Data String Manipulation
Parameter Pass, Parse & Convert
  Table of Contents  v-16.01.01 - stafmt01.htm 
  Introduction
  Program Requirements
  Program Overview & Logic Diagram
  Program Input and Output
  Hex-Dump Information for Debugging
  COBOL Copy File, Fixed-Field Pass Area
  The CALL Interface
  The JCL Members
  Execute Demonstration Programs
  Test Parameter Passing without Executing Used-Defined Programs
  COBOL Program (STAFMTC1)
  Application Program Extension
  A Sample User Program
  The Shared Called Routines
  Callable Date Routine (SIMODATE)
  Callable Dump Routine (SIMODUMP)
  Summary
  Software Agreement and Disclaimer
  Downloads and Links
  Current Server or Internet Access
  Internet Access Required
  Glossary of Terms
  Comments or Feedback
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Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Introduction

This suite of programs provides examples of how to parse, edit, modify, format and display (standard or hexadecimal dump) various words within a data string. The programs also include examples of how to pass parameters between JCL and COBOL. The COBOL programs are written using the COBOL/2 dialect but also work with COBOL for MVS and COBOL/370. A JCL member is provided to run the job as an MVS batch job on an IBM mainframe or as a project with Micro Focus Mainframe Express (MFE) running on a PC with Windows.

Functions included in this example are as follows.

Item Description
1 Pass a parameter from mainframe JCL to COBOL
2 Pass a parameter from COBOL to COBOL
3 Determine the ASCII/EBCDIC condition of the program and the parameter
4 Parse the parameter data string by keywords
5 Convert to upper case from mixed or lower case
6 Convert between ASCII and EBCDIC using a conversion table
7 Validate the content of a date field for CCYYMMDD and provide Julian conversion and other information
8 Do hexadecimal dumps of the data string in both ASCII and EBCDIC
  Function included in this Suite of Demonstration Programs

Another of the challenges in today's world is the movement of programs and data between the mainframe and the PC. This introduces the possibilities of a program being compiled and executed on the mainframe in EBCDIC mode or the PC in ASCII mode. Another possibility is the parameters may be created on one platform and passed to a program executing on a different platform. This introduces the problem of how to determine the ASCII or EBCDIC format of the parameters.

There are a number of possible solutions and techniques for addressing these problems. This program describes a few of the possible coding techniques. This program may serve as a tutorial for programmers that are new to COBOL and mainframe JCL and as a reference for experienced programmers.

Many of the routines in this example have been used in production environments on Mainframe System and Linux, UNIX or Windows Systems with Micro Focus technology. It is important to remember the original intent of this program was to be a learning tool for seminars and classes conducted by SimoTime. Therefore, any of the routines or techniques that will be used in a production environment should be thoroughly tested before deploying. It is the programmer's and user's responsibility to test programs for each environment before making business decisions based on the results produced by routine provided in this example.


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Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Program Requirements

This suite of samples programs will run on the following platforms.

1 Executes on Windows/XP, Windows/7 or Windows Server using Micro Focus Net Express and the CMD file provided.
2 May be ported to run on the Linux or UNIX platforms supported by Micro Focus COBOL.
3 Executes on a mainframe with MVS or Windows/XP or Windows/7 using Micro Focus Mainframe Express and the JCL file provided.
  Operating Systems and Supporting Software for Program Execution

 

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Program Overview & Logic Diagram

The following flowchart provides a quick overview of processing logic used with this example.

             
STAFMTJ1
jcl
The JCL member with three steps, refer to Note-1
   
SIMOCAPE
 
 
SYSOUT
Job Step-1
   
   
   
   
   
call
 
 
SIMOPARS
Parse the text string, refer to Note-2
   
   
   
call
 
 
SIMODUMP
Hex dump the text string, refer to Note-3
   
   
   
call
 
 
SIMODATE
Validate a text string for date information.
   
   
   
optional
 
 
userprog
If keyword-7 equals "CALL" execute a user program.
   
   
   
   
   
STAFMTC1
Job Step-2
   
   
   
call
 
 
SIMOCAPE
 
 
SYSOUT
   
   
   
call
 
 
SIMOPARS
Parse the text string, refer to Note-2
   
   
   
call
 
 
SIMODUMP
Hex dump the text string, refer to Note-3
   
   
   
call
 
 
SIMODATE
Validate a text string for date information.
   
   
   
optional
 
 
userprog
If keyword-7 equals "CALL" execute a user program.
   
   
   
   
EOJ
 
Note-1: This is a three (3) step job.
1. Validate parameters and call user program with parameters.
2. Validate parameters and display to console
3. Execute a COBOL program that makes multiple calls to SIMOCAPE
Note-2 This program (SIMOPARS) will scan a data string and identify the offset and length of each keyword within the data string. A space delimiter is used as a separator between keywords within the string.
Note-3 This (SIMODUMP) program will scan a data string and dump (i. e. display the information on the console) in hexadecimal format.
Logic Flow for the Pass, Parse, Convert and Display of a Parameter Text String

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Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Program Input and Output

This suite of programs will describe and demonstrate a process that will accept, edit and process a data string being passed between mainframe JCL and application programs. The format of the data string is a group of seven (7) keywords separated by space characters. The program should be able to handle leading or multiple spaces. Since a space character is used as the delimiter the space character may not be embedded within a keyword. The following shows the format of the data string with a brief description of each keyword.

STA debug-keyword identifier-keyword user-program date-keyword amount-keyword close-keyword

Keyword Description
STA The first keyword must be a value of STA followed by a space. If this is not provided the program will post a message and ABEND.
debug-keyword This keyword must be a value of DUMP, TRACE or DEBUG. If not then post an error message and ABEND. The program should accept upper, lower or mixed case for this keyword.
identifier-keyword This keyword must be a value of ID01 or ID02. If not then post an error message and ABEND. The program should accept upper, lower or mixed case for this keyword.
user-program This keyword must be the name of a program that will be called by SIMOCAPE. For this example it must be a value of STAFMTC2 or STAFMTC3. The program should accept upper, lower or mixed case for this keyword.
date-keyword This keyword must contain a valid Gregorian date in the CCYYMMDD format. Allowances should be made for separator characters such as CCYY-MM-DD. In addition to editing the date for validity the following should be provided.
1. Identify as leap-year or non-leap-year.
2. Identify number of days in the month.
3. Provide text date such as September 5, 2001
4. Provide Julian date.
amount-keyword This keyword should be right-adjusted and tested for digits only. If a decimal point is included it should be removed. The program should accept only two digits after the decimal point. If the keyword does not contain a decimal point the program should assume the two rightmost digits are values after an implied decimal point.
close-keyword This keyword may be a length of 1 through 8. This keyword may only contain A-Z and 0-9. If special characters or non-printable characters are included then post an error message and ABEND. Based on the constant of this keyword the following action will be performed
CALL - Close with a call the program specified in user-program.
TEST - Close with a display of the edited parameters.
  List of the Keywords within the Text String passed between Programs

The following shows a sample data string with seven (7) keywords.

STA NODebug id01 StaFmtC2 2001-1-1 17.50 call 

The following shows the output that is produced by the SIMOCAPE program and passed to a user program.

* STAFMTC2 Receive Edited Date Parameters     v03.01.24 http://www.simotime.com
* STAFMTC2 Copyright 1987-2012 --- SimoTime Enterprises --- All Rights Reserved
* STAFMTC2 Gregorian Date .............. 20010101
* STAFMTC2 Edited Gregorian Date ....... 2001-01-01
* STAFMTC2 Text Date ................... January 1, 2001
* STAFMTC2 Julian Date ................. 2001001
* STAFMTC2 Days Remaining in the Year .. 364
* STAFMTC2 Leap Year Flag (Y or N) ..... N
* STAFMTC2 Days in the Month ........... 31
* STAFMTC2 Text for the Month .......... January
* STAFMTC2 Amount ...................... 00000001750

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Hex-Dump Information for Debugging

The following shows the hexadecimal dump information that is produced when the SIMODUMP program is called.

