RE: [open-cobol-list] COPY of FD.

[Bill Klein]

What you are using is a (fairly) old technique - valid in the '68 - but not
the '74 or '85 COBOL Standards.

Change: 
   FD  MENU-FILE COPY "menu.cpy".

to
    COPY "menu.cpy".

and it should work fine.

For those not familiar with this technique, see:
  http://www.emunix.emich.edu/info/cobol/books/atexam.htm

and look for
  "6.4 COPY (ANSI'68 or LANGLVL(1) Variation)"

> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of John R. Culleton
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:46 AM
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> Subject: [open-cobol-list] COPY of FD.
> 
> I tried a copy of an FD in the traditional way and got an error. 
> Here is the copyfile "menu.cpy":
> ----------------------------------
>        FD  MENUFILE.
>        01   MENU-REC.
>             05 MENU-NAMIT PICTURE X(10).
>             05 MENU-ITEMM PICTURE X(20).
>             05 PROGRAM-NAME PICTURE X(10).
> ---------------------------------------------
> 
> --and here is the calling statement:
>         FD  MENU-FILE COPY "menu.cpy".
> 
> This should be valid COBOL-85 code. Did I miss something or is
> something not implemented yet? Do I need a period after
> MENU-FILE?
> 
> Please be gentle. I have been away for a decade or so. 
> -- 
> John Culleton
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