COBOL, Sequential Add
KSDS to Sequential File
  Table of Contents  v-24.01.01 - ksdseq01.htm 
  Introduction
  EBCDIC, KSDS to Sequential
  The Process Control File
  CMD, Generate COBOL Source Code
  The Generated COBOL Source Code
  Summary
  Software Agreement and Disclaimer
  Downloads and Links
  Current Server or Internet Access
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Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Introduction

This is an example of how a COBOL program can read from a VSAM Keyed-Sequential-Data-Set and write to a record sequential file using sequential processing techniques. The COBOL source code was generated using SimoTime technologies. Refer to the "Downloads and Links to Similar Pages" section of this document for additional information.

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Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section EBCDIC, KSDS to Sequential

This program will read from a VSAM Keyed-Sequential-Data-Set and write to an record sequential file.

Note:  Since this conversion task is only doing a file-format conversion and the record content is not processed but simply copied then the encoding schema of the records is not a consideration. The records may be EBCDIC, ASCII or BINARY and they will be copied without being changed.

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section The Process Control File

The following Process Control File (KSDSEQ01.pcf) contains the specifications for generating a COBOL program that will do a file format conversion by doing a copy of a VSAM, KSDS to a Record Sequential file.

***********************************************************************
*      KSDSEQ01.pcf - a Process Control File for Numeric Totals       *
*             (C) Copyright 1987-2019 All Rights Reserved             *
*               Web Site URL:   http://www.simotime.com               *
*                     e-mail:   helpdesk@simotime.com                 *
***********************************************************************
* SYSUT1 is a VSAM, KSDS,  512-byte Customer File.
* SYSUT2 is a Record Sequential,  512-byte, fixed-field format for
*        the Customer Master file.
***********************************************************************
*
&SIMOPREP  call ..\..\ENV1BASE
&USERPREP  call USERCONV
&CONFORM   IBM
&DIALECT   C2
*HEAD34    ....:....1....:....2....:....3....
&HEAD34    Convert KSDS-512 to RSEQ-512
&IOMODNAME KSDSEQC1
&SYSUT1    name=DX512KSD org=Indexed    recfm=VARIABLE rmin=12 rmax=512 kpos=1 klen=12
&SYSUT2    name=DX512SEQ org=Sequential recfm=FIXED    rlen=512
&TransCOPY from pos 1 len 512 to pos 1 len 512
*
&END

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section CMD, Generate COBOL Source Code

The following is the content of the (KSDSEQX1.cmd) file that was used to create the COBOL source code. This process uses the SimoZAPS utility program to do the actual program generation.

@echo OFF
rem  * *******************************************************************
rem  *               KSDSEQX1.cmd - a Windows Command File               *
rem  *         This program is provided by SimoTime Technologies         *
rem  *           (C) Copyright 1987-2019 All Rights Reserved             *
rem  *             Web Site URL:   http://www.simotime.com               *
rem  *                   e-mail:   helpdesk@simotime.com                 *
rem  * *******************************************************************
echo *
echo * This process will read the KSASQE01.pcf file and create the
echo * KSATXAC1.CBL file using the SYSMASK1.TXT as a mask.
echo * The KSASQE01.pcf file is expected to contains the specifications
echo * for reading an INDEXED, 512-byte maximum record length, variable,
echo * ASCII file with the key position at 1 for a key length of 12 and
echo * creating a TEXT, 512-byte, variable, ASCII/Text file.
echo *
echo * KSASQEX1 Starting the GENERATE function of SimoZAPS
     set CmdName=KSDSEQX1
rem  * Set the Environment for the System Level
     call ../ENV1BASE
     cd %BASELIB1%\CONVERTS
rem  * Set the Environment that is unique to the File Convert Process
     call USERCONV
     set MEMBERNAME=KSDSEQ01
     call SimoNOTE "***********************************************************************%CmdName%"
     call SimoNOTE "Starting %CmdName% Environment, RC=%ConvertStatus%, PGM=%MEMBERNAME%"
     set ConvertStatus=0000
     set UTCONVD1=%UTGENGET%\%MEMBERNAME%.pcf
     set UTCONVD2=%UTGENGET%\%MEMBERNAME%genr.CMD
     set UTCONVD3=%UTGENGET%\%MEMBERNAME%spec.TXT
     if exist %UTCONVD2% erase %UTCONVD2%
     if exist %UTCONVD3% erase %UTCONVD3%
     call SimoNOTE "*---------------------------------------------------------------------*"
     call SimoNOTE "Starting %CmdName% Pre-Edit, RC=%ConvertStatus%, PGM=%MEMBERNAME%"
     run UTCONVRT
     if not "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" set ConvertStatus=0010
     if not "%ConvertStatus%" == "0000" goto :ConvertEojNOK
rem  *
rem  * ************************************************************************
:ConvertEojAOK
     call SimoNOTE "*---------------------------------------------------------------------*"
     call SimoNOTE "Starting %CmdName% Generation, RC=%ConvertStatus%, PGM=%MEMBERNAME%"
     call %MEMBERNAME%genr
     if not "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" set ConvertStatus=0020
     if not "%ConvertStatus%" == "0000" goto :ConvertEojNOK
     call SimoNOTE "Complete %CmdName%, RC=%ConvertStatus%, PGM=%MEMBERNAME%"
     goto :End
rem  *
rem  * ************************************************************************
:ConvertEojNOK
     set JobStatus=%ConvertStatus%
     call SimoNOTE "ABENDING %CmdName%, RC=%ConvertStatus%, PGM=%MEMBERNAME%, !!!ABENDING!!!"
     echo %MEMBERNAME% - Error during Compile, refer to %BaseLib1%\LIST\%1.LST>%BaseLib1%\LOGS\%MEMBERNAME%.ERR
     goto :End
rem  *
rem  * ************************************************************************
:End
pause


Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section The Generated COBOL Source Code

The following member (KSDSEQC1.cbl) is the generated COBOL source code that will do a file format conversion by reading an Indexed file and writing to a Sequential file.

       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID.    KSDSEQC1.
       AUTHOR.        SIMOTIME TECHNOLOGIES.
      *****************************************************************
      *           This program was generated by SimoZAPS              *
      *             A product of SimoTime Technologies                *
      *        Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com           *
      *     Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com       *
      *                                                               *
      *  Generation Date: 2012-06-12  Generation Time: 23:35:40:34    *
      *                                                               *
      *                                   Record    Record     Key    *
      *  Function  Name     Organization  Format    Max-Min  Pos-Len  *
      *  INPUT     DX512KSD INDEXED       VARIABLE   00512    00001   *
      *                                              00012    00012   *
      *  OUTPUT    DX512SEQ SEQUENTIAL    FIXED      00512            *
      *                                                               *
      *                                                               *
      *****************************************************************
       ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
       INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
       FILE-CONTROL.
           SELECT DX512KSD-FILE  ASSIGN TO       DX512KSD
                  ORGANIZATION  IS INDEXED
                  ACCESS MODE   IS SEQUENTIAL
                  RECORD KEY    IS DX512KSD-PKEY-00001-00012
                  FILE STATUS   IS DX512KSD-STATUS.
           SELECT DX512SEQ-FILE  ASSIGN TO       DX512SEQ
                  ORGANIZATION  IS SEQUENTIAL
                  ACCESS MODE   IS SEQUENTIAL
                  FILE STATUS   IS DX512SEQ-STATUS.

      *****************************************************************
       DATA DIVISION.
       FILE SECTION.
       FD  DX512KSD-FILE
           DATA RECORD    IS DX512KSD-REC
           .
       01  DX512KSD-REC.
           05  DX512KSD-PKEY-00001-00012        PIC X(00012).
           05  DX512KSD-DATA-00013-00500        PIC X(00500).

       FD  DX512SEQ-FILE
           DATA RECORD    IS DX512SEQ-REC
           .
       01  DX512SEQ-REC.
           05  DX512SEQ-DATA-01 PIC X(00512).

