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The Cobol imports Cobol Copybooks into the RecordEditor. Currently Mainframe and Fujitsu Cobol dialects are supported.
The fields on the Import screen are
Field | Description | ||||||
Copybook | The copybook File to be imported. | ||||||
Choose File Button | Display the file search screen so you can find the input file. | ||||||
Split Copybook | Controls wether the copybook will be split into a Parent Record and separate Child-Records or stored as a single record. Options are:
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Font Name | Font Name to use when editing this file. You would only need to enter a Font Name if you are editing a IBM Mainframe File on a PC (or editing a PC file on the mainframe). For UA / Canada / Australia the mainframe Font Name is CP037 | ||||||
Binary Format | Binary Format to use (i.e. wether Cobol comp fields are converted to a PC little Endian or Mainframe / Java / AIX big Endian format). | ||||||
File Structure | File Format or structure. It actual chooses the File reader used. Unless you are using Native Mainframe, Fujitsu Cobol or Binary files, leave it as Defult Reader. | ||||||
System | System to assign the Copybook to. | ||||||
Go Button | Import the file |
When the Split Copybook on Redefine is set, then a copybook like
02 The-Record. 03 Record-Type Pic X. 03 Detail-Record. 05 ... 03 Header-Record redefines Detail-Record. 05 ... 03 Footer-Record redefines Detail-Record. 05 ...
will be imported as