cobgen really gets wound up into a little ball if it encounters IMAGE
type E or R elements. It should set them as X(4) and X(8) to account for
the space taken but it doesn't.

BTW - an early "greenie" says how to access Real Numbers in COBOL using
direct calls to EXTIN' and INEXT'

Donna Garverick wrote:
>
> Charles Finley wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have a program that converts an IMAGE schema to COBOL Working
> > Storage.
>
> look for a file in .pub.sys called cobgen.  while it's designed to create an
> entire cobolprogram, it will (eventually) ask for a database name.  once you
> give the name and
> it churns for a bit, abort the program.  you'll end up with a text file
> (what's the name
> of the file, folks?) that you can pull into any editor and play with from
> there.
> hth          - d
>
> --
> Donna Garverick     Sr. System Programmer
> 925-210-6631        [log in to unmask]
>
> >>>MY opinions, not Longs Drug Stores'<<<