Audience
This course is designed for individuals with some prior programming experience who require an introduction to, or to be reacquainted with, the fundamentals of the COBOL programming language.
Topics
Structure the COBOL Program
- Design the Flowchart
- Identify the Scenario
- Design the System Flowcharts
- Design the Application I Flowchart
- Code the Record Layout Form
- Code the Application I Layouts
- Code the Application II Layouts
- Structure the COBOL Program
- Code the IDENTIFICATION DIVISION
- Code the ENVIRONMENT DIVISION
Code the Data Division
- Code the FILE SECTION
- Examine the FILE SECTION
- Code the FD Sentence
- Code the Record Description Entry
- Examine the Data Fields
- Code the PICTURE Clause
- Code the Data Fields
- Code the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION
- Examine the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION
- Code the 88 Level Description Entry
- Code the MASTER-CONTACT-FILE
- Code the OLD-CONTACT-LOG-FILE
- Code the MASTER-CONTACT-LOG-FILE
Code
Objectives
Code a COBOL application that accepts input from a sequential sales file and an index customer file, then generates a sorted customer contact file Understand the difference between sequential and index files Design this type of application using flowcharts Code the Record Print Layout Form to document record layouts Re-use the IDENTIFICATION DIVISION and ENVIRONMENT DIVISION code to conform with common programming practices Code the input, output, and WORKING-STORAGE records required for this type of application Code the PROCEDURE DIVISION to process two input files and generate a sorted index file