      *****************************************************************
      * This program was created with the SYSMASK1.TXT file as input. *
      * The SYSMASK1 provides for the sequential reading of the input *
      * file and the sequential writing of the output file.           *
      *                                                               *
      * If the output file is indexed then the input file must be in  *
      * sequence by the field that will be used to provide the key    *
      * for the output file. This is a sequential load process.       *
      *                                                               *
      * If the key field is not in sequence then refer to SYSMASK2    *
      * to provide for a random add or update of the indexed file.    *
      *                                                               *
      * This program mask will have the ASCII/EBCDIC table inserted   *
      * for use by the /TRANSLATE function of SimoZAPS.               *
      *                                                               *
      * For additional information contact SimoTime Technologies.     *
      *        Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com           *
      *     Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com       *
      *****************************************************************
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
       01  SIM-TITLE.
           05  T1 pic X(11) value '* KSDSEQC1 '.
           05  T2 pic X(34) value 'Convert CUSKSD-512 to CUSSEQ-512  '.
           05  T3 pic X(10) value ' v12.04.05'.
           05  T4 pic X(24) value '   helpdesk@simotime.com'.
       01  SIM-COPYRIGHT.
           05  C1 pic X(11) value '* KSDSEQC1 '.
           05  C2 pic X(32) value 'This Data File Convert Member wa'.
           05  C3 pic X(32) value 's generated by SimoTime Technolo'.
           05  C4 pic X(04) value 'gies'.

       01  DX512KSD-STATUS.
           05  DX512KSD-STATUS-L     pic X.
           05  DX512KSD-STATUS-R     pic X.
       01  DX512KSD-EOF              pic X       value 'N'.
       01  DX512KSD-OPEN-FLAG        pic X       value 'C'.

       01  DX512SEQ-STATUS.
           05  DX512SEQ-STATUS-L     pic X.
           05  DX512SEQ-STATUS-R     pic X.
       01  DX512SEQ-EOF              pic X       value 'N'.
       01  DX512SEQ-OPEN-FLAG        pic X       value 'C'.

       01  DX512KSD-LRECL            pic 9(5)    value 00512.
       01  DX512SEQ-LRECL            pic 9(5)    value 00512.
       01  DX512KSD-LRECL-MAX        pic 9(5)    value 00512.

      *****************************************************************
      * The following buffers are used to create a four-byte status   *
      * code that may be displayed.                                   *
      *****************************************************************
       01  IO-STATUS.
           05  IO-STAT1            pic X.
           05  IO-STAT2            pic X.
       01  IO-STATUS-04.
           05  IO-STATUS-0401      pic 9     value 0.
           05  IO-STATUS-0403      pic 999   value 0.
       01  TWO-BYTES-BINARY        pic 9(4)  BINARY.
       01  TWO-BYTES-ALPHA         redefines TWO-BYTES-BINARY.
           05  TWO-BYTES-LEFT      pic X.
           05  TWO-BYTES-RIGHT     pic X.

      *****************************************************************
      * Message Buffer used by the Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT routine.    *
      *****************************************************************
       01  MESSAGE-BUFFER.
           05  MESSAGE-HEADER      pic X(11)   value '* KSDSEQC1 '.
           05  MESSAGE-TEXT.
               10  MESSAGE-TEXT-1  pic X(68)   value SPACES.
               10  MESSAGE-TEXT-2  pic X(188)  value SPACES.

      *****************************************************************
       01  PROGRAM-NAME            pic X(8)     value 'KSDSEQC1'.

       01  INFO-STATEMENT.
           05  INFO-SHORT.
               10  INFO-ID pic X(8)    value 'Starting'.
               10  filler  pic X(2)    value ', '.
               10  filler  pic X(34)
                   value   'Convert CUSKSD-512 to CUSSEQ-512  '.
           05  filler      pic X(24)
               value ' http://www.SimoTime.com'.

       01  APPL-RESULT             pic S9(9)    comp.
           88  APPL-AOK            value 0.
           88  APPL-EOF            value 16.

       01  DX512KSD-TOTAL.
           05  DX512KSD-RDR  pic 9(9)    value 0.
           05  filler      pic X(3)    value ' - '.
           05  filler      pic X(23)   value 'Line count for DX512KSD'.
       01  DX512SEQ-TOTAL.
           05  DX512SEQ-ADD  pic 9(9)    value 0.
           05  filler      pic X(3)    value ' - '.
           05  filler      pic X(23)   value 'Line count for DX512SEQ'.


