Convert existing Report Writer code using the Report Writer Precompiler

If you permanently convert Report Writer code to non-Report Writer code, you can stop using the Report Writer Precompiler and just use the Enterprise COBOL compiler. However, this might produce hard-to-maintain COBOL code.

When converting Report Writer code to non-Report Writer code, the Precompiler generates variable names and paragraph names. These names might not be meaningful, and thus hard to identify when attempting to make changes to the program after the conversion. You can change the names to be meaningful, but this might be difficult and time consuming.