Question { 20579 }

What does it mean when EIBCALEN is equal to 1 and other
values?

Answer

EIBCALEN stands Executable Interface Block Communication
Area Length

so it counts no.of characters passing from 1 program to
another (i.e how much data we r sending...)


if EIBCALEN = 0, -->user has not enterd any data on the Map
EIBCALEN > 0 -->indicates user has enterd the data on map

Question { 12134 }

in cobol perform stmt whether it first checks the condition
or not

Answer

hi deepa..

can u give a brief description abt ur ans

& how to set TEST BEFORE option or TEST AFTER OPTION

Question { Cap Gemini, 22489 }

what is the coding difference between COBOL and CICS.

Answer

GIRISH I THINK THE QUESTION WOULD BE ...

WHAT IS THE CODING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORMAL COBOL PROGRAM
AND CICS-COBOL PROGRAM ?

IF YES,

ANS)
1. IN BATCH (NORMAL COBOL) WE DECLARE THE FILES IN
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION WHERE AS IN ONLINE (CICS-COBOL) FCT
WILL BE USED.

2.IN BATCH WE USE ACCEPT & DISPLAY stmts ,in cics we use
SEND/RECEIVE commands.

3.in batch we use GO BACK,EXIT and STOP RUN, IN CICS RETURN
COMMAND TO INDICATE END OF THE PROGRAM.

Question { 16493 }

whn do i get soc7 abend while moving alphanumeric to
numeric or while moving numeric to aplhanumeric please
reply ASAP?

Answer

What is ASAP(what does it mean) ?