isCOBOL General

Run your program directly with the java executable, as in "java PROGRAM". You can also set iscobol.tracelevel=15 and the file named in iscobol.logfile will contain verbose trace information. Read More

Question: It seems that the default value for the DATE-ENTRY control DISPLAY-FORMAT property and the formats used by the CENTURY-DATE, LONG-DATE, SHORT-DATE and TIME styles are different from those used by ACUCOBOL-GT. What are the formats?... Read More

By default the isCOBOL CALL behavior is to look for the called routine within the C routines before looking for it within the COBOL routines. When a C routine has the same name as a COBOL routine, the COBOL routine will never be called.  A... Read More

Question: Is there a runtime trace log feature? How do I turn it on? What configuration options are available? If I have multiple processes running, is there any way to distinguish which log file output goes to, or does all output go to the... Read More

Question: I have some code that uses M$ALLOC and then assigns the address of an array (in the linkage area) to the space just allocated. Code fragment below. There is a note in the migration section that “SET X TO ADDRESS OF Y” requires... Read More

Question: I have heard that isCOBOL behaves differently on a STOP THREAD statement since a YIELD is needed. Please elaborate.  What do you mean that a YIELD is needed? What exactly is the difference in behavior? What do I need to change... Read More

Here are some examples: IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. CBL_ALLOC_MEM. ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. DATA DIVISION. LINKAGE SECTION. 01 LNK-MEM-POINTER POINTER. 01 LNK-MEM-SIZE UNSIGNED... Read More

Question: Do I need to recompile in order to run with each new version of iscobol.jar or other runtime libraries that you release?  I compiled with one build and then upgraded to a later build. When I attempted to run my program I received... Read More