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 Main Process Flowchart
- Initialize and Termination Flowcharts
- Display and Accept Symbols
- Interaction Flowchart
- Modify Flowchart
- Accept Serial Flowchart
- Code the Record Layout Forms Recall Parts
- Recall Transaction Log
- Structure the COBOL Program
- Code the IDENTIFICATION DIVISION
- Code the ENVIRONMENT DIVISION
Code the Data Division
- Code the FILE SECTION
- Code the Initial Statements
- Code the RECALL-PARTS-FILE
- Code the RECALL-TRANS-LOG- FILE
- Code the WORKING- STORAGE SECTION
- Code the SECTION STATEMENT
- Code the Level 77 Statements
- Code the Switches
- Code the WS-RECALL-PARTS-REC
- Code the DISPLAY HEADERS
- Code the DISPLAY TEMPLATES
- Code the BLANK LINE
Objectives
Code a COBOL application that allows a user to manually update a relative master file, and automatically generate a transaction log Design flowcharts to show this type of application log Code the record layout form to document record layouts Re-use the IDENTIFICATION DIVISION and ENVIROMENT DIVISION code to conform with common programming practices Define the input, output and WORKING-STORAGE records required for this type of application Code the display headers and templates for terminal output Code the PROCEDURE DIVISION to process terminal input, and generate an updated master file and transaction log