* SIMOCAPE Parameter Number 2 - DEBUG        AOK for Debug Function...
* SIMOCAPE Parameter Number 3 - ID01         AOK for Identifier...
* SIMOCAPE Parameter Number 4 - STAFMTC2     AOK for User Function...
* SIMOCAPE Parameter Number 5 - 20010202     WIP for Calling SIMODATE...
* SIMOCAPE Parameter Number 6 - 00000001875  AOK for Amount Function...
* SIMOCAPE Parameter Number 7 - TEST         Contains only ALPHA and NUMERIC.
* SIMODUMP COBOL Hexadecimal Dump Routine     v11.11.03 http://www.simotime.com
* SIMODUMP Copyright 1987-2012 --- SimoTime Enterprises --- All Rights Reserved
* HEXDUMP1 Starting... Length = 0128
*  Offset Hex..... ........ ........ ........ ebcdic.......... ascii...........
*   1-016 53544120 44454255 47204944 30312053 ................ STA DEBUG ID01 S
*  17-032 5441464D 54433220 32303031 30323032 ...(............ TAFMTC2 20010202
*  33-048 2031382E 37352054 45535420 20202020 ................  18.75 TEST
*  49-064 20202020 20202020 20202020 20202020 ................
*  65-080 20202020 20202020 20202020 20202020 ................
*  81-096 20202020 20202020 20202020 20202020 ................
*  97-112 20202020 20202020 20202020 20202020 ................
* 113-128 20202020 20202020 20202020 20202020 ................
* HEXDUMP1 Complete... Length = 0128
* SIMODUMP COBOL Hexadecimal Dump Routine     v11.11.03 http://www.simotime.com
* SIMODUMP Copyright 1987-2012 --- SimoTime Enterprises --- All Rights Reserved
* HEXDUMP2 Starting... Length = 0128
*  Offset Hex..... ........ ........ ........ ebcdic.......... ascii...........
*   1-016 E2E3C140 C4C5C2E4 C740C9C4 F0F140E2 STA DEBUG ID01 S ...@.....@....@.
*  17-032 E3C1C6D4 E3C3F240 F2F0F0F1 F0F2F0F2 TAFMTC2 20010202 .......@........
*  33-048 40F1F84B F7F540E3 C5E2E340 40404040  18.75 TEST      @..K..@....@@@@@
*  49-064 40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040                  @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
*  65-080 40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040                  @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
*  81-096 40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040                  @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
*  97-112 40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040                  @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
* 113-128 40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040                  @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
* HEXDUMP2 Complete... Length = 0128
* SIMOCAPE Processing the TEST request
* SIMOCAPE Gregorian Date .............. 20010202
* SIMOCAPE Edited Gregorian Date ....... 2001-02-02
* SIMOCAPE Text for the Date............ February 2, 2001
* SIMOCAPE Julian Date ................. 2001033
* SIMOCAPE Days Remaining in the Year... 332
* SIMOCAPE Leap Year Flag (Y or N) ..... N
* SIMOCAPE Days in the Month ........... 28
* SIMOCAPE Text for the Month .......... February
* SIMOCAPE Amount ...................... 00000001875

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section COBOL Copy File, Fixed-Field Pass Area

The following shows the data structure of the fixed-length field format. This is what will be used as the pass area when the user-defined application program is called.

      *****************************************************************
      *               PASSCAPE.CPY - a COBOL Copy File                *
      *   Data structure for calling a user-program from SimoCAPE     *
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      *                     All Rights Reserved                       *
      *              Provided by SimoTime Technologies                *
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      *     Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com       *
      *****************************************************************
       01  CAPE-XCTL-API.
           05  CAPE-ID             pic X(8).
           05  CAPE-DEBUG          pic X(8).
           05  CAPE-GREGORIAN-DATE pic 9(8).
           05  CAPE-DATE-EDITED    pic X(10).
           05  CAPE-DATE-VERBAGE   pic X(16).
           05  CAPE-JULIAN-DATE    pic 9(7).
           05  CAPE-DAYS-REMAINING pic 9(3).
           05  CAPE-LEAP-YEAR-YN   pic X.
           05  CAPE-DAYS-IN-MONTH  pic 99.
           05  CAPE-MONTH-VERBAGE  pic X(10).
           05  CAPE-AMOUNT         pic 9(11).
      *
      ***  PASSCAPE - End-of-Copy File - - - - - - - - - - - PASSCAPE *
      *****************************************************************
      *

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section The CALL Interface

The following is an example of the WORKING-STORAGE or LINKAGE Section fields that are passed as parameters to the string parsing program (SimoCAPE).

       01  F01-PARM-BUFFER.                          
           05  F01-PARM-LENGTH     pic S9(4)   comp. 
           05  F01-PARM-DATA       pic X(256).       

The following is an example of the call statement.

           call 'SIMOCAPE' using F01-PARM-LENGTH, F01-PARM-DATA 

 

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section The JCL Members

This section will describe and demonstrate the two JCL members that are included in this package.

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Execute Demonstration Programs

The following is the mainframe JCL member (STAFMTJ1.jcl) required to run the demonstration program and make calls and pass parameters to user-defined application programs.

//STAFMTJ1 JOB SIMOTIME,ACCOUNT,CLASS=1,MSGCLASS=0,NOTIFY=CSIP1
//* *******************************************************************
//*       This JCL Member is provided by SimoTime Technologies        *
//*           (C) Copyright 1987-2019 All Rights Reserved             *
//*             Web Site URL:   http://www.simotime.com               *
//*                   e-mail:   helpdesk@simotime.com                 *
//* *******************************************************************
//*
//* Text   - Process a parameter passed from JCL or COBOL
//* Author - SimoTime Technologies
//* Date   - January 24, 1996
//*
//* This is a sample program that shows how to do a variety of tasks
//* relating to parameter passing and parsing.
//*
//* This set of programs will run on a mainframe under MVS or on a
//* Personal Computer with Windows and Micro Focus Mainframe Express.
//*
//*    ************
//*    * STAFMTJ1 *
//*    ********jcl*
//*         *
//*         *
//*         *
//*    ************     ************
//*    * SIMOCAPE *--*--* SIMOPARS *
//*    ************  *  ************
//*         *        *
//*         *        *  ************
//*         *        *--* SIMODATE *
//*         *        *  ************
//*         *        *
//*         *        *  ************     ************
//*         *        *--* SIMODUMP *-----* CONSOLE  *
//*         *        *  ********opt*     ******dsply*
//*         *        *
//*         *        *  ************
//*         *        *--* userprog *     * 4th & 7th Keywords
//*         *        *  ********opt*
//*         *        *
//*         *        *  ************
//*         *        *--* CONSOLE  *
//*         *           ********opt*
//*         *
//*         *
//*    ************     ************     ************
//*    * STAFMTC1 *-----* SIMOCAPE *--*--* SIMOPARS *    * Job Step 02
//*    ********cbl*     ************  *  ************
//*         *                         *
//*         *                         *  ************
//*         *                         *--* SIMODATE *
//*         *                         *  ************
//*         *                         *
//*         *                         *  ************     ************
//*         *                         *--* SIMODUMP *-----* CONSOLE  *
//*         *                         *  ********cbl*     ******dsply*
//*         *                         *
//*         *                         *  ************
//*         *                         *--* userprog *
//*         *                         *  ********opt*
//*         *                         *
//*         *                         *  ************
//*         *                         *--* CONSOLE  *
//*         *                            ********opt*
//*    ************
//*    *   EOJ    *
//*    ************
//*
//*
//* *******************************************************************
//* Step 1 of 2, Execute the COBOL parsing program with a parameter
//*                from JCL.
//*                Set NODEBUG to prevent tracing or dumping unless
//*                error.
//*
//STAFMTS1 EXEC PGM=SIMOCAPE,
//             PARM='STA NODebug id01 StaFmtC2 2001-1-1 17.50 call'
//STEPLIB  DD  DSN=SIMOTIME.DEMO.LOADLIB1,DISP=SHR
//SYSOUT   DD  SYSOUT=*
//*
//* *******************************************************************
//* Step 2 of 2, Execute the COBOL demonstration program without
//*              a parameter from JCL. The demonstration program
//*              (STAFMTC1) will create a parameter string using the
//*              same callable interface that is required when passing
//*              a string from JCL to COBOL.
//*
//STAFMTS3 EXEC PGM=STAFMTC1
//STEPLIB  DD  DSN=SIMOTIME.DEMO.LOADLIB1,DISP=SHR
//SYSOUT   DD  SYSOUT=*
//*

