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Working in COBOL 400. I have a display file that has a size defined as DSPSIZ(24 80 *DS3). The subfile that is being displayed currently the last field going to character 75. I'm trying to add a new field that is 3 characters in length to the end starting at value 78. This should work but...

I'm new to IBM iSeries. I need to know if you can just increase the size of a field PIC X(12) to PIC X(25) or if you have to create a new field with the larger size and start using that field? I know in Unix COBOL, you had to create a new field from a filler area and use the new field. I'm...

Still looking for any assistance I can get on this. I haven't found an answer yet.

I recently made a change to an existing DDS source to add a couple indicators. In a different SFL, there are lines with EDTCTE(5) (User defined) settings. When I compile and test the object, my indicators work fine but now the lines in the other SFL with the EDTCDE code don't display properly...

I am new to using display screen and subfiles. Is there a way to have a record in a list blink if the value of a field is negative while all other records would not blink? I know you can use DSPATR(BL) on a field but my understanding is that field would always blink in that case. I want the...

I still haven't found any examples of conditionally enabling BLINK or Highlight within a COBOL program if a field is negative. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

And how do I do that in the program? Again, I'm new to using IBM AS400 COBOL and I haven't found any examples of how to do this.

That's what I thought. Working on getting that to the test system. Thanks!

I am new to using display screen and subfiles. Is there a way to have a record in a list blink if the value of a field is negative while all other records would not blink? I know you can use DSPATR(BL) on a field but my understanding is that field would always blink in that case. I want the...

That works on my local machine but I cannot get it to work when I send the compiled program to our test system. I get the message below. What else do I need to send to the test system them to get it to work there?

The company I'm at uses WRKMBRPDM (Work with Members Using PDM) and within that menu, it uses CRTCBLPGM. I need to figure out how to make this work within the parameters they currently use. I've tried setting the Source Listing Options to *SOURCE and *SRCDBG and neither works.

I have tried to set that to *YES already and that still doesn't make a difference.

I am running COBOL on an AS400 system. The system compiles all programs using CRTCBLPGM. I am trying to start a debug session using STRDBG. I enter STRDBG and hit F4. I enter my program name and the library. When I hit enter, it isn't taking me into the screen where I can set breakpoints...

We actually just figured it out internally. Under the F18=Change Defaults, the Object Library was set to *SRCLIB instead of CDWLIB. When they created my settings from another user's, they didn't get this updated. Once that was updated, I was able to compile without getting the error that I...

The compiler runs the CRTCBLPGM command. The file POSPEMLMST is also getting put in the CDWLIB just like where the Cobol program is trying to get created. CDWLIB is in my library list.