ILE COBOL Programmer's Guide


COBOL Program Listings

DBCS characters can appear in listings that originate from DBCS-capable source files, and that are produced on DBCS-capable systems.

DBCS characters that appear in a program listing originate from the source file, from source text generated by the COPY statement, or from COBOL compiler messages.

A listing containing DBCS characters should be output to a printer file that is capable of processing DBCS data. Listings containing DBCS characters are handled correctly if one of the following conditions is true:

Note:
The IGCDTA parameter is only available on DBCS systems, and it cannot be defined or displayed on non-DBCS systems. You can, however, create objects with DBCS attributes on a non-DBCS system by copying them from a DBCS system. You should check for possible incompatibilities if you do this.

The compiler may use characters from your source program as substitution parameters in compiler and syntax checker messages. The system does not check or edit the substitution parameters. If you do not specify DBCS characters properly, the system may print or display parts of messages incorrectly.


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