ILE COBOL Programmer's Guide

Entering Source Statements into a Source Member

Once you have designed your ILE COBOL program, you must enter it into a source member.

Use WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries. Your program editing tasks are simplified with the Remote Systems LPEX editor. The editor can access source files on your workstation or your iSeries server. When a compilation results in errors, you can jump directly from the compiler messages to an editor containing the source. The editor opens with the cursor positioned at the offending source statements so that you can correct them.

The Source Entry Utility (SEU) command, Start Source Entry Utility (STRSEU), is used to enter and edit your ILE COBOL source statements. To help you enter accurate ILE COBOL statements into the system the SEU display corresponds to the standard COBOL coding form and as you enter or change a line of code, the COBOL syntax checker checks the line for errors.

A compilation unit is an outermost ILE COBOL program and any nested ILE COBOL programs within the outermost program. Multiple compilation units may be entered in a single source member.

For information on entering source statements, refer to Entering Source Statements into a Source Member.


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