Related publications
The information provided with Enterprise COBOL and Language Environment® is designed to help you install and customize Enterprise COBOL and create COBOL applications for z/OS®.
Enterprise COBOL for z/OS publications
| Task | Information |
|---|---|
| Understand warranty information | Licensed Program Specifications |
| Install the compiler under z/OS | Program Directory for Enterprise COBOL |
| Understand product changes and upgrade source to the latest version of Enterprise COBOL for z/OS | Migration Guide |
| Upgrade run time environment to Language Environment | Note: If you have not yet migrated your runtime library to Language Environment, see Chapter 3. Planning the move to Language
Environment in the Enterprise COBOL 4.2 Compiler and Runtime Migration
Guide.
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| Customize Enterprise COBOL for z/OS | Enterprise COBOL for z/OS Customization Guide |
| Prepare and test your programs and get details about compiler options | Enterprise COBOL for z/OS Programming Guide |
| Get details about COBOL syntax and specifications of language elements | Enterprise COBOL for z/OS Language Reference |
| Understand COBOL compiler messages and return codes to diagnose problems | Enterprise COBOL for z/OS Messages and Codes |
Language Environment element of z/OS publications
| Task | Information |
|---|---|
| Evaluate the product | Language Environment Concepts Guide |
| Install Language Environment | z/OS Program Directory |
| Understand Language Environment program models and concepts | Language Environment Programming Guide |
| Find syntax for Language Environment runtime options and callable services | Language Environment Programming Reference |
| Debug applications that run with Language Environment, get details about runtime messages, and diagnose problems with Language Environment | Language Environment Debugging Guide and Run-Time Messages |
| Migrate applications from one release of Language Environment to another. | Language Environment Run-Time Migration Guide |
| Develop interlanguage communication (ILC) applications | Language Environment Writing Interlanguage Communication Applications |
| Learn about the concepts and use of Common Debug Architecture (CDA) | Common Debug Architecture User’s Guide |
| Get details about APIs in the Debug Data Program Information library (llibddpi). | Common Debug Architecture Library Reference |
| Get details about the IBM® extensions to the DWARF and ELF APIs in the DWARF 4 standard. | DWARF/ELF Extensions Library Reference |