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A simple answer is that the records defined in the FD section are implemented as a pointer and for QSAM files a Write (and also a read) is simply a pointer update i.e File Buffer +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ ! ! ...

A couple of possiblities [ol 1] Write a program Use a Hex Editor Use something like the RecordEditor. You will need to setup the file definition. For the Hex-Zero field, define as a binary integer and set it to 0. On the mainframe, use standard SPF editor and put hex mode [/ol]

As already stated this is an Ascii Cobol, with the negative sign included in the last digit. 20p = -200 20q = -201 20r = -202 .... 20y = -209 Currently the field is defined as s9999999, You could ask for the format to be changed e.g. -9999999 would give you -0000200 instead of 000020p...

You could look at RecordEditor (http://record-editor.sourceforge.net/) It does FileAid like editting on the PC. The main RecordEditor uses a DB to store layouts (there is a Cobol Import function); there is also a seperate CobolEditor that will edit files (Native Mainframe and PC) using a Cobol...

I do not know of any Commercial offerings apart from those related to Cobol or the mainframe (File-Aid (compuware), File Master (CA ?) and IBM did have something as well). Going Back 20 years, there quite a number of similar programs on the Mainframe, but the smaller companies got swallowed up...

My view is there should be a market for software like this on Unix / Windows, but there probably is not at the moment (not unless you did a lot of marketing any way). You need convince people change the way they do things. When I wrote the RecordEditor, I was working for a company moving from...

Ohers Editors you could look at are * FillRED http://www.want.ch/FillRed/ * jfFileAid https://sourceforge.net/projects/jfileaid/ * FileAid has a PC version but it will cost a Lot though * Some Comercial Cobol Compilers have an editors for there Files (i.e. MicroFocus) At the moment the...