FreeformCOBOLFD

FREEFORMCOBOLFD allows you to tell CONNX whether your COBOL statements are in fixed or free format.

 

FreeformCOBOLFD = 1

 

COBOL source code can be in one of three formats:

  1. COBOL (fixed, columns 7-72). This format skips columns 1-6 and 73- of each line, (the sequence or line number area and the Program Identification Number Area). Only the code in columns 7-72 is used.

  2. COBOL (variable, columns 7-). This format skips columns 1-6, that is, the sequence or line number area. All other columns are assumed to contain code. Line length is not limited.

  3. COBOL (free format) assumes that all columns are equal and visualizes all the code as if line numbers and the Program Identification Number Area didn't exist. Line length is not limited.

When it encounters COBOL statements, CONNX assumes that you are using the fixed columns 7-72 format (the first format described above) and will ignore anything it finds in columns 1-6 and 73-.

 

If you are using the free format COBOL format, set FREEFORMCOBOLFD to 1.

 

Default=0 (fixed, columns 7-72. Skip columns 1-6 and 73-)

 

Note: FujitsuCOBOLFD checks this setting to determine if there are comments in positions 1-6.

 

Environments: Client, Windows

Configuration Manager: CDD Settings; Current Key = CONNXCDD\OPTIONS; Key Value/Value Name =  FREEFORMCOBOLFD