Checking syntax locally
You can check COBOL and PL/I syntax locally.
Before you begin
Limitations:
- Local syntax check is deprecated. This action is available only on Windows.
- Local syntax checking does not support shift-out-shift-in (SOSI) sources. The importer that is used to do the local syntax check supports only UTF-8 encoding. Translating CP-930 and other SOSI sources into UTF-8 alters the column locations for some characters, and this alteration results in unexpected errors.
About this task
You can use several methods for requesting a local syntax check.
Local COBOL and PL/I builds that use the native
COBOL and PL/I compilers are supported only on Windows
platforms and in the Developer for z/OS® Enterprise Edition edition of the
product.
Procedure
- Local syntax check of a local file from the z/OS Projects view
- Local syntax check of a local file from an editor
- Local syntax check of a remote file from the z/OS Projects view
- Local syntax check of a remote file from an editor
- Local syntax check of a remote file with the OS/390 CICS Transaction Server syntax
- Local syntax check of COBOL and PL/I source that contains EXEC CICS statements