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Importing COBOL Sources

The Designer uses the data structures stored in the Data Division of a COBOL program to create a source definition. When you import a COBOL file, the Designer looks for a specific COBOL file format, which is different than the standard ANSI format.

The Designer looks for a COBOL file format similar to the following example:

       identification division.
       program-id. mead.
       environment division.
           select file-one assign to "fname".
       data division.
       file section.
       fd  FILE-ONE.
        01  SCHOOL-REC.
           02  SCHOOL-ID                PIC 9(15).
           02  SCHOOL-NM                PIC X(25).
           02  CLASS-REC                OCCURS 2 TIMES.
               03  CLASS-ID             PIC 9(5).
               03  CLASS-NM             PIC X(25).
               03  STUDENT-REC       OCCURS 5 TIMES.
                   04  STUDENT-ID       PIC 9(15).                                 
                   04  STUDENT-NM       PIC X(25).
                   04  PARENT-REC    OCCURS 2 TIMES.
                       05 PARENT-ID     PIC 9(15).
                       05 PARENT-NM     PIC X(25).
                03  TEACHER-REC       OCCURS 3 TIMES.
                   04  TEACHER-ID       PIC 9(15).
                   04  TEACHER-NM       PIC X(25).
             02  SPORT-REC             OCCURS 2 TIMES.
                03  SPORT-TEAM          PIC X(30).
       working-storage section.
       procedure division.
           stop run.

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