IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. MYPROG. * * Minimal work for developer * DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 MYRECORD. 05 MYRECORD-DATA PIC X(80). PROCEDURE DIVISION. MAIN. perform MYFIC-OPEN perform MYFIC-READ perform until MYFIC-EOF display MYFIC-COUNTER MYRECORD-DATA perform MYFIC-READ end-perform perform MYFIC-CLOSE goback. *--- the framework ----------------------------------------------- copy FICREAD replacing ==:DDN:== by ==MYFIC== ==:LRECL:== by ==80== ==:RECORD:== by ==MYRECORD== . *-----------------------------------------------------------------