Re: Novice Question About Console I/O

From: Donald Tees (donald_tees_at_nospam.sympatico.ca)
Date: 01/07/04 

Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 15:20:14 -0500

Rich Chilausky wrote:
> Donald,
>
> Thanks for your response. In the Fujitsu Cobol V3 PROGRAMMING-STAFF ide,
> when I open the project and right click the source code of the main
> program, nothing happens. A left click selects the file, a double left
> click opens the editor window populated with the source code.
> Suggestions on where I've gone astray?
>
> Is there another method to accomplish the same end?

mmm .. I am not sure how you managed to get it to link, as it will not
link correctly without you selecting either one or the other. When I
right click on the source, I get a window with "folder" at the top.
This is PSTAFF you are using?

A display with line numbers will force the issue ... change the "display
  X" statements with "display x at line x column y" where x and y are
integers (either WS or literal). That may do the trick for you. Or try
opening the original window with a "display space at line 1 column 1"
before starting.

Donald

>
> Cheers,
> Rich
>
> Donald Tees wrote:
>
>> Rich Chilausky wrote:
>>
>>> I am using Fujitsu Cobol V3 (the free version) to learn Cobol. I am
>>> doing simple console I/O. I read from the keyboard and write to the
>>> screen. The compile/link/execute sequence in the Fujitsu Cobol V3
>>> works as advertised. I read from the keyboard and write to the
>>> console window via ACCEPTs and DISPLAYs. The program behaves as
>>> expected. I did a static link and generated an executable that runs
>>> from my home directory. When I invoke the executable in a Windows XP
>>> command prompt window, it runs just the way it did in the V3 ide. It
>>> brings up a console window and prompts for my input. I had expected
>>> it to use the command prompt window for the DISPLAY destination. I
>>> want to read from the keyboard and write to the command prompt
>>> window. I've searched the documentation that comes with the compiler
>>> environment, but have been unable to figure out how to write to the
>>> command prompt window. I suspect it is my Cobol naiveté concerning
>>> i/o that prevents me from seeing the solution in the documentation.
>>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Rich Chilausky
>>>
>>
>> Go back to the IDE, find the source code of the main program, and
>> right click on it. Select "Main". Change the option from "display"
>> to "window", then recompile and link. You will have to force a
>> rebuild, as the change will not trigger it.
>>
>> It should work the same in both the IDE and the target machine. Note
>> that once you go to a window rather than a console, you can use accept
>> and display with line numbers and attributes, or you can use a screen
>> section.
>>
>> Donald
>>
>

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