I'm an ole school programmer getting back into COBOL programming (for fun, not profit) currently using Visual COBOL in VS2022 to produce an application with character-based screens (i.e., screen section) and I have a couple of questions:
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How can I print a program listing? Ages ago on the mainframe I would print listings showing the assembler code. Is this even possible in my configuration?
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What are the prevailing COBOL coding conventions? If this question is likely to trigger a war of conventions, please ignore it and I'll make up my own.
#standards#Listings#VisualCOBOL1. Here is the documentation for everything you want to know about listings. These can be set in the project properties or on a program by program basis:
Compiler Control - Listing (microfocus.com)
2. Writing structured, efficient, and reusable code that performs well should be a good start 🙂
p.s. checkout sourceformat"variable" compiler directive. Using all upper case frowned upon
Some things to know:
COBOL - Commonly Overlooked But Outstanding Language
You don't have to take the B for Business out of COBOL for it to be COOL
Welcome Back and Good Luck!
1. Here is the documentation for everything you want to know about listings. These can be set in the project properties or on a program by program basis:
Compiler Control - Listing (microfocus.com)
2. Writing structured, efficient, and reusable code that performs well should be a good start 🙂
p.s. checkout sourceformat"variable" compiler directive. Using all upper case frowned upon
Some things to know:
COBOL - Commonly Overlooked But Outstanding Language
You don't have to take the B for Business out of COBOL for it to be COOL
Welcome Back and Good Luck!
Thanks for the compiler controls and the tip. I generally try to shy away from all caps but that’s what I’ve seen lately. I’m more of a mixed-case kind of guy so I may just go with that.
