John,
I didