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An Introduction to RM/Cobol-85 for Microcomputers |
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Introduction to the Educational Version of RM/Cobol-85 |
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Limitations of This Educational Version |
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Why a Separate RM/Cobol-85 Guide? |
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Microcomputer and Mainframe Applications Differ |
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Methods of Entering Programs Differ between Microcomputers and Mainframes |
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RM/Cobol-85 Is Ideally Suited to PC Applications |
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You Need to Know Some Microcomputer Concepts |
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RM/Cobol-85 Has its Own Interactive Debugger |
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RM/Cobol-85 Has its Own Unique Error Messages |
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Incompatibility with Prior Versions |
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Installing RM/Cobol-85 On Your Microcomputer |
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Equipment You Need to Use RM/Cobol-85 |
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Diskettes Supplied with This Guide |
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8 | (1) |
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Files on Diskette 1 (RM/Cobol-85 Educational Version) |
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8 | (1) |
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Making a Backup Copy of the RM/Cobol-85 Diskette |
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Copying RM/Cobol-85 to Your Hard Disk |
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Testing Your Software Installation |
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Using a Two-Diskette Computer System (No Hard Disk) |
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12 | (3) |
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An Overview of SELECT Statements |
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A Special Note on Printing Files |
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17 | (2) |
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Using RM/Cobol-85 With RM/CO* |
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19 | (50) |
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20 | (1) |
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DOS Files and RM/CO* File Naming Conventions |
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21 | (1) |
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Learning RM/CO* By Using It |
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RM/CO* Tutorial 1: Creating a Project and Adding Members |
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RM/CO* Tutorial 2: Compiling and Running Programs |
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RM/CO* Tutorial 3: Text Editing to Correct Errors |
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RM/CO* Tutorial 4: Creating a New Program |
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RM/CO* Tutorial 5: Using Advanced Editing Features and Help |
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RM/CO* Tutorial 6: Setting Compiler and RM/CO* Options |
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Using RM/Cobol-85 From the DOS Prompt |
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Creating Programs and Data as ASCII Files |
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Differences between ASCII and Word Processed Files |
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Demonstrating What an ASCII File Is |
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Converting a Non-ASCII File to an ASCII File |
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RM/Cobol-85 File Naming Conventions |
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Column Usage in RM/Cobol-85 |
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72 | (1) |
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Compiling RM/Cobol-85 from DOS |
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73 | (1) |
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Producing a Source Code Listing |
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74 | (1) |
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Printing a Source Code Listing |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (1) |
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Source Code (Compile) Errors |
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76 | (2) |
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Running RM/Cobol-85 Programs from DOS |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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Viewing Output Disk Files |
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80 | (4) |
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Hints and Suggestions for Coding Productivity |
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File Input and Output: The SELECT Statement |
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Input and Output Using RM/Cobol-85 |
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90 | (1) |
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The SELECT Statement for Input and Output Files |
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90 | (3) |
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The SELECT Statement for Direct Printing |
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The SELECT Statement for Printing to a Disk File |
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94 | (1) |
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The SELECT Statement for Relative Files |
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The SELECT Statement for Indexed Files |
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Obtaining the DOS File Name Interactively |
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97 | (1) |
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ACCEPT and DISPLAY for Interactive Processing |
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ACCEPT and DISPLAY Statements |
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A Simple Interactive Program |
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ACCEPT Terminal I/O Language Extensions |
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102 | (2) |
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DISPLAY Terminal I/O Language Extensions |
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An Example of ACCEPT/DISPLAY Language Extension Usage |
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Practical Choices in ACCEPT/DISPLAY Options |
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105 | (4) |
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SCREEN SECTION Automatic Data Validation |
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In-Line versus Structured Program Logic |
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Categories of Screen in the SCREEN SECTION |
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Overview of Screen Section Coding Options |
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Screen Section Coding Reference |
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120 | (2) |
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Control: Terminal I/O Use of Color |
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122 | (1) |
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Control, Dynamic Option Lists, and Upper |
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123 | (1) |
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Coding Restrictions of Dynamic Option Lists |
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Putting it Together: An Interactive File Update Example |
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126 | (4) |
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UPDATE1 Program Annotations |
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130 | (6) |
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Verifying File Names Using ACCEPT and DISPLAY |
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| Appendixes |
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A A Microcomputer Primer for Newcomers |
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A.1 An Overview of PC Hardware |
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139 | (3) |
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142 | (1) |
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A.5 Diskette and Disk Drives |
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A.7 Turning on Your Computer |
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A.8 Activating the DOS Operating System |
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A.9 Rebooting or Restarting the Computer |
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A.10 Summary of DOS Commands |
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A.11 Using an AUTOEXEC.BAT File with RM/Cobol-85 |
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A.12 Deactivating the NUMLOCK Key |
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151 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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B RM/Cobol-85 Enhancements to the COBOL 85 Standard |
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B.1 Delimiting Literal Characters |
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B.2 LINAGE Clause of the FD |
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B.3 Length of Nonnumeric Literals |
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B.4 Internal Sorting (SORT) and Abandoning SECTIONs |
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B.5 Setting Flag Values (Switches) |
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B.8 Extensions to the COBOL 1985 Standard |
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B.9 Other RM/Cobol-85 Considerations |
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C Compiler and Runtime Options |
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C.1 Compiler Options Overview |
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C.2 Compiler Options Documentation |
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C.3 Runtime Options Overview |
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C.4 Runtime Options Documentation |
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D Using the Interactive Debugger |
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D.1 What Is an Interactive Debugger? |
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D.2 Compiling with the ``Y'' Option |
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D.3 Same Debugger for RM/CO* and DOS Compiling |
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D.5 Overview of Debugging Commands |
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D.6 A Sample Debugging Session |
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E RM/Cobol-85 Compiler and Runtime Messages |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (1) |
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E.3 Runtime Initialization Error Messages |
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186 | (1) |
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E.4 Abnormal Program Ending Messages |
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E.5 Normal Program Ending Messages |
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F Troubleshooting Common Problems |
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F.2 Compiler or Program Run Fails; System Locks Up |
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F.3 Compiler Cannot Process a Program |
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F.4 Unresolvable Compiler Errors in Source Code |
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F.5 Runtime System Can't Locate Subprogram Modules |
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199 | (1) |
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F.6 Fields Out of Place in Data Read by a Program |
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F.7 Data Read by Program Contains Spurious Characters |
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F.8 Subprograms Fail to Execute |
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F.9 Illegal Characters in LINE SEQUENTIAL File (97, 01) |
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