Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, V6.1 and V5.2 documentation are refreshed today, mainly to include the following new features and doc fixes:   New features in V6.1 with PTFs installed: In V6.1 with the PTF for APAR PI68023 installed, change the default behavior of the NOSTGOPT option, see http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_6.1.0/com.ibm.cobol61.ent.doc/PGandLR/ui/up0125.html . In V6.1 with the PTF for APAR PI71625 installed, add a new NUMCHECK compiler option to control whether to generate extra code to validate data items... [More]

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You can now download the Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS, V1.2 messages from IBM Doc Buddy, and then use it locally. Simply take the following steps: In IBM Doc Buddy, click the menu icon in the top left corner and go to the navigation pane, and then select "Components". From the "Components" list, choose "Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS". You can see that the V1.2 component is available.                                ... [More]

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The  COBOL for AIX, V5.1.0.2 Fix Pack (December 2016) is now available at the following links and on  Fix Central : CO B O L  f o r  A I X, V5.1.0.2  F i x  P a ck  (December  2 016) CO B O L Runtime  f o r  A I X, V5.1.0.2  F i x  P a ck  (December  2 016) Fi x   li s t  f o r  C O B OL   f or   A I X Fixed APARs are listed on the 'Fix list' page, along with links to all COBOL for AIX Fix Packs.  Please note that the term 'Fix... [More]

The Enterprise COBOL compiler V5.2, COBOL compiler trial V5.2  and V5/V6 January 2017 Runtime PTFs are now available for order. Here are the details:         COMPILER        UI44042, UI44043, UI44044      V5/V6 RUNTIME       UI44110(V2R1) also requires LE PTF U I 3 6 9 6 3 / U I 3 3 6 4 1 / U I 3 3 6 4 2 ( J A P )      UI44109(V2R2) also requires LE PTF U I 3 6 9 6 1 / U I 3 3 6 3 7 / U I 3 3 6 3 8 ( J A P )       ... [More]

The Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS V1.2 and Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS V1.2 Trial January 2017 PTFs are now available for download. Here are the details:      Automatic Binary Optimizer:  UI44035, UI44036      Automatic Binary Optimizer Trial: UI44038, UI44039     L i s t   o f   A P A R s   f o r   A u t o m a t i c Binary Optimizer f or   z /O S   V1.2 January 2 0 17 P T Fs

The IBM Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS, V1.2 documentation is refreshed today to reflect updates to the CSECT option. The symbol used to negate a CSECT option expression is changed from a caret (^) to an exclamation point (!)'. This fix has already been delivered via PTF for APAR PI73095 last December.   For details about this update, check out the ABO V1.2 Knowledge Center at http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSERQD_1.2.0/com.ibm.opt.doc/ug/optioncsect.html or PDF at... [More]

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Note: The steps below are written assuming that you already have the COBOL for AIX compiler and DB2 installed on your machine.    Below are the steps you could use to compile, bind and run an 'SQL embedded' test cases: 1) Run the db2profile . /home/db2/V10.5/db2in105/sqllib/db2profile   2) Connect to the database that you need: db2 connect to <databasename>   3) Compile: cob2 -c -I'/home/db2/V10.5/db2in105/sqllib/include/cobol_a' -qSQL=_"BINDFILE DATABASE <databasename>   QUALIFIER... [More]

A COBOL for AIX user was expecting a certain output (described below) when compiling the following test case with -host when using COBOL for AIX:   ===== COMPILE COMMAND:  #Provides expected output: cob2 -c -qWSCLEAR -qSOURCE -qLIB -qAPOST -qNOSEQUENCE -I'/home/db2/V10.5/db2in105/sqllib/include/cobol_a' -qSQL=_"BINDFILE DATABASE basil3   QUALIFIER cbldb2  USER cbldb2  USING zcmodb21"_: -qMDECK test.cbl cob2 -L'/home/db2/V10.5/db2in105/sqllib/lib' -ldb2 -o test1 test.o #Causes incorrect output... [More]

The Enterprise COBOL compiler V6.1, COBOL compiler trial V6.1  and V5/V6 December 2016 Runtime PTFs are now available for order. Here are the details:         COMPILER        UI43370, UI43371, UI43372      V5/V6 RUNTIME       UI43310(V2R1) also requires LE PTF UI 3 6 96 3 / UI 3 3 64 1 / UI 3 3 64 2 ( JA P )      UI43309 (V2R2) also requires LE PTF UI 3 6 96 1 / UI 3 3 63 7 / UI 3 3 63 8 ( JA P )        COMPILER... [More]

The Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS V1.2 and Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS V1.2 Trial December 2016 PTFs are now available for download. Here are the details:      Automatic Binary Optimizer:  UI43120, UI43121      Automatic Binary Optimizer Trial: UI43122, UI43123     L i s t   o f   A P A R s   f o r   A u t o m a t i c Binary Optimizer f or   z /O S   V1.2 December 2 0 16 P T Fs

You may see an extra 10 bytes before each record in your output files after moving to COBOL for AIX, V4.1   This was an intentional design change that was made in V4.1 and later.    The extra 10 bytes that you see are embedded metadata info for each record. This metadata info is typically used for variable length files.    The suggested solution to resolve this issue is to generate a QSAM file, which should produce a byte-for-byte file similar to what you had before.  Assuming you have an environment variable set... [More]

The Enterprise COBOL compiler V5.2, COBOL compiler trial V5.2  and V5/V6 November 2016 Runtime PTFs are now available for order. Here are the details:         COMPILER        UI42823, UI42824, UI42825      V5/V6 RUNTIME       UI42660(V2R1) also requires LE PTF UI3 6 963 / UI3 3 641 / UI3 3 642 ( JAP )      UI42659 (V2R2) also requires LE PTF UI3 6 961 / UI3 3 637 / UI3 3 638 ( JAP )        COMPILER TRIAL  ... [More]

The Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS V1.1 October 2016 PTFs are now available for download. Here are the details:      Automatic Binary Optimizer : UI42079, UI42080     L i s t   o f   A P A R s   f o r   A u t om a t ic Binary Optimizer f or   z /O S   V1.1 October 2 0 16 P T Fs  

The Enterprise COBOL V5.1 and V5/V6 October 2016 Runtime PTFs are now available for order. Here are the details:         COMPILER        UI41798, UI41799, UI41801      V5/V6 RUNTIME       UI41674(V2R1) also requires LE PTF UI36 963/ UI33 641/ UI33 642( JAP)      UI41673 (V2R2) also requires LE PTF UI36 961/ UI33 637/ UI33 638( JAP)   L i s t   o f   A P A R s   f o r   E n t e r p r i s e   C O B O L   f o r... [More]