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Here is useful web site. It displays descriptions of the COBOL Error Status Codes.

I am seeking information on how to use the COPY librarian function with Micro Focus COBOL to include COBOL code with the program at compile time. In the IBM mainframe librarian system with which I am familiar, the verb is COPY and must begin in ...

I get an error message when animating. It says PERFORM NESTED TOO DEEPLY. What does that mean?

How do you switch from sequential proccssing to random processing After doing a START a nd processing sequentially, how do you tell COBOL that you want the next read to be a random read?

When you want to procsess an ISAM file sequentially you specify the ACCESS MODE as SEQUENTIAL When you want to procsess an ISAM file randomly you specify the ACCESS MODE as RANDOM.. How should I specify the ACCESS MODE if I want to process a fil...

What is OPEN COBOL?