Problem:

We want to set tag lines from col1 to col7 in our S-Cobol, in order to keep them into the generated Cobol Sources. The problem is that when we add tag lines into our S-Cobol from col1 to col7, the generation of the  Cobol Source gives an error.

Example:

TAG001     DISPLAY 'Tag line'

When this program is loaded in AMB, the generation job fails with the following message:

TAG001     DISPLAY 'Tag line'                                           00004800 ??? THE ABOVE LINE (48) CAUSED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE: APS-EXP-5436-00-E THE ABOVE KEYWORD IS INVALID ??? PROGRAM NOT GENERATED; CHECK ERRORS

Solution:

Currently adding tag lines in columns 1 to 7 is not supported in AMB generation process. However it is possible to insert tags into columns 73 – 80 by using the syntax below:

       DISPLAY 'TAG TEST'             &TAGTEST

The result will be:

       DISPLAY 'TAG TEST'             TAGTESTPG

The ‘PG’ after ‘TAGTEST’ is automatically added by our program generator. 

Incident: 2612829

Product: Mainframe Express 3.1 Application Master Builder 6.0