      *****************************************************************
       PROCEDURE DIVISION.
           move all '*' to MESSAGE-TEXT-1
           perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT
           move INFO-STATEMENT to MESSAGE-TEXT-1
           perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT
           move all '*' to MESSAGE-TEXT-1
           perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform Z-POST-COPYRIGHT
           perform DX512KSD-OPEN
           perform DX512SEQ-OPEN

           perform until DX512KSD-STATUS not = '00'
               perform DX512KSD-READ
               if  DX512KSD-STATUS = '00'
                   add 1 to DX512KSD-RDR
                   perform BUILD-OUTPUT-RECORD
                   perform DX512SEQ-WRITE
                   if  DX512SEQ-STATUS = '00'
                       add 1 to DX512SEQ-ADD
                   end-if
               end-if
           end-perform

           move DX512KSD-TOTAL to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT

           move DX512SEQ-TOTAL to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT

           if  APPL-EOF
               move 'Complete' to INFO-ID
           else
               move 'ABENDING' to INFO-ID
           end-if
           move INFO-STATEMENT to MESSAGE-TEXT(1:79)
           perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT

           perform DX512SEQ-CLOSE
           perform DX512KSD-CLOSE
           GOBACK.

      *****************************************************************
       BUILD-OUTPUT-RECORD.
      *    TransCOPY...
           move DX512KSD-REC(00001:00512) to DX512SEQ-REC(00001:00512)
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
      * I/O Routines for the INPUT File...                            *
      *****************************************************************
       DX512KSD-CLOSE.
           add 8 to ZERO giving APPL-RESULT.
           close DX512KSD-FILE
           if  DX512KSD-STATUS = '00'
               subtract APPL-RESULT from APPL-RESULT
           else
               add 12 to ZERO giving APPL-RESULT
           end-if
           if  APPL-AOK
               CONTINUE
           else
               move 'CLOSE Failure with DX512KSD' to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT
               move DX512KSD-STATUS to IO-STATUS
               perform Z-DISPLAY-IO-STATUS
               perform Z-ABEND-PROGRAM
           end-if
           exit.
      *---------------------------------------------------------------*
       DX512KSD-READ.
           read DX512KSD-FILE
           if  DX512KSD-STATUS = '00'
               subtract APPL-RESULT from APPL-RESULT
           else
               if  DX512KSD-STATUS = '10'
                   add 16 to ZERO giving APPL-RESULT
               else
                   add 12 to ZERO giving APPL-RESULT
               end-if
           end-if
           if  APPL-AOK
               CONTINUE
           else
               if  APPL-EOF
                   move 'Y' to DX512KSD-EOF
               else
                   move 'READ Failure with DX512KSD' to MESSAGE-TEXT
                   perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT
                   move DX512KSD-STATUS to IO-STATUS
                   perform Z-DISPLAY-IO-STATUS
                   perform Z-ABEND-PROGRAM
               end-if
           end-if
           exit.
      *---------------------------------------------------------------*
       DX512KSD-OPEN.
           add 8 to ZERO giving APPL-RESULT.
           open input DX512KSD-FILE
           if  DX512KSD-STATUS = '00'
               subtract APPL-RESULT from APPL-RESULT
               move 'O' to DX512KSD-OPEN-FLAG
           else
               add 12 to ZERO giving APPL-RESULT
           end-if
           if  APPL-AOK
               CONTINUE
           else
               move 'OPEN Failure with DX512KSD' to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT
               move DX512KSD-STATUS to IO-STATUS
               perform Z-DISPLAY-IO-STATUS
               perform Z-ABEND-PROGRAM
           end-if
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
      * I/O Routines for the OUTPUT File...                           *
      *****************************************************************
       DX512SEQ-WRITE.
           if  DX512SEQ-OPEN-FLAG = 'C'
               perform DX512SEQ-OPEN
           end-if
           write DX512SEQ-REC
           if  DX512SEQ-STATUS = '00'
               subtract APPL-RESULT from APPL-RESULT
           else
               if  DX512SEQ-STATUS = '10'
                   add 16 to ZERO giving APPL-RESULT
               else
                   add 12 to ZERO giving APPL-RESULT
               end-if
           end-if.
           if  APPL-AOK
               CONTINUE
           else
               move 'WRITE Failure with DX512SEQ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT
               move DX512SEQ-STATUS to IO-STATUS
               perform Z-DISPLAY-IO-STATUS
               perform Z-ABEND-PROGRAM
           end-if
           exit.
      *---------------------------------------------------------------*
       DX512SEQ-OPEN.
           add 8 to ZERO giving APPL-RESULT.
           open OUTPUT DX512SEQ-FILE
           if  DX512SEQ-STATUS = '00'
               subtract APPL-RESULT from APPL-RESULT
               move 'O' to DX512SEQ-OPEN-FLAG
           else
               add 12 to ZERO giving APPL-RESULT
           end-if
           if  APPL-AOK
               CONTINUE
           else
               move 'OPEN Failure with DX512SEQ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT
               move DX512SEQ-STATUS to IO-STATUS
               perform Z-DISPLAY-IO-STATUS
               perform Z-ABEND-PROGRAM
           end-if
           exit.
      *---------------------------------------------------------------*
       DX512SEQ-CLOSE.
           add 8 to ZERO giving APPL-RESULT.
           close DX512SEQ-FILE
           if  DX512SEQ-STATUS = '00'
               subtract APPL-RESULT from APPL-RESULT
               move 'C' to DX512SEQ-OPEN-FLAG
           else
               add 12 to ZERO giving APPL-RESULT
           end-if
           if  APPL-AOK
               CONTINUE
           else
               move 'CLOSE Failure with DX512SEQ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT
               move DX512SEQ-STATUS to IO-STATUS
               perform Z-DISPLAY-IO-STATUS
               perform Z-ABEND-PROGRAM
           end-if
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
      * The following Z-ROUTINES provide administrative functions     *
      * for this program.                                             *
      *****************************************************************
      * ABEND the program, post a message to the console and issue    *
      * a STOP RUN.                                                   *
      *****************************************************************
       Z-ABEND-PROGRAM.
           if  MESSAGE-TEXT not = SPACES
               perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT
           end-if
           move 'PROGRAM-IS-ABENDING...'  to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT
           add 12 to ZERO giving RETURN-CODE
           STOP RUN.
      *    exit.

