help urgent

[foxuma2001]

Hai friends,

I have installed Cobol5 for DOS in my system. As I am new to Cobol and doing a self study, kindly tell me how to compile and run a simple cobol program in this version and to see the output.
As I am desperate plz help.

Thanx in advance.

 

[dchristensen]

Not familiar with that dialect. Can you tell me where you got it so that I can take a look?

 

[Crox]

Hi,

In your system, look at the executable files.
For example:

COBOL.EXE
REALCOB.EXE

or

COBOL.BAT

things like that.

The general format to compile is:

COBOL MYPROG;

The general format to link is:

LINK MYPROG;

But it depends on the system you are working with.

Regards,

Crox

 

[Member 310024]

CODE

Try this -

(1) Create a DOS file called CX.BAT containing this -

@ECHO OFF
REM *
REM **** Compiles .CBL source code to produce .EXE run code
REM *

@ECHO ON
\COBOL\BINB\COBOL %1.CBL,%1.OBJ,%1.LST;
@ECHO OFF
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO COBOL-FAILURE
\COBOL\BINB\LINK %1.OBJ+EXTFH /ST:4096 /SE:512,%1.EXE;
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO LINK-FAILURE
GOTO SUCCESSFUL

:COBOL-FAILURE
@ECHO OFF
ECHO ***********************
ECHO **** COBOL-FAILURE **** %1
ECHO ***********************
GOTO FINISH

:LINK-FAILURE
@ECHO OFF
ECHO **********************
ECHO **** LINK-FAILURE **** %1
ECHO **********************
GOTO FINISH

:SUCCESSFUL
@ECHO OFF
ECHO ********************
ECHO **** SUCCESSFUL **** %1.CBL ---> %1.EXE
ECHO ********************
GOTO FINISH

:FINISH
@ECHO OFF


(2) To compile a program called XYZ.CBL,
at the DOS prompt type in -
CX XYZ

(3) If you've got syntax errors, look inside XYZ.LST
to see what they are.

(4) I've assumed \COBOL\BINB is what you have installed.

(5) Extra tip : Use Microsoft editor called M.EXE to
make coding easier.

/CODE