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Test Parameter Passing without Executing Used-Defined Programs

The following is the mainframe JCL member (STAFMTJ2.jcl) required to run the demonstration program without making the call to the user-defined application programs.

//STAFMTJ2 JOB SIMOTIME,ACCOUNT,CLASS=1,MSGCLASS=0,NOTIFY=CSIP1
//* *******************************************************************
//*       This JCL Member is provided by SimoTime Technologies        *
//*           (C) Copyright 1987-2019 All Rights Reserved             *
//*             Web Site URL:   http://www.simotime.com               *
//*                   e-mail:   helpdesk@simotime.com                 *
//* *******************************************************************
//*
//* Text   - Process a parameter passed from JCL or COBOL
//* Author - SimoTime Technologies
//* Date   - January 24, 1996
//*
//* This is a sample program that shows how to do a variety of tasks
//* relating to parameter passing and parsing.
//*
//* This set of programs will run on a mainframe under MVS or on a
//* Personal Computer with Windows and Micro Focus Mainframe Express.
//*
//* Since the seventh (7th) keyword is set to "TEST" the user-defined
//* program or fourth (4th) keyword will not be called.
//*
//*    ************
//*    * STAFMTJ2 *
//*    ********jcl*
//*         *
//*         *
//*         *
//*    ************     ************
//*    * SIMOCAPE *--*--*  SYSOUT  *
//*    ************  *  ************
//*         *        *
//*         *        *  ************
//*         *        *--* SIMOPARS *
//*         *        *  ************
//*         *        *
//*         *        *  ************
//*         *        *--* SIMODATE *
//*         *        *  ************
//*         *        *
//*         *        *  ************     ************
//*         *        *--* SIMODUMP *-----*  SYSOUT  *
//*         *           ********opt*     ************
//*         *
//*    ************
//*    *   EOJ    *
//*    ************
//*
//*
//* *******************************************************************
//* Step 1 of 1, Execute the COBOL parsing program with a parameter
//* from JCL. Set TRACE mode (2nd keyword)to trace execution of
//* functions.
//*
//STAFMTS1 EXEC PGM=SIMOCAPE,
//             PARM='STA TRACE id01 StaFmtC2 20010202 18.75 test'
//STEPLIB  DD  DSN=SIMOTIME.DEMO.LOADLIB1,DISP=SHR
//SYSOUT   DD  SYSOUT=*
//*

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section COBOL Program (STAFMTC1)

This program (STAFMTC1.cbl) was written to be used as a teaching, learning and debugging aid. The use of the techniques or technology provided in this example should be thoroughly tested in each unique environment.

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      * STAFMTC1 - Demonstration of Passing, Parsing and Converting
      *            data string between JCL and COBOL.
      *
      * CALLING PROTOCOL
      * ----------------
      * Use standard procedure to RUN or ANIMATE.
      *
      * DESCRIPTION
      * -----------
      * This program calls the Callable Application Progam Extension
      * (i.e. SimoCAPE) to edit a data string and then pass an edited
      * and formatted data string to a user-defined program. SimoCAPE
      * also calls the SimoDATE routine to edit and format date
      * information.
      *
      * ************
      * * STAFMTJ1 *
      * ********jcl*
      *      *
      *      *
      *      *
      * ************     ************     ************
      * * SIMOCAPE *--*--* SIMOPARS *-----* Console  *
      * ************  *  ************     ******dsply*
      *      *        *
      *      *        *  ************
      *      *        *--* SIMODUMP *
      *      *        *  ************
      *      *        *
      *      *        *  ************
      *      *        *--* userprog *
      *      *        *  ************
      *      *        *
      *      *        *  ************
      *      *        *--* Console  *
      *      *           ************
      *      *
      *      *
      * ************     ************     ************     ************
      * * STAFMTC1 *-----* SIMOCAPE *--*--* SIMOPARS *-----* Console  *
      * ********cbl*     ************  *  ************     ******dsply*
      *      *                         *
      *      *                         *  ************
      *      *                         *--* SIMODUMP *
      *      *                         *  ************
      *      *                         *
      *      *                         *  ************
      *      *                         *--* userprog *
      *      *                         *  ************
      *      *                         *
      *      *                         *  ************
      *      *                         *--* Console  *
      *      *                            ************
      * ************
      * *   EOJ    *
      * ************
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *
      * MAINTENANCE
      * -----------
      * 1997/02/27 Simmons, Created program.
      * 1997/02/27 Simmons, No changes to date.
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *
       ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
       DATA DIVISION.

       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
      *****************************************************************
      *    Data-structure for Title and Copyright...
      *    ------------------------------------------------------------
       01  SIM-TITLE.
           05  T1 pic X(11) value '* STAFMTC1 '.
           05  T2 pic X(34) value 'Parse & Process Parameter Strings '.
           05  T3 pic X(10) value ' v03.01.24'.
           05  T4 pic X(24) value ' http://www.simotime.com'.
       01  SIM-COPYRIGHT.
           05  C1 pic X(11) value '* STAFMTC1 '.
           05  C2 pic X(20) value 'Copyright 1987-2019 '.
           05  C3 pic X(28) value '   SimoTime Technologies    '.
           05  C4 pic X(20) value ' All Rights Reserved'.

       01  SIM-THANKS-01.
           05  C1 pic X(11) value '* STAFMTC1 '.
           05  C2 pic X(32) value 'Thank you for using this program'.
           05  C3 pic X(32) value ' provided from SimoTime Technolo'.
           05  C4 pic X(04) value 'gies'.

       01  SIM-THANKS-02.
           05  C1 pic X(11) value '* STAFMTC1 '.
           05  C2 pic X(32) value 'Please send all inquires or sugg'.
           05  C3 pic X(32) value 'estions to the helpdesk@simotime'.
           05  C4 pic X(04) value '.com'.

      *****************************************************************
       01  F01-PARM-BUFFER.
           05  F01-PARM-LENGTH     pic S9(4)   comp.
           05  F01-PARM-DATA       pic X(256).

      *****************************************************************
       01  MESSAGE-BUFFER.
           05  MESSAGE-HEADER      pic X(11)   value '* STAFMTC1 '.
           05  MESSAGE-TEXT        pic X(68)   value is SPACES.