      *****************************************************************
      * Display CONSOLE messages...                                   *
      *****************************************************************
       Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT.
           if MESSAGE-TEXT-2 = SPACES
               display MESSAGE-BUFFER(1:79)
           else
               display MESSAGE-BUFFER
           end-if
           move all SPACES to MESSAGE-TEXT
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
      * Display the file status bytes. This routine will display as   *
      * four digits. If the full two byte file status is numeric it   *
      * will display as 00nn. If the 1st byte is a numeric nine (9)   *
      * the second byte will be treated as a binary number and will   *
      * display as 9nnn.                                              *
      *****************************************************************
       Z-DISPLAY-IO-STATUS.
           if  IO-STATUS not NUMERIC
           or  IO-STAT1 = '9'
               move IO-STAT1 to IO-STATUS-04(1:1)
               subtract TWO-BYTES-BINARY from TWO-BYTES-BINARY
               move IO-STAT2 to TWO-BYTES-RIGHT
               add TWO-BYTES-BINARY to ZERO giving IO-STATUS-0403
               move 'File Status is: nnnn' to MESSAGE-TEXT
               move IO-STATUS-04 to MESSAGE-TEXT(17:4)
               perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT
           else
               move '0000' to IO-STATUS-04
               move IO-STATUS to IO-STATUS-04(3:2)
               move 'File Status is: nnnn' to MESSAGE-TEXT
               move IO-STATUS-04 to MESSAGE-TEXT(17:4)
               perform Z-DISPLAY-MESSAGE-TEXT
           end-if
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       Z-POST-COPYRIGHT.
           display SIM-TITLE
           display SIM-COPYRIGHT
           exit.
      *****************************************************************
      *           This program was generated by SimoZAPS              *
      *             A product of SimoTime Technologies                *
      *        Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com           *
      *     Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com       *
      *                                                               *
      *  Generation Date: 2012-06-12  Generation Time: 23:35:40:35    *
      *****************************************************************

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This is an example of how a COBOL program can read from a VSAM Keyed-Sequential-Data-Set and write to a record sequential file using sequential processing techniques. This document may be used to assist as a tutorial for new programmers or as a quick reference for experienced programmers.

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