems to be using Clist.. (has to be inhouse)
and in the code pasted by Linking park the program he talks about seems to be an other party utility.
linkin park it would be better if you can tell more about the code and the problem.. you can mail me at aloksbox-1@yahoo.co.in

or i think you can attatch a text version of code and prblem file also here
cheers all

azshukla · New User Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 9 Location: Pune

I have the step by step procedure to do so.. maiil me for that..

vmj · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:30 am

how do you define a field that is array in COBOL to EASYTRIEVE PLUS?

in COBOL, it is defined as

10 act-borrower occurs 2.
15 act-name pic x(30).
15 act-id pic 9(5).

what about in E Plus?

lcmontanez · New User Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 50 Location: Chicago

ACT-BORROWER 1 35 A OCCURS 2
ACT-NAME ACT-BORROWER 30 A
ACT-ID ACT-BORROWER +30 5 N

Assuming ACT-BORROWER appears in pos 1.

vmj · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:23 am

yey, thank you very much

Kather Basha · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:46 pm

Go to File Aid
Use the View - interpreted recordlayout - may be 8
give the PDS name and member name where the COBOL layout is and give enter
U will get the EZT layout

Douglas Wilder · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:09 am

To fix the following error

*******A023 VFM SPACE ALLOCATION EXCEEDED *******A014 PREMATURE TERMINATION DUE TO PREVIOUS ERROR(S)

Add
//EZTVFM DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(5,5))
to the PGM=EZTPA00 step

I got this CBLCNVRT to work. I think it will be very helpful to me.
Thank You.

LinkinPark · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:53 am

*******A023 VFM SPACE ALLOCATION EXCEEDED*** HAVE BEEN FIXED,
BUT
*******A014 PREMATURE TERMINATION DUE TO PREVIOUS ERROR(S)
STILL HAPPENED

SORRY FOR REPLAY SO LATE

noorkh · New User Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 76 Location: Chennai

Hi all,

As LinkinPark specified we have CA tools for Cobol Easytrieve plus copybook converter in some of installation. But i feel most of the the system which has installed CA easytrieve should be having this tool also.
You please check in your Utilities whether you have any Easytrieve tool.

Thanks,
Noor.

Douglas Wilder · Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:32 pm

*******A014 PREMATURE TERMINATION DUE TO PREVIOUS ERROR(S)

Indicates that an other error has happened. Look for the other error message.