You are also using some very outdated commands, but the main problem beyond
what was already mentioned is that you probably saved the file as
"unnumbered", if you have the QUAD editor on your system you can create a
new, numbered file and it will ask you if it is a COBOL file, and you can
say YES.

As already mentioned, take a closer look at the sample programs at the back
of the book, and since I hardly ever build apps from the original command
line I'm going to guess quickly and say you want to use COB85XL
source,,$null and then use LINK $OLDPASS,progname and 'progname' will be
your executable.

At 06:42 AM 6/21/2001, DASS,JOHN (Non-A-Singapore,ex1) wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am pretty new to HP3K and just starting to write
>some programs in C and now I would like to try COBOL.
>I have downloaded the COBOL II reference manual from
>docs.hp but just can't seem to get running.
>
>I write a simple program as follows to display a
>text and the compiler does not compile it. Here is
>the sample code :
>
>IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
>PROGRAM-ID. A.
>PROCEDURE DIVISION.
>BEGIN.
>DISPLAY "THIS IS A TEST".
>END PROGRAM A.
>
>I compiled it using the command COBOLIIGO like this :
>
>:COBOLIIGO TEST1
>
>but it throw me error like this :
>
>==========================
>
><snip>
>
>00009 COBCNTL 000900*CONTROL NOVALIDATE,OPTIMIZE=0
>00010 COBCNTL 001000*
>00011 COBCNTL 001100* For any other options, redirect COBCNTL.PUB.SYS by usi
>
>ng
>00012 COBCNTL 001200* a file equation.
>00013 COBCNTL 001300*
>00014 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
>
>PAGE 0002/COBTEXT COBOL
>
>
>
>
>COBOL ERRORS:
>
>
>LINE # SEQ # COL ERROR SVRTY TEXT OF MESSAGE
>------ ----- --- ----- ----- ---------------
>
>
>00014 IDENTI 07 001 W ILLEGAL CHARACTER IN COLUMN 7.
>00014 IDENTI 15 043 W ILLEGAL IDENTIFICATION DIVISION PARAGRAPH.
>00015 IDENTI 15 460 D MISSING IDENTIFICATION DIVISION, COMPILATION
>TERMINATED.
>
>
>
>1 ERROR(s), 0 QUESTIONABLE, 2 WARNING(s)
>
>
>*** DISASTROUS ERROR NEAR LINE 00015 ***
>*** COMPILATION TERMINATED ***
>Symbolic stack marker trace
>
>35.102 = ERROR.ABNORMAL'TERMIN+102
>35.1546 = ERROR.ERROR+1305
>46.3045 = MAIN'SUB.OB'ERROR+117
>47.4234 = MAIN.ID'DIV'PRCSSR+1334
>47.11616 = MAIN.DO'PASS'0+31
>47.13657 = MAIN.COBOLII+111
>
>CHECKED SYNTAX ONLY.
>CPU TIME = 0:00:00. WALL TIME = 0:00:00.
>
>Program terminated in an error state. (CIERR 976)
>=======================
>
>Can someone please kindly help me to get started
>on this Cobol. I have done Cobol on other machines
>before (long before) and now I am like a novice.
>
>Thank you so much in advance,
>John
>
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