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IBM COBOL for MVS

Run Demo (without the LMS): IBM COBOL for MVS 1/2 Flash 5 required

Duration

1 hour

Overview

Audience

Personnel using COBOL in an MVS environment

Prerequisites

A basic knowledge of COBOL and procedural programming concepts

Objectives

After completion students should be able to -

• Compile a COBOL program
• Identify the commands not to be used
• Understand the Access Modes
• Write Object-Oriented Programs
• Understand the Divisions
• Code a Method

Module 1 IBM COBOL FOR MVS (PART 1)

• Introduction
• MVS/XA (For Extended Architecture)
• COBOL Compile - JCL
• Compile Options
• CICS and COBOL
• Pseudo-Conversational
• Commands not to be used
• VSAM File Access
• Access Modes - Sequential, Random, Dynamic
• COBOL and DB2

Module 2 IBM COBOL FOR MVS (PART 2)

• Object-Oriented COBOL
• Divisions - Identification, Environment, Data, and Procedure
• How to Code a Method
• Client Program
• The ACCEPT Instruction
• The DISPLAY Instruction

Library

This course is part of the Cobol library and the Programming Languages library.