Using Classes in Special-Names.

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For the first time I have decideed that the CLASS function in Special-Names would fit the requirements for a program I am modifying. But I get an error on the Link step, as follows:
Micro Focus COBOL
Version 3.2.46 Copyright (C) 1985-1994 Micro Focus Ltd.
URN AXCPA/000128741
* Checking complete with no errors - starting code generation
* Data = 000005196 Code = 000002215

Microsoft (R) Segmented-Executable Linker Version 5.15
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-1991. All rights reserved.

FIXNTEST.obj(FIXNTEST) : error L2029: '_CLASS' : unresolved external

There was 1 error detected

How do I resolve this error? As far as I know, I have all the libraries.

Note: I am using Windows XP Pro.

 

[fredericofonseca]

can you post the code and compile and build commands?

By the looks of it it is either incorrectly/incompletely coded or your compile is missing reference libraries

Might be able to help even though I don't use that version for a long time now

Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd

http://www.syssoft-int.com

FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

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 Identification Division.
 Program-ID.    FIXNTEST.
 Author.        James C. Fairfield
 Installation.  JackRabbit Computer Systems
 Date-Written.  12/15/07
      *>
      *> Converts, justifies, and tests a field up to 255 bytes long.
      *>
 Environment Division.
 Configuration Section.
 Special-Names.
     Class LOWER-A is 'aƒ„…† ‘bc‡de‚ˆ‰Šfghi‹Œ¡jklmn¤o“”•¢pqrstu–—£vwxy˜z'
     Class UPPER-A is 'AAŽ’BC€DEFGHIJKLMN¥O™PQRSTUšVWXYZ'
     .

 Data Division.
 Working-Storage Section.
 01  COPYRIGHT-2012              Pic X(64) Value 'Copyright 2012 James C. Fairfield  All rights reserved.'.
 01  COPYRIGHT-2008              Pic X(64) Value 'Copyright 2008 James C. Fairfield  All rights reserved.'.
 01  COPYRIGHT-2007              Pic X(64) Value 'Copyright 2007 James C. Fairfield  All rights reserved.'.

  01.
     05  X1                      Pic 9(04) Comp-5.
     05  X2                      Pic 9(04) Comp-5.
     05  MX                      Pic 9(04) Comp-5.
     05  MP                      Pic 9(04) Comp-5.
     05  B1                      Pic X(01).
     05  B2                      Pic X(01).
     05  MIXED-AREA.
         10  MA                  Pic X(01) occurs 999 times.
             88  IS-LOWER                  Value 'a' thru 'z'.
             88  IS-AN                     Value '0' thru '9' 'A' thru 'Z'.
     05  redefines MIXED-AREA.
         10  MN                  Pic X(01) occurs 999 times Comp-X.
     05  SP-SIZE                 Pic 9(02) Comp-5.
     05  SP-STR1                 Pic X(04). *> Extra byte for comparison ease.
     05  SP-STR2                 Pic X(03).
     05  LOWER-AREA              Pic X(999).
     05  UPPER-AREA              Pic X(999).

     *> 2- and 3-character Roman Numerals and Ordinals.
     *> If a string ends with any valid 3-character Roman Numeral
     *> combinations of "X", "V" and "I", the 3-character suffix will be
     *> converted to upper case and all the letters in the preceding part of
     *> the string will be converted to upper case via the standard logic.
 01  SPECIAL-STRINGS.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '2Ii II '.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3IiiIII'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '2Iv IV '.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '2Vi VI '.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3ViiVII'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '2Ix IX '.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '2Xi XI '.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3XiiXII'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3XivXIV'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '2Xv XV '.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3XviXVI'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3XixXIX'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '2Xx XX '.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3XxiXXI'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3XxvXXV'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3XxxXXX'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3iiiIII'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3viiVII'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3xiiXII'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3xivXIV'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3xviXVI'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3xixXIX'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3xxiXXI'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3xxvXXV'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '3xxxXXX'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '30Th0th'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '31St1st'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '32Nd2nd'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '33Rd3rd'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '34Th4th'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '35Th5th'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '36Th6th'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '37Th7th'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '38Th8th'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value '39Th9th'.
     05                          Pic X(07) Value "2'S 's ".
 01  redefines SPECIAL-STRINGS.
 78  SS-OCC                      Value Length of SPECIAL-STRINGS / 7.
     05  occurs SS-OCC times Indexed by SSX.
         10  SS-SIZE             Pic 9(01).
         10  SS-STRING-1         Pic X(03).
         10  SS-STRING-2         Pic X(03).

