CobolEditor Main Screen

When the Record Editor starts, it displays the Edit Start Screen

Fields on this screen are

Field

Description

File

Name of the file to edit, you can select a file by using the Find File button to the right.

Copybook Type

Type of copybook (record layout). Currently the choices are Cobol and cb2xml XML, but it possible to write your own copybook reader.

Split Copybook

Wether to split the copybook into seperate records (on either 01 level or redefines).

Copybook

Copybook File name. You can use the Choose File to search the directory for the copybook file.

File Structure

File Structure (or file reader to use). For Windows/Unix/Linux text files use either Default Reader or Text IO.

Numeric Format

Format of numeric data.

Field Seperator

Field Seperator to use in a CSV file

Quote

Quote to use in CSV files

Buttons on the Screen

Button

Description

Choose File

Start the File Chooser dialogue which will navigate the File system and the user to choose a file.

Choose Layout

Choose Record Layout file (ie Cobol Copybook).

Edit

Edit the file.

Browse

View the file, but no changes are possible.