According to my Cobol manual the format for the ASSIGN verb is
  ASSIGN name,class,recording mode,device,file-size,formsmessage,L
The description of the formsmessage parameter says "it may contain a maximum of 49
  characters and must be terminated with a period" which you didn't do.

Boris Kortiak wrote:

> I get the following error during compile:
>
> 00069  052010  26    250    Q    FORMS MESSAGE MUST END WITH A PERIOD.
>
> referring to:
>
> 052000     SELECT CUSTOMER-SAVE
> 052010         ASSIGN TO "CUSTSV,DA,A,DISC,,10000,,"
> 052020         ORGANIZATION IS INDEXED
> 052030         ACCESS MODE IS DYNAMIC
> 052040         RECORD KEY IS CSR-KEY
> 052050         FILE STATUS IS CUSTOMER-SAVE-STATUS.
>
> The book offers no help:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 250      ERROR      FORMS MESSAGE MUST END WITH A PERIOD.
>          MESSAGE
>
>          CAUSE
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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