This tab contains two sections. The first, the '-GC Lines' section, enables you to enter comments on the Program. The second, the '-GO Lines' section, enables you to specify the generation options of the Program. Click the downward arrow in front of a section to open it.
These lines are used for documentation purposes. Comments are available with all entities and allow you to write, edit text in relation to the selected instance. This tab allows you to write, modify, move or delete text lines using basic word processing functions.
Value | Comments |
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* or blank | Standard documentation line. |
A | Alias for the Segment name. |
On a blank-type line, you enter a free comment.
On an A-type line, enter the COBOL Segment name.
In this section, you enter the generation options of the Program.
For each option, you must enter O in the Type column.
If you indicate the BREAKDATE=YES option, the Data Elements defined with a date format will be generated as elementary fields which correspond to the year, month and day and a separator (if it is included in the date format).
Example of a date defined with an M-type format (MM/DD/YYYY):
10 ffnn-date. 11 ffnn-date-MMX. 12 ffnn-date-MM PICTURE 99. 11 ffnn-date-S1 PICTURE X. 11 ffnn-date-DDX. 12 ffnn-date-DD PICTURE 99. 11 ffnn-date-S2 PICTURE X. 11 ffnn-date-YYX. 12 ffnn-date-YY PICTURE 9(4).
The Data Elements called in SQL Segments cannot be broken down, except if these SQL Segments are DB2 Segments and if the DESCR=ALL option has been entered on the DB2 Block -GO lines.
Since host variables cannot be group fields, the elementary fields will be generated under a redefined group field in the following way: ffnn-date-BRK REDEFINES ffnn-date.