Course Description (By Curriculum)
1 hour
Personnel requiring knowledge about the use of COBOL in an MVS environment
Basic knowledge of COBOL and procedural programming concepts
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Identify how a COBOL program is compiled
• Recognize correct and incorrect commands
• Recognize the access modes
• Identify how object-oriented programs are written
• Recognize the divisions
• Identify how a method is coded
Introduction
MVS/XA for Extended Architecture
COBOL Compile – JCL
Compile Options
CICS and COBOL
Pseudo-Conversational
Commands Not Used
VSAM File Access
Access Modes – Sequential, Random, Dynamic
COBOL and DB2
Object-Oriented COBOL
Divisions – Identification, Environment, Data, and Procedure
How to Code a Method
Client Program
