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Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 24, 2014

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Warning Message when using VLR(Standard) and FILE STATUS=4 COBOL V5

COBOL Version 5:
If no File Description exists for the smallest and the largest Record, the file status is 04, as difference to COBOL Version 4.
So for cleaning the programs, i like to set the VLR(standard) option.
But then i want to get a warning (or an informational), if i have forgotten to declare the smallest descriptor and the largest descriptor.
Because getting this information in development is much earlier than getting the problem in production.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - COBOL Compilers

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - COBOL Compilers

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 11, 2015

    This RFE has been delivered in Enterprise COBOL, V5.2

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 11, 2014

    This RFE has been put into plan.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 15, 2014

    This is inline with our long term strategy and is a valid feature, but has not been put into plan yet. Once it does, this RFE will be updated.

  • Guest
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    |     Jul 25, 2014

    With this Warning message from Compiler you can use VLR(Standard) and you can recognize all problematic programs at compile time. The problematic ones go with VLR(compat) to production. So there is much more time for either completing file description or better handling of file status including fs=04 - and then setting VLR(standard), of course.

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