VS COBOL II, COBOL for MVS, and COBOL for OS/390 program requirements
If you use a method other than the Compile Programs option
to prepare VS COBOL II programs (for example, by creating your own
batch JCL), the following requirements must be observed.
Precompiler options
- APOST
- DATE(ISO)
- HOST(COB2)
- TIME(ISO)
Bind parameters
- VALIDATE(RUN) for SAVE DATA programs
- VALIDATE(BIND) for all other types of programs
CICS translator options
Compiler options
- APOST
- NODYNAM (only required for HPO/Runtime programs)
- NOTRUNC (for VS COBOL II release 1 or 2)
- OPTIMIZE
- RESIDENT (only required for HPO/Runtime programs)
- TRUNC(BIN) (for VS COBOL II release 3 and above)
Link
For standalone programs using user-defined edit routines
or any programs using the HPO call attachment module or the RAACPY
option, QMFHPO.SRAALOAD must be included in the concatenation for
SYSLIB.
