Installing COBOL application programs

This diagram shows you the flow of control in the cataloged procedures for COBOL and PL/I programs that require a separate translator step. If you use an integrated translator, there is no separate translator step. The high-level language source and CICS®.SDFHLOAD both input to the compiler, and a combined translator and compiler listing is produced.

Figure 1. Installing COBOL and PL/I programs
This diagram shows the translator step, creating an intermediate file that is then passed to the compiler, including files from either CICS.SDFHCOB or CICS.SDFHPL1 to produce a further intermediate file that is processed by the linkage editor, which can include files from CICS.SDFHCOB or SDFHPL1, CICS.SDFHLOAD and SYS1.PLIBASE or SYS1.COBLIB to produce a load module in CICS.SDFHLOAD.