COBOL Report Writer Precompiler
You can use the Report Writer Precompiler, product number 5798-DYR, to compile applications that contain Report Writer statements, or to permanently convert Report Writer statements to valid Enterprise COBOL statements.
The Report Writer Precompiler offers the following features:
- Extended Report Writer language capabilities
- Integration with the target COBOL compiler—as though Report Writer statements in the source program are being processed by the COBOL compiler itself
- Single consolidated source listing merges information from the precompiler listing and the COBOL compiler listings
- COPY library members can contain Report Writer statements
- Supports the Enterprise COBOL nested COPY feature
- Performs a diagnostic check of the input Report Writer source statements
- Can be run in stand-alone mode to convert Report Writer statements in your COBOL programs into non-Report Writer COBOL source statements acceptable to the Enterprise COBOL compiler
For more detail, see COBOL Report Writer Precompiler Programmer's Manual and COBOL Report Writer Precompiler Installation and Operation.