      *****************************************************************
       PROCEDURE DIVISION.
           perform POST-COPYRIGHT

           perform APPLICATION-TASK-01
           perform APPLICATION-TASK-02
           perform APPLICATION-TASK-03
           perform APPLICATION-TASK-04
           perform APPLICATION-TASK-05

           move 'Program is complete...' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           perform THANK-YOU.

           GOBACK.

      *****************************************************************
       APPLICATION-TASK-01.
           move 'Task-01 is starting, NODEBUG Test' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           move 'STA NOdebug ID02 stafmtc3 2001/3/3 22.95 call'
             to F01-PARM-DATA
           move F01-PARM-DATA to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           add length of F01-PARM-DATA to ZERO giving F01-PARM-LENGTH

           call 'SIMOCAPE' using F01-PARM-LENGTH, F01-PARM-DATA

           move 'Task-01 is complete, NODEBUG Test' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       APPLICATION-TASK-02.
           move 'Task-02 is starting, DUMP Test' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           move 'STA Dump ID02 stafmtc2 2000/07/4 9.49 stop-001'
             to F01-PARM-DATA
           move F01-PARM-DATA to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           add length of F01-PARM-DATA to ZERO giving F01-PARM-LENGTH

           call 'SIMOCAPE' using F01-PARM-LENGTH, F01-PARM-DATA

           move 'Task-02 is complete, DUMP Test' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       APPLICATION-TASK-03.
           move 'Task-03 is starting, DEBUG Test' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           move 'STA debug ID02 stafmtc3 1996/07/4 10.00 //Finish'
             to F01-PARM-DATA
           move F01-PARM-DATA to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           add length of F01-PARM-DATA to ZERO giving F01-PARM-LENGTH

           call 'SIMOCAPE' using F01-PARM-LENGTH, F01-PARM-DATA

           move 'Task-03 is complete, DEBUG Test' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       APPLICATION-TASK-04.
           move 'Task-04 is starting, NODEBUG Test' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           move 'STA NODEBUG ID02 stafmtc2 1943/05/22 10.00 c9a2x6m1'
             to F01-PARM-DATA
           move F01-PARM-DATA to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           add length of F01-PARM-DATA to ZERO giving F01-PARM-LENGTH

           call 'SIMOCAPE' using F01-PARM-LENGTH, F01-PARM-DATA

           move 'Task-04 is complete, NODEBUG Test' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       APPLICATION-TASK-05.
           move 'Task-05 is starting, NODEBUG Test' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           move 'STA NODEBUG ID02 stafmtc2 1944/4/1 99.98 CALL'
             to F01-PARM-DATA
           move F01-PARM-DATA to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           add length of F01-PARM-DATA to ZERO giving F01-PARM-LENGTH

           call 'SIMOCAPE' using F01-PARM-LENGTH, F01-PARM-DATA

           move 'Task-05 is complete, NODEBUG Test' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE

           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE.
           display MESSAGE-BUFFER
           move SPACES to MESSAGE-TEXT
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       ABEND-MESSAGE.
           if  MESSAGE-TEXT not = SPACES
               perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE
           else
               move '* STAFMTC1 is ABENDING...'  to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform DISPLAY-CONSOLE-MESSAGE
           end-if
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       POST-COPYRIGHT.
           display SIM-TITLE
           display SIM-COPYRIGHT
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       THANK-YOU.
           display SIM-THANKS-01
           display SIM-THANKS-02
           exit.
      *****************************************************************
      *      This example is provided by SimoTime Technologies        *
      *        Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com           *
      *     Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com       *
      *****************************************************************

Table of Contents Previous Section Next Section Application Program Extension

This Callable Application Program Extension (SIMOCAPE.cbl) will accept a data string in the following format.

This program accepts two parameters via a LINKAGE SECTION. The first parameter is two bytes and contains a binary number that is the length of the second parameter. The second parameter is a variable length text string (or data string) that contains seven keywords delimited by a space character. This input is then converted to a fixed-field format as defined in a COBOL copy file (PASSCAPE.CPY). The fifth keyword is a date and will be analyzed for correct values and reformatted into multiple formats that are passed to a user-defined application program.

       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID.    SIMOCAPE.
       AUTHOR.        SIMOTIME TECHNOLOGIES.
      *****************************************************************
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      *****************************************************************
      *      This program is provided by SimoTime Technologies        *
      *        Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com           *
      *     Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com       *
      *                                                               *
      *****************************************************************
      *
      *****************************************************************
      * Source Member: SIMOCAPE.CBL
      * Copy Files:    PASSPARS.CPY
      *                PASSDUMP.CPY
      *                PASSDATE.CPY
      *                CAPEXCTL.CPY
      * Calls to:      SIMODATE
      *                SIMODUMP
      *                SIMOPARS
      *                User defined program... (optional)
      *****************************************************************
      *
      * SIMOCAPE - is a Callable Application Program Extension that
      * performs a variety of common, reusable functions.
      *
      * CALLING PROTOCOL
      * ----------------
      *    call 'SIMOCAPE' using F01-PARM-LENGTH, F01-PARM-DATA
      *
      *    The first four bytes of the F01-PARM-DATA must be 'STA ',
      *    if not then program will post a message and abend.
      *
      * DESCRIPTION
      * -----------
      * This program will process the JCL parameter from the EXEC
      *
      * //     EXEC  PGM=SIMOCAPE,PARM='STA ID01 additional parameters'
      *
      * This program may also be called by another program.
      *
      *    ************     ************     ************
      *    * SIMOCAPE *--*--* SIMOPARS *-----* Console  *
      *    ************  *  ************     ******dsply*
      *                  *
      *                  *  ************
      *                  *--* SIMODUMP *
      *                  *  ************
      *                  *
      *                  *  ************
      *                  *--* userprog *
      *                  *  ************
      *                  *
      *                  *  ************
      *                  *--* Console  *
      *                     ************
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *
      * MAINTENANCE
      * -----------
      * 1997/02/27 Simmons, Created program.
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *
       DATA DIVISION.
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *    Data-structure for Title and Copyright...
      *****************************************************************
       01  SIM-TITLE.
           05  T1 pic X(11) value '* SIMOCAPE '.
           05  T2 pic X(34) value 'Application Program Extensions    '.
           05  T3 pic X(10) value ' v03.12.11'.
           05  T4 pic X(24) value ' http://www.simotime.com'.
       01  SIM-COPYRIGHT.
           05  C1 pic X(11) value '* SIMOCAPE '.
           05  C2 pic X(20) value 'Copyright 1987-2018 '.
           05  C3 pic X(28) value '   SimoTime Technologies    '.
           05  C4 pic X(20) value ' All Rights Reserved'.

      *****************************************************************
       01  FIRST-TIME              pic X       value 'Y'.
       01  UPPER-CASE-A            pic X       value 'A'.
       01  UPPER-EBCDIC-STA.
           05  UPPER-EBCDIC-S      pic X       value X'E2'.
           05  UPPER-EBCDIC-T      pic X       value X'E3'.
           05  UPPER-EBCDIC-A      pic X       value X'C1'.
           05  filler              pic X       value X'40'.
       01  UPPER-ASCII-STA.
           05  UPPER-ASCII-S       pic X       value X'53'.
           05  UPPER-ASCII-T       pic X       value X'54'.
           05  UPPER-ASCII-A       pic X       value X'41'.
           05  filler              pic X       value X'20'.

       01  IX-1                    pic 999     value 0.
       01  IX-2                    pic 999     value 0.
       01  IX-3                    pic 999     value 0.
       01  WORK-DATA               pic X(256)  value SPACES.
       01  WORK-N-7                pic 9(7)    value 0.
       01  WORK-08                 pic X(8)    value SPACES.

