Use these preferences to control how COBOL files are imported.
These settings affect all COBOL files that you import into the workspace,
for any project.
To set preferences for importing COBOL files:
- On the workbench menu bar, select . The Preferences window
opens.
- In the left pane of the Preferences window, expand Importer and
select COBOL.
- Change the preferences (see the following information).
The options are as follows:
- Platform
- Specifies the target generation platform. Select the appropriate value
from the pull down list.
- Code Page Selection
- Specifies the code page for the locale. Select the appropriate value
from the popup window. See Supported code pages (CCSIDs).
- Floating point format
- Specifies the floating point format. Select the appropriate value from
the pull down list.
- endian
- Select the appropriate value from the available options.
- Remote integer endian
- Select the appropriate value from the available options.
- External decimal sign
- Select the appropriate value from the available options.
- Specify the COBOL options
-
- QUOTE
- Select the appropriate value from the available options.
- TRUNC
- Select the appropriate value from the available options.
- NSYMBOL
- Select the appropriate value from the available options.
- Compile time locale name
- Specifies the compile time locale. Select the appropriate value from
the pull down list.
Please see COBOL importer: Compile-time locale and code page for
additional information.
- ASCII code pages
- Specifies the ASCII code page. Select the appropriate value from the
pull down list.
- Error messages language
- Specifies the default language for the error messages. Select the appropriate
value from the pull down list.
- Currency sign
- Specifies the currency sign. Enter the appropriate value in the space
provided.
- SOSI
- Select the checkbox to enable SOSI.
- COLLSEQ
- Select the appropriate value from the available options.
- NCOLLSEQ
- Select the appropriate value from the available options.
- File Extension Support
- Specify the file extension support. To change the value, select support
for a specific file extension and then, using the pulldown arrow, select the
new value from the pull down list.
For a more detailed description of these options see the Enterprise
COBOL for z/OS Programming
Guide Version 3 Release 4, available from the Enterprise COBOL for z/OS Web
site at http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/cobol/zos/.