Problem:
FILLER in a COBOL data structure given as for this structure:
01 daten.
02 Eine pic x(5).
02 filler pic x(5).
02 Zwei pic x(5).
The CBL2XML wizard produces the following XD structure:
01 Pre-daten identified by "daten" count in Pre-daten-count.
02 Pre-eine pic X(5) identified by "eine" count in
Pre-eine-count.
02 Pre-filler pic X(5).
02 Pre-zwei pic X(5) identified by "zwei" count in
Pre-zwei-count.
i.e. this FILLER gets a "Pre"-fix but not an IDENTIFIED clause.
Resolution:
The online help says for FILLER:
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The word FILLER can be used to specify an elementary item of the logical record that cannot be referred to explicitly.
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This FILLER Data, which cannot be accessed directly in COBOL, cannot be described properly in XML / XSD.
The word FILLER could be omitted in COBOL without any influence to the COBOL program.
The best way to work with FILLERs would be to give it a meaningfull name.
Then data structure is suitable for data exchange with XML / XSD.
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If the XML file is used for a readable backup, you could make a global change for " FILLER ", e.g. with " FIL_LER".
The program will still run, if the new word FIL_LER is not used elsewhere, except the data structure is used in an INITIALIZE, which does not update FILLER but would update FIL_LER.