       01  F01-PARM-LENGTH-COPY    pic 9(5)    value 0.

       01  FLAG-4-COMPILE          pic X       value 'X'.
       01  FLAG-4-PARAMETER        pic X       value 'X'.
       01  FLAG-4-ALPHANUMERIC     pic X       value 'N'.

       01  MSG-AC pic X(32) value 'Compilation is ASCII            '.
       01  MSG-EC pic X(32) value 'Compilation is EBCDIC           '.
       01  MSG-XC pic X(32) value 'Compilation is not ASCII/EBCDIC '.

       01  MSG-AP pic X(32) value 'Parameter is ASCII              '.
       01  MSG-EP pic X(32) value 'Parameter is EBCDIC             '.
       01  MSG-XP pic X(32) value 'Parameter is not ASCII/EBCDIC   '.

       01  MSG-EDIT.
           05  filler           pic X(17) value 'Parameter Number '.
           05  MSG-EDIT-NUMBER  pic 9     value 0.
           05  filler           pic X(3)  value ' - '.
           05  MSG-EDIT-CONTENT pic X(12) value is SPACES.
           05  filler           pic X     value is SPACES.
           05  MSG-EDIT-TEXT    pic X(40) value is SPACES.

      *****************************************************************
       01  MESSAGE-BUFFER.
           05  MESSAGE-HEADER      pic X(11)   value '* SIMOCAPE '.
           05  MESSAGE-TEXT        pic X(68).

      *****************************************************************
      * The following is used by the INSPECT statement to do the
      * conversion from/to UPPER and lower Case.
      *****************************************************************
       01  UPPER-CASE  pic X(26) value 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'.
       01  LOWER-CASE  pic X(26) value 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'.
       01  ZERO-NINE   pic X(10) value '0123456789'.

      *****************************************************************
      * The following is used by the INSPECT statement to do the
      * conversion betweeen EBCDIC and ASCII.
      *****************************************************************
       01  EBCDIC-TABLE.
      *>   01                             A B C D E F G H I
      *>   02                             J K L M N O P Q R
      *>   03                             S T U V W X Y Z
      *>   04                             a b c d e f g h i
      *>   05                             j k l m n o p q r
      *>   06                             s t u v w x y z
      *>   07                             0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
      *>   08                         space . < ( + | & ! $ * ) ; -
      *>   09  7D/7F Single/Double quote  / , % _ > ? ` : # @7D =7F
      *>   10                             [ ] { } \ ~ ^
           05  filler  pic X(9)  value X'C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8C9'.
           05  filler  pic X(9)  value X'D1D2D3D4D5D6D7D8D9'.
           05  filler  pic X(8)  value X'E2E3E4E5E6E7E8E9'.
           05  filler  pic X(9)  value X'818283848586878889'.
           05  filler  pic X(9)  value X'919293949596979899'.
           05  filler  pic X(8)  value X'A2A3A4A5A6A7A8A9'.
           05  filler  pic X(10) value X'F0F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F9'.
           05  filler  pic X(13) value X'404B4C4D4E4F505A5B5C5D5E60'.
           05  filler  pic X(13) value X'616B6C6D6E6F797A7B7C7D7E7F'.
           05  filler  pic X(7)  value X'ADBDC0D0E0A1B0'.
       01  EBCDIC-INFO redefines EBCDIC-TABLE
                       pic X(95).

      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
       01  ASCII-TABLE.
      *>   01                             A B C D E F G H I
      *>   02                             J K L M N O P Q R
      *>   03                             S T U V W X Y Z
      *>   04                             a b c d e f g h i
      *>   05                             j k l m n o p q r
      *>   06                             s t u v w x y z
      *>   07                             0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
      *>   08                         space . < ( + | & ! $ * ) ; -
      *>   09  27/22 Single/Double quote  / , % _ > ? ` : # @27 =22
      *>   10                             [ ] { } \ ~ ^
           05  filler  pic X(9)  value X'414243444546474849'.
           05  filler  pic X(9)  value X'4A4B4C4D4E4F505152'.
           05  filler  pic X(8)  value X'535455565758595A'.
           05  filler  pic X(9)  value X'616263646566676869'.
           05  filler  pic X(9)  value X'6A6B6C6D6E6F707172'.
           05  filler  pic X(8)  value X'737475767778797A'.
           05  filler  pic X(10) value X'30313233343536373839'.
           05  filler  pic X(13) value X'202E3C282B7C2621242A293B2D'.
           05  filler  pic X(13) value X'2F2C255F3E3F793A2340273D22'.
           05  filler  pic X(7)  value X'5B5D7B7D5C7E5E'.
       01  ASCII-INFO  redefines ASCII-TABLE
                       pic X(95).

       01  STD-DEBUG-FUNCTION          pic X(8)  value SPACES.
       01  STD-IDENTIFIER              pic X(4)  value SPACES.
       01  STD-USER-FUNCTION           pic X(8)  value SPACES.
       01  FMTC2-DATE-FUNCTION         pic X(10) value SPACES.
       01  STD-AMOUNT                  pic X(11) value SPACES.
       01  FMTC2-ALPHANUMERIC-FUNCTION pic X(8)  value SPACES.

      *****************************************************************
      *>    The copy file of the pass area for calling SIMOPARS, the
      *>    parameter parsing routine.
       COPY PASSPARS.
      *>    -----------------------------------------------------------
      *>    The copy file of the pass area for calling SIMODUMP, the
      *>    hexadecimal dump routine.
       COPY PASSDUMP.
      *>    -----------------------------------------------------------
      *>    The copy file of the pass area for calling SIMODATE, the
      *>    date editing routine.
       COPY PASSDATE.
      *>    -----------------------------------------------------------
      *>    The copy file of the pass area for calling a user-program.
       COPY PASSCAPE.

      *****************************************************************
       LINKAGE SECTION.
       01  F01-PARM-BUFFER.
           05  F01-PARM-LENGTH     pic S9(4)   comp.
           05  F01-PARM-DATA       pic X(256).

      *****************************************************************
      * Mainline processing routine...
      *****************************************************************
       PROCEDURE DIVISION using F01-PARM-BUFFER.
           if  FIRST-TIME not = 'N'
               if  STD-DEBUG-INFO = 'DEBUG   '
               or  STD-DEBUG-INFO = 'TRACE   '
                   perform POST-COPYRIGHT
               end-if
               perform ASCII-OR-EBCDIC-COMPILATION
               move 'N' to FIRST-TIME
           end-if

           perform ASCII-OR-EBCDIC-PARAMETER
           move F01-PARM-DATA to WORK-DATA
           if  FLAG-4-PARAMETER not = FLAG-4-COMPILE
               if  FLAG-4-COMPILE = 'A'
                   inspect WORK-DATA
                   converting EBCDIC-INFO to ASCII-INFO
               else
                   inspect WORK-DATA
                   converting ASCII-INFO to EBCDIC-INFO
               end-if
           end-if

           perform MOVE-AND-CONVERT-TO-UPPER-CASE
           perform DISPLAY-THE-PARAMETER-INFO
           perform PARSE-THE-PARAMETER-DATA
           perform DISPLAY-THE-PARAMETER-KEYWORDS
           perform EDIT-AND-FORMAT-PARAMETERS

           if  STD-DEBUG-FUNCTION = 'DEBUG   '
           or  STD-DEBUG-FUNCTION = 'DUMP    '
               perform HEX-DUMP-OF-PARSING-BUFFER
               perform SIMODUMP-TO-ASCII-OR-EBCDIC
               perform DUMP-SIMOTIME-BUFFER
           end-if

           evaluate FMTC2-ALPHANUMERIC-FUNCTION
               when 'CALL    ' perform CLOSE-WITH-CALL
               when 'TEST    ' perform CLOSE-WITH-DISPLAY
           end-evaluate

           GOBACK.

