Re:
>   I am  using following in COBOL code
>     call intrinsic "FOPEN"
>          WS-FILENAME
>          %30105 %2300
>          WS-SOME-FILE-POINTER.
>
>     call instrinsic "FWRITE" ...
>
>  I am facing some error at execution time.
>
> Issue 1:  My build is giving me  a VAM kind of file.
>           I am looking for a FAM.
>

You're getting a variable record file because you asked
for a variable record file :)

Foptions %30105 and aoption %2300 mean:

Current file options:
   foptions (%030105) = MSG,  V, ascii, old,perm
   aoptions (%002300) = gmulti, shr, IN


However, note that specifygin "V" (or "F", for that matter)
doesn't make a lot of sense when opening an *old* file, but
only when opening a *new* file.

Our free "FILEOPEN" utility at
http://www.allegro.com/software/hp3000/allegro.html
will decode foptions and aoptions for you ...
and encode them as well.

FILEOPEN comes both as a procedure you can call from QEDIT or
EDITOR, and as a standalone program.
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