It looks to me like there *were* DSECTS that mapped the Enterprise COBOL ADATA records: ADSRC for the source record and ADSYM for the symbol record.
I can see that these two were used by the IBM Record Generator for Java to generate the java mapping code that product uses. I don't remember where I found ADSRC and ADSYM, and I can't find them now after looking in the IGY datasets. Maybe you can ask IBM somehow. FYI: you might want to look at the IBM Record Generator to see if it would help you. You can use it to read COBOL copy books and generate either Java record mapping classes -OR- XML files that describe the copy book. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/record-generator/3.0.0 Unfortunately, IBM doesn't make the source or even the javadoc available. That really sucks. Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies https://coztoolkit.com On Wed, Jan 21, 2026, at 2:13 PM, Farley, Peter wrote: > I searched the IBM-MAIN archives and CBT files and as much IBM documentation > as I could find on the subject, but nowhere does IBM seem to provide a set of > field definitions for interpreting Enterprise COBOL ADATA file records, not > even in assembler, much less in COBOL > > Does anyone know if there exists an actual set of structure definitions for > COBOL ADATA records in any language? I know there is the ASMADATA macro in > the HLASM SASMMAC1 library, but that documents the HLASM ADATA definitions, > not COBOL's. Useful for the header fields and some common record types, but > not for COBOL-specific information. > > Yes, I can define my own set of structures based on the Enterprise COBOL > ADATA documentation (Appendix G of the Enterprise COBOL Programmer's Guide), > but I was really hoping someone else already went through this exercise and > has made it publicly available. > > TIA for any references you can provide. > > Peter > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If > the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail > and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
