Compiler is not Recognizing the Screen Section.

brit_ch01 · New User Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 13 Location: Mumbai

Hi All,

I am using Screen section in my cobol program. But complier is not recognizing it. (While compile it is giving error).

Note : Type Of Compile : COBOLE

Please let me know why it is showing error.

Thanks,

Craq Giegerich · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:20 pm

The version of COBOL you are using does not support the SCREEN SECTION.

brit_ch01 · New User Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 13 Location: Mumbai

Thanks a lot.

Please let me know one more thing is there any other option which is similiar to Screen section. (Basically I am trying to do some kind of utility which requires input should be entered on the Screen.)

Thanks,

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:51 pm

Hello,

Mainframe COBOL programs that require screen input are usually implemented in CICS.

If you are running on the mainframe and want to use a screen, how do you plan on doing this outside of cics?

Wjhen you receive an error and want assistance solving it, you need to post the error.

superk · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:25 pm

brit_ch01 · New User Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 13 Location: Mumbai

superk · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:41 pm

Why don't we start this over from the beginning.

My guess is that you want to create an interactive program. Where (in what environment) is this program going to be running?

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:45 pm

Hi,

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:19 pm

Hello,

I don't know an easy way to ACCEPT data entered on a screen. . .

brit_ch01 · New User Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 13 Location: Mumbai

Devzee · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:31 am

If this your test interactive program with accept and display, then try
tso call 'loadlib module'

brit_ch01 · New User Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 13 Location: Mumbai

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:39 pm

Hello,

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:20 am

Hi,

I think you need feactures such as present in a program "Day Finder" on this site. Check it out..

www.ibmmainframes.com/programs.php.

It allows the user to enter Century, Month, Date (perhaps not in same order) and returns the Day of that date.

dr_te_z · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:07 pm

For cobol-batch you can code "display upon console" and "accept from console" to interact with the operator at execution time. I saw this in a VSE environment. When we converted to MVS this was a "show-stopper" and had go...

But still, "display upon sysout" is still used in MVS-es for simple run-reports and so on.

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:54 pm

Hello,

brit_ch01 · New User Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 13 Location: Mumbai

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:23 pm

Hello,

Once again - what does "test region" mean to you? The entire world is not configures as your site is. To some a test region is an entire lpar. To some it is merely a set-aside cics region. Some environments have test database subsystems, some do not. And on and on and on. . .

You need to describe your environment and explain where your process is supposed to execute. Is it tso or cics or something else?

If you cannot describe what you need to do, you will not get many useful answers. Some folks may guess, but it will be only luck if a usable reply is made.

From what you have posted, it sounds like you are not extremely familiar with the mainframe and what you are working with is code that was written to run on a pc or a unix system.

Devzee · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:28 pm

brit_ch01 Have you tried the option which I posted?