      *****************************************************************
      * The following routines are in alphabetical order...           *
      *****************************************************************

      *****************************************************************
      * Determine the compilation environment for this program by
      * the working storage item. If the UPPER-CASE-A field is a
      * x'41' then program is ASCI. If the field is x'C1' then the
      * program is EBCDIC.
      *****************************************************************
       ASCII-OR-EBCDIC-COMPILATION.
           evaluate UPPER-CASE-A
               when UPPER-EBCDIC-A move MSG-EC to MESSAGE-TEXT
                                   move 'E'    to FLAG-4-COMPILE
               when UPPER-ASCII-A  move MSG-AC to MESSAGE-TEXT
                                   move 'A'    to FLAG-4-COMPILE
               when OTHER          move MSG-XC to MESSAGE-TEXT
           end-evaluate
           perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE

      *>   If environment cannot be recognized as ASCII or EBCDIC
      *>   then stop the program.
           if  FLAG-4-COMPILE = 'X'
               perform POST-ABEND
               STOP RUN
           end-if
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
      * Determine if the Parameter is ASCII or EBCDIC by the format of
      * the first keyword in the parameter string that should be "STA".
      *****************************************************************
       ASCII-OR-EBCDIC-PARAMETER.
           evaluate F01-PARM-DATA(1:4)
               when UPPER-EBCDIC-STA   move 'E' to FLAG-4-PARAMETER
                                       move MSG-EP to MESSAGE-TEXT
               when UPPER-ASCII-STA    move 'A' to FLAG-4-PARAMETER
                                       move MSG-AP to MESSAGE-TEXT
               when OTHER              move 'X' to FLAG-4-PARAMETER
                                       move MSG-XP to MESSAGE-TEXT
           end-evaluate
           perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
      *>   If parameter cannot be recognized as ASCII or EBCDIC
      *>   then stop the program.
           if  FLAG-4-PARAMETER = 'X'
               perform POST-ABEND
               STOP RUN
           end-if

           exit.

       CLOSE-WITH-CALL.
           move STD-GREGORIAN-DATE   to CAPE-GREGORIAN-DATE
           move STD-DATE-EDITED      to CAPE-DATE-EDITED
           move STD-DATE-VERBAGE     to CAPE-DATE-VERBAGE
           move STD-JULIAN-DATE      to CAPE-JULIAN-DATE
           move STD-DAYS-REMAINING   to CAPE-DAYS-REMAINING
           move STD-LEAP-YEAR-YN     to CAPE-LEAP-YEAR-YN
           move STD-MM-DAYS          to CAPE-DAYS-IN-MONTH
           move STD-MONTH-VERBAGE    to CAPE-MONTH-VERBAGE
           move STD-AMOUNT           to CAPE-AMOUNT

           call STD-USER-FUNCTION using CAPE-XCTL-API
           exit.

       CLOSE-WITH-DISPLAY.
           move 'Processing the TEST request   ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Gregorian Date .............. ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move STD-GREGORIAN-DATE               to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:10)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Edited Gregorian Date ....... ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move STD-DATE-EDITED                  to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:10)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Text for the Date............ ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move STD-DATE-VERBAGE                 to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:16)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Julian Date ................. ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move STD-JULIAN-DATE                  to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:7)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Days Remaining in the Year... ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move STD-DAYS-REMAINING               to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:3)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Leap Year Flag (Y or N) ..... ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move STD-LEAP-YEAR-YN                 to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:1)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Days in the Month ........... ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move STD-MM-DAYS                      to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:2)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Text for the Month .......... ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move STD-MONTH-VERBAGE                to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:10)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Amount ...................... ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move STD-AMOUNT                       to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:11)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           exit.

      *****************************************************************
      * Display the length and the original parameter plus the copied
      * parameter that has been converted to upper case...
      *****************************************************************
       DISPLAY-THE-PARAMETER-INFO.
           if  F01-PARM-LENGTH < 1
               move 'Parameter length is 00000'   to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
           else
               move 'Parameter length is ?????'   to MESSAGE-TEXT
               move F01-PARM-LENGTH-COPY          to MESSAGE-TEXT(21:5)
               perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
               move WORK-DATA(1:F01-PARM-LENGTH)  to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
               move PRS-BUFFER(1:F01-PARM-LENGTH) to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
           end-if
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
      * Display the contents of the parsing tables.
      *****************************************************************
       DISPLAY-THE-PARAMETER-KEYWORDS.
           add 1 to ZERO giving IX-1
           perform
               until PRS-SIZE(IX-1) = 0
               or    PRS-POSITION(IX-1) = 0
               or    IX-1             > PRS-TABLE-MAX
               perform POST-TABLE-ITEM
               add 1 to IX-1
           end-perform
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       DUMP-BUFFER.
           move 'DUMP'         to SIMODUMP-REQUEST
           move 'OUT1'         to SIMODUMP-OUTPUT
           add 128 to ZERO giving SIMODUMP-LENGTH
           call 'SIMODUMP'  using SIMODUMP-PASS-AREA
                                  SIMODUMP-BUFFER
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       DUMP-SIMOTIME-BUFFER.
      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Display the contents of the parsing buffer in DUMP format.
           move 'HEXDUMP2' to SIMODUMP-DUMP-ID
           perform DUMP-BUFFER
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       EDIT-AND-FORMAT-PARAMETERS.
           add 2 to ZERO giving IX-1
           perform
               until PRS-SIZE(IX-1) = 0
               or    PRS-POSITION(IX-1) = 0
               or    IX-1             > PRS-TABLE-MAX
               evaluate IX-1
                   when 2 perform EDIT-DEBUG-FUNCTIONS
                   when 3 perform EDIT-IDENTIFIER
                   when 4 perform EDIT-USER-FUNCTION
                   when 5 perform EDIT-DATE-FUNCTION
                   when 6 perform EDIT-AMOUNT-FUNCTION
                   when 7 perform EDIT-ALPHANUMERIC-FUNCTION
               end-evaluate
               add 1 to IX-1
           end-perform
           exit.

       EDIT-ALPHANUMERIC-FUNCTION.
           move SPACES to FMTC2-ALPHANUMERIC-FUNCTION
           if  PRS-SIZE(IX-1) < 9
           and PRS-SIZE(IX-1) > 0
               move PRS-BUFFER(PRS-POSITION(IX-1):PRS-SIZE(IX-1))
               to   FMTC2-ALPHANUMERIC-FUNCTION
           end-if
      *>   Prepare information for display to console...
           add IX-1 to ZERO giving MSG-EDIT-NUMBER
           move SPACES to MSG-EDIT-CONTENT
           move FMTC2-ALPHANUMERIC-FUNCTION to MSG-EDIT-CONTENT
      *>   Prepare a work field for determining allowable content...
           move FMTC2-ALPHANUMERIC-FUNCTION to WORK-08
      *>   The following statement will not allow spaces as
      *>   valid characters...
           inspect WORK-08(1:PRS-SIZE(IX-1))
                   replacing all SPACE by '/'
           perform EDIT-ALPHABET-OR-NUMBERS

           if  FLAG-4-ALPHANUMERIC = 'Y'
               move 'Contains only ALPHA and NUMERIC.' to MSG-EDIT-TEXT
               move MSG-EDIT to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
           else
               move 'Contains non-ALPHANUMERIC.' to MSG-EDIT-TEXT
               move MSG-EDIT to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
           end-if

           exit.

       EDIT-ALPHABET-OR-NUMBERS.
           inspect WORK-08 converting UPPER-CASE  to SPACES
           inspect WORK-08 converting LOWER-CASE  to SPACES
           inspect WORK-08 converting ZERO-NINE   to SPACES
           if  WORK-08 = SPACES
               move 'Y' to FLAG-4-ALPHANUMERIC
           else
               move 'N' to FLAG-4-ALPHANUMERIC
           end-if
           exit.

      *----------------------------------------------------------------
       EDIT-IDENTIFIER.
           move SPACES to STD-IDENTIFIER
           if  PRS-SIZE(IX-1) = 4
               move PRS-BUFFER(PRS-POSITION(IX-1):PRS-SIZE(IX-1))
                 to STD-IDENTIFIER
           end-if

           add IX-1 to ZERO giving MSG-EDIT-NUMBER
           move SPACES to MSG-EDIT-CONTENT
           move PRS-BUFFER(PRS-POSITION(IX-1):PRS-SIZE(IX-1))
             to MSG-EDIT-CONTENT
           if  STD-IDENTIFIER = 'ID01'
           or  STD-IDENTIFIER = 'ID02'
               move 'AOK for Identifier...' to MSG-EDIT-TEXT
               move MSG-EDIT to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
           else
               move 'NOK for Identifier...' to MSG-EDIT-TEXT
               move MSG-EDIT to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform POST-ABEND
           end-if
           exit.

      *----------------------------------------------------------------
       EDIT-DEBUG-FUNCTIONS.
           move SPACES to STD-DEBUG-FUNCTION
           if  PRS-SIZE(IX-1) < 9
           and PRS-SIZE(IX-1) > 0
               move PRS-BUFFER(PRS-POSITION(IX-1):PRS-SIZE(IX-1))
                 to STD-DEBUG-FUNCTION
           end-if

           add IX-1 to ZERO giving MSG-EDIT-NUMBER
           move SPACES to MSG-EDIT-CONTENT
           move PRS-BUFFER(PRS-POSITION(IX-1):PRS-SIZE(IX-1))
             to MSG-EDIT-CONTENT
           if  STD-DEBUG-FUNCTION = 'DUMP    '
           or  STD-DEBUG-FUNCTION = 'TRACE   '
           or  STD-DEBUG-FUNCTION = 'DEBUG   '
           or  STD-DEBUG-FUNCTION = 'NODEBUG '
               move STD-DEBUG-FUNCTION to STD-DEBUG-INFO
               move 'AOK for Debug Function...' to MSG-EDIT-TEXT
               move MSG-EDIT to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
           else
               move 'NOK for Debug Function...' to MSG-EDIT-TEXT
               move MSG-EDIT to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform POST-ABEND
           end-if
           exit.

      *----------------------------------------------------------------
       EDIT-USER-FUNCTION.
           move SPACES to STD-USER-FUNCTION
           if  PRS-SIZE(IX-1) < 9
           and PRS-SIZE(IX-1) > 0
               move PRS-BUFFER(PRS-POSITION(IX-1):PRS-SIZE(IX-1))
                 to STD-USER-FUNCTION
           end-if

           add IX-1 to ZERO giving MSG-EDIT-NUMBER
           move SPACES to MSG-EDIT-CONTENT
           move PRS-BUFFER(PRS-POSITION(IX-1):PRS-SIZE(IX-1))
             to MSG-EDIT-CONTENT
           if  STD-USER-FUNCTION = 'STAFMTC2'
           or  STD-USER-FUNCTION = 'STAFMTC3'
               move 'AOK for User Function...' to MSG-EDIT-TEXT
               move MSG-EDIT to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
           else
               move 'NOK for User Function...' to MSG-EDIT-TEXT
               move MSG-EDIT to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform POST-ABEND
           end-if

           exit.

      *----------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   This routine will accept dates in the following formats
      *>     ccyymmdd
      *>     ccyy/mm/dd
      *>     ccyy-mm-dd
      *>     ccyy.mm.dd
      *----------------------------------------------------------------
       EDIT-DATE-FUNCTION.

           add IX-1 to ZERO giving MSG-EDIT-NUMBER
           move SPACES to MSG-EDIT-CONTENT
           move PRS-BUFFER(PRS-POSITION(IX-1):PRS-SIZE(IX-1))
             to MSG-EDIT-CONTENT
           move 'WIP for Calling SIMODATE...' to MSG-EDIT-TEXT
           move MSG-EDIT to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE

           move SPACES to STD-GREGORIAN-4-EDIT
           if  PRS-SIZE(IX-1) < 11
           or  PRS-SIZE(IX-1) > 7
               move 'EDITDATE'           to STD-REQUEST
               move '-'                  to STD-DATE-EDIT-BYTE
               move PRS-BUFFER(PRS-POSITION(IX-1):PRS-SIZE(IX-1))
                 to STD-GREGORIAN-4-EDIT
               call 'SIMODATE' using STD-SIMODATE
           else
               move 'NOK for Date Value, field length is incorrect...'
                 to MSG-EDIT-TEXT
               move MSG-EDIT to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform POST-ABEND
           end-if

           exit.

      *----------------------------------------------------------------
       EDIT-AMOUNT-FUNCTION.
           move SPACES to STD-AMOUNT
           add IX-1 to ZERO giving MSG-EDIT-NUMBER
           if  PRS-SIZE(IX-1) < 9
           and PRS-SIZE(IX-1) > 0
               move PRS-BUFFER(PRS-POSITION(IX-1):PRS-SIZE(IX-1))
                 to STD-AMOUNT
           end-if
      *>   Right Adjust...
           perform until STD-AMOUNT(11:1) not = SPACE
               add 10 to ZERO giving IX-2
               perform 10 times
                   move STD-AMOUNT(IX-2:1)
                     to STD-AMOUNT(IX-2 + 1:1)
                   subtract 1 from IX-2
               end-perform
               move ZERO to STD-AMOUNT(1:1)
           end-perform
      *>   Remove decimal...
           if STD-AMOUNT(9:1) = '.'
              add 8 to ZERO giving IX-2
              perform 8 times
                  move STD-AMOUNT(IX-2:1)
                    to STD-AMOUNT(IX-2 + 1:1)
                  subtract 1 from IX-2
              end-perform
           end-if

           if  STD-AMOUNT is NUMERIC
               move STD-AMOUNT to MSG-EDIT-CONTENT
               move 'AOK for Amount Function...' to MSG-EDIT-TEXT
               move MSG-EDIT to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
           else
               move STD-AMOUNT to MSG-EDIT-CONTENT
               move 'NOK for Amount Function...' to MSG-EDIT-TEXT
               move MSG-EDIT to MESSAGE-TEXT
               perform POST-ABEND
           end-if

           exit.

      *----------------------------------------------------------------
       EDIT-CLOSE-FUNCTION.

           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       HEX-DUMP-OF-PARSING-BUFFER.
      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Display the contents of the parsing buffer in DUMP format.
           move PRS-BUFFER      to SIMODUMP-BUFFER
           move 'HEXDUMP1'      to SIMODUMP-DUMP-ID
           perform DUMP-BUFFER
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       MOVE-AND-CONVERT-TO-UPPER-CASE.
      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Move Parameter Length value to a move/display field...
           add F01-PARM-LENGTH to ZERO giving F01-PARM-LENGTH-COPY
      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Move Parameter data to the parsing buffer
           move SPACES    to PRS-BUFFER
           move WORK-DATA(1:F01-PARM-LENGTH)
           to   PRS-BUFFER(1:F01-PARM-LENGTH)
      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Convert parsing buffer to upper case...
           inspect PRS-BUFFER converting LOWER-CASE to UPPER-CASE
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       PARSE-THE-PARAMETER-DATA.
      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Display the start of task message.
           move 'Start Parse for Sample-Task...' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Prepare control items for parsing.
           move '0' to PRS-REQUEST
           add 9    to ZERO giving PRS-STATUS
           move ' ' to PRS-DELIMITER
      *    move 'N' to PRS-TERMINATOR-FLAG
           move ' ' to PRS-TERMINATOR-BYTE
           add 32   to ZERO giving PRS-TABLE-MAX
           add 128  to ZERO giving PRS-BUFFER-SIZE
      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Move the data string to the parsing buffer and call
      *>   the parsing routine.
           call 'SIMOPARS'   using PRS-PARAMETERS
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       POST-TABLE-ITEM.
           move 'Item-nnnn, Offset-nnnn, Length-nnnn, Parameter - '
             to MESSAGE-TEXT(1:49)
           move IX-1 to MESSAGE-TEXT(6:4)
           move PRS-POSITION(IX-1) to MESSAGE-TEXT(19:4)
           move PRS-SIZE(IX-1) to MESSAGE-TEXT(32:4)
           if  PRS-SIZE(IX-1) < 20
               move PRS-BUFFER(PRS-POSITION(IX-1):PRS-SIZE(IX-1))
                 to MESSAGE-TEXT(50:PRS-SIZE(IX-1))
           else
               move PRS-BUFFER(PRS-POSITION(IX-1):19)
                 to MESSAGE-TEXT(50:19)
           end-if
           perform POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
      *    Display Copyright or Program Message...
      *    ------------------------------------------------------------
       POST-ABEND.
           if  MESSAGE-TEXT not = SPACES
               perform POST-MESSAGE
           end-if
           move 'Program is ABENDING...' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform POST-CONSOLE
           perform POST-MESSAGE
           STOP RUN.

       POST-CONDITIONAL-TRACE.
           if  STD-DEBUG-INFO = 'DEBUG   '
           or  STD-DEBUG-INFO = 'TRACE   '
               display MESSAGE-BUFFER
           end-if
           move SPACES to MESSAGE-TEXT
           exit.

       POST-COPYRIGHT.
           display SIM-TITLE
           display SIM-COPYRIGHT
           exit.

       POST-CONSOLE.
           display MESSAGE-BUFFER upon console
           exit.

       POST-MESSAGE.
           display MESSAGE-BUFFER
           move SPACES to MESSAGE-TEXT
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       SIMODUMP-TO-ASCII-OR-EBCDIC.
      *>   ------------------------------------------------------------
      *>   Convert between EBCDIC and ASCII based on the current
      *>   ASCII or EBCDIC environment.
      *>   Display the contents of the parsing tables.
           if  FLAG-4-COMPILE = 'E'
               inspect SIMODUMP-BUFFER converting EBCDIC-INFO
                                               to ASCII-INFO
           else
               inspect SIMODUMP-BUFFER converting ASCII-INFO
                                               to EBCDIC-INFO
           end-if
           exit.
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The following program (STAFMTC2.cbl) is used to show the pass area that would be received by a user-defined application program.

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       PROGRAM-ID.    STAFMTC2.
       AUTHOR.        SIMOTIME TECHNOLOGIES.
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      *****************************************************************
      * SOURCE MODULE STAFMTC2.CBL
      *****************************************************************
      *
      * STAFMTC2 - This program receives and processes the edited and
      * formatted data string from the Callable Application Program
      * Extension member (SimoCAPE).
      *
      * CALLING PROTOCOL
      * ----------------
      *    call 'STAFMTC2' using CAPE-XCTL-API.
      *
      * The format of the LINKAGE SECTION paramter is as follows:
      *
      *    01  CAPE-XCTL-API.
      *        05  CAPE-ID             pic X(8).
      *        05  CAPE-DEBUG          pic X(8).
      *        05  CAPE-GREGORIAN-DATE pic 9(8).
      *        05  CAPE-DATE-EDITED    pic X(10).
      *        05  CAPE-DATE-VERBAGE   pic X(16).
      *        05  CAPE-JULIAN-DATE    pic 9(7).
      *        05  CAPE-LEAP-YEAR-YN   pic X.
      *        05  CAPE-DAYS-IN-MONTH  pic 99.
      *        05  CAPE-MONTH-VERBAGE  pic X(10).
      *        05  CAPE-AMOUNT         pic 9(11).
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *
      * MAINTENANCE
      * -----------
      * 1997/02/27 Simmons, Created program.
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *
       DATA DIVISION.
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *    Data-structure for Title and Copyright...
      *****************************************************************
       01  SIM-TITLE.
           05  T1 pic X(11) value '* STAFMTC2 '.
           05  T2 pic X(34) value 'Receive Edited Date Parameters    '.
           05  T3 pic X(10) value ' v03.01.24'.
           05  T4 pic X(24) value ' http://www.simotime.com'.
       01  SIM-COPYRIGHT.
           05  C1 pic X(11) value '* STAFMTC2 '.
           05  C2 pic X(20) value 'Copyright 1987-2019 '.
           05  C3 pic X(28) value '   SimoTime Technologies    '.
           05  C4 pic X(20) value ' All Rights Reserved'.

      *****************************************************************
       01  FIRST-TIME              pic X       value 'Y'.
      *****************************************************************
       01  MESSAGE-BUFFER.
           05  MESSAGE-HEADER      pic X(11)   value '* STAFMTC2 '.
           05  MESSAGE-TEXT        pic X(68).

      *****************************************************************
       LINKAGE SECTION.
       COPY PASSCAPE.
      *****************************************************************
      * Mainline processing routine...
      *****************************************************************
       PROCEDURE DIVISION using CAPE-XCTL-API.
           if  FIRST-TIME not = 'N'
               perform POST-COPYRIGHT
               move 'N' to FIRST-TIME
           end-if

           move 'Gregorian Date .............. ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move CAPE-GREGORIAN-DATE              to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:10)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Edited Gregorian Date ....... ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move CAPE-DATE-EDITED                 to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:10)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Text Date ................... ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move CAPE-DATE-VERBAGE                to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:16)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Julian Date ................. ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move CAPE-JULIAN-DATE                 to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:7)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Days Remaining in the Year .. ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move CAPE-DAYS-REMAINING              to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:3)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Leap Year Flag (Y or N) ..... ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move CAPE-LEAP-YEAR-YN                to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:1)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Days in the Month ........... ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move CAPE-DAYS-IN-MONTH               to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:2)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Text for the Month .......... ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move CAPE-MONTH-VERBAGE               to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:10)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           move 'Amount ...................... ' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           move CAPE-AMOUNT                      to MESSAGE-TEXT(31:11)
           perform POST-MESSAGE

           GOBACK.

      *****************************************************************
      * The following routines are in alphabetical order...           *
      *****************************************************************
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *    Display Copyright or Program Message...
      *    ------------------------------------------------------------
       POST-ABEND.
           if  MESSAGE-TEXT not = SPACES
               perform POST-MESSAGE
           end-if
           move 'Program is ABENDING...' to MESSAGE-TEXT
           perform POST-MESSAGE
           STOP RUN.

       POST-COPYRIGHT.
           display SIM-TITLE
           display SIM-COPYRIGHT
           exit.

       POST-MESSAGE.
           display MESSAGE-BUFFER
           move SPACES to MESSAGE-TEXT
           exit.
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