     Copy STATETBL.WRK.

 01  STATE-CODE-TEST-AREA.
     05                          Pic X(01) Value Space.
     05  STATE-CODE-TEST-AREA-2.
         10  TEST-STATE-CODE     Pic X(02).
         10                      Pic X(01) Value Space.

 Linkage Section.
 01  WORK-FIELD                  Pic X(01).

     Copy FIXNTEST.WRK.

 Procedure Division using WORK-FIELD FIX-AND-TEST-FIELDS.
 000-BEGIN.
     Move FT-FIELD-LENGTH    to MP
     Move WORK-FIELD(1:MP)   to UPPER-AREA
     If UPPER-AREA = Space
         Move 1              to Return-Code
         Exit Program
     End-If
     Move UPPER-AREA         to LOWER-AREA
     Move UPPER-AREA         to MIXED-AREA
     Copy TOUPPERA Replacing TARGET by UPPER-AREA.
     Copy TOLOWERA Replacing TARGET by LOWER-AREA.
     Evaluate FT-CONVERT-TO-CASE
         When 'U'
             Move UPPER-AREA to MIXED-AREA
         When 'X'
             Move UPPER-AREA to MIXED-AREA
         When 'L'
             Move LOWER-AREA to MIXED-AREA
         When 'M'
             Perform 100-CONVERT-TO-MIXED
     End-Evaluate
     Move Space              to UPPER-AREA
     Evaluate FT-JUSTIFY
         When 'L'
             Perform 200-LEFT-JUSTIFY
         When 'R'
             Perform 300-RIGHT-JUSTIFY
         When 'C'
             Perform 400-CENTER
     End-Evaluate
     If FT-CONVERT-TO-CASE = 'X'
         Perform 600-TEST-FOR-NON-ALPHANUMERIC
     Else
         If FT-CONVERT-TO-CASE not = Space
             Perform 500-TEST-FOR-NON-ASCII
         End-If
     End-If
     Move MIXED-AREA        to WORK-FIELD(1:MP)
     Exit Program
     Stop Run
     .

 100-CONVERT-TO-MIXED.
     If (MIXED-AREA = UPPER-AREA or LOWER-AREA) and UPPER-AREA not = LOWER-AREA
         Move LOWER-AREA       to MIXED-AREA
         Perform Varying MX  from MP by -1 Until MX < 1
             If MA(MX) is LOWER-A
             and (MX < 2 or MA(MX - 1) is not LOWER-A or MX < MP and IS-AN(MX + 1))
                 Copy TOUPPERA Replacing TARGET by MA(MX).
             End-If
             If MX < MP
                 *> Neither reconversion routine uses accented characters.
                 Perform 110-SPECIAL-RECONVERSION
                 Perform 120-STATE-CODE-RECONVERSION
             End-If
         End-Perform
     End-If
     .

 110-SPECIAL-RECONVERSION.
     *> Irish names starting with "Mc".  "O'" requires no special processing.
     If MA(MX) = Space
         Exit Paragraph
     End-If
     If MX < MP - 1 and MIXED-AREA(MX:2) = "Mc" and IS-LOWER(MX + 2)
         Subtract 32         from MN(MX + 2)
         Exit Paragraph
     End-If
     *> Ordinal numbers 11th thru 13th, may have other digits in front, which are not significant.
     If (MX = MP - 3 or MX < MP - 3 and not IS-AN(MX + 4))
     and (MIXED-AREA(MX:4) = '11Th' or '12Th' or '13Th')
         Move 't'              to MA(MX + 2)
         Exit Paragraph
     End-If
     *> Other special strings.
     Perform Varying SSX from 1 by 1 Until SSX > SS-OCC
         Move SS-SIZE(SSX)     to SP-SIZE
         *> The special string must be at the end
         *> of the field or followed by a space.
         Compute X1 = SP-SIZE + MX - 1
         If X1 > MP
             Exit Perform Cycle
         End-If
         Move SP-SIZE          to X2
         If X1 < MP
             Add 1             to X2
         End-If
         Move SS-STRING-1(SSX) to SP-STR1
         Move SS-STRING-2(SSX) to SP-STR2
         If MIXED-AREA(MX:X2) = SP-STR1(1:X2)
             Move SP-STR2      to MIXED-AREA(MX:SP-SIZE)
             Exit Perform
         End-If
     End-Perform
     .

  120-STATE-CODE-RECONVERSION.
     *> Special cases where the state code is at the beginning or end of the string are unlikely and probably not valid.
     If MX < MP - 2 and MA(MX) = Space and MA(MX + 1) not = Space and MA(MX + 2) not = Space and MA(MX + 3) = Space
         Move UPPER-AREA(MX + 1:2)    to TEST-STATE-CODE
         Search All STATE-TAB
             When TEST-STATE-CODE = STATE-CODE(STATE-X)
                 Move TEST-STATE-CODE to MIXED-AREA(MX + 1:2)
         End-Search
     End-If
     .

 200-LEFT-JUSTIFY.
     Move Space      to UPPER-AREA
     Move Space      to B1
     Move Zero       to X1
     Perform Varying MX from 1 by 1 Until MX > MP
         Move MA(MX) to B2
         If B2 not = Space or B1
             Add 1   to X1
             Move B2 to UPPER-AREA(X1:1)
             Move B2 to B1
         End-If
     End-Perform
     Move UPPER-AREA to MIXED-AREA
     .

 300-RIGHT-JUSTIFY.
     Move Space           to UPPER-AREA
     Move Space           to B1
     Move MP              to X1
     Perform Varying MX from MP by -1 Until MX < 1
         Move MA(MX)      to B2
         If B2 not = Space or B1
             Move B2      to UPPER-AREA(X1:1)
             Move B2      to B1
             Subtract 1 from X1
         End-If
     End-Perform
     Move UPPER-AREA      to MIXED-AREA
     .

 400-CENTER.
     Move Space       to B1
     Move Zero        to X1
     Perform Varying MX from 1 by 1 Until MX > MP
         Move MA(MX)  to B2
         If B2 not = Space or B1
             Add 1    to X1
             Move B2  to UPPER-AREA(X1:1)
             Move B2  to B1
         End-If
     End-Perform
     If UPPER-AREA(X1:1) = Space
         Subtract 1 from X1
     End-If
     Compute MX = (MP - X1) / 2 + 1
     Move Space       to MIXED-AREA
     Move UPPER-AREA  to MIXED-AREA(MX:X1)
     .

 500-TEST-FOR-NON-ASCII.
     Move Zero   to Return-Code
     Perform Varying MX from 1 by 1 Until MX > MP
         If MA(MX) < Space or > '~'
             Exit Perform
         End-If
     End-Perform
     If MX <= MP
         Add 1   to MX
         Move MX to Return-Code
     End-If
     .

 600-TEST-FOR-NON-ALPHANUMERIC.
     Move Zero   to Return-Code
     Perform Varying MX from 1 by 1 Until MX > MP
         If not IS-AN(MX) and MA(MX) not = Space
             Exit Perform
         End-If
     End-Perform
     If MX <= MP
         Add 1   to MX
         Move MX to Return-Code
     End-If
     .

Some of the extened characters did no coome across well.
Here's the batch file which compiles and links it:

@Echo off
cls
color 1f
If %1.==. goto syntax
If not exist %1.cbl goto not
If exist %1.obj del %1.obj
Xm cobol %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9;
If errorlevel 1 goto end
If not exist %1.obj ec %1
Link %1,%1.exe;
If not exist %1.exe goto end
Move %1.exe ..
If exist %1.int del %1.int
If exist %1.idy del %1.idy
If exist %1.lst del %1.lst
If exist %1.aif del %1.aif
If exist %1.gnt del %1.gnt
If exist %1.obj del %1.obj
goto end

:not
Echo 
Echo %1.CBL does not exist!
Echo 
:syntax
Echo 
Echo Syntax: CL program_name_with_no_extension [parameter . . .]
Echo 
:end

 

[fredericofonseca]

its definitely how you are linking.

I tried it (although on a higher version) and the linker file is as follows.

DEBUG\Program1.OBJ
acccgi.obj
adis.obj
adisinit.obj
adiskey.obj
adisdyna.obj
mffh.obj
bsio.obj
extfhsub.obj
mfini.obj
extsm.obj
externl.obj
_class.obj
_codeset.obj
cbllds.obj


Note that there is a _class.obj to be linked which is what you are missing.

On my case I am using cobol to compile, then cblnames to get the required names out onto a obj and linker file, and then link based on the output file from cblnames.

It may be that on your case it would be preferable to use cbllink (which compiles and links in one step) instead of 2 individual steps as you have

Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd

http://www.syssoft-int.com

FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[webrabbit]

I used to use CBLLINK, then it quit working. I don't remember the details, it has been decades. I'll try using it again. I hope I can figure out how.