Generating applications with the COBOL Software Development Kit

If you generate a COBOL Program or COBOL Copybook, you obtain COBOL code. If you generate a Source Code, you obtain a code other than a COBOL code.

Before you begin

You can first decide where the files are to be generated.

Procedure

You can generate instances in different ways:

Results

A progress information message box is displayed until the generation is complete.

The generation produces a file under the instance in the Design Explorer view:
  • A .cbl file for a COBOL Program,
  • A .cpy file for a COBOL Copybook,
  • A file whose extension is indicated in the called Skeleton or is the name of the called Skeleton, for a Source Code.

The generation replaces all the properties with their values. Furthermore, if Static Micropatterns have been inserted in the code, they are replaced with the corresponding code lines, if these Static Micropatterns have been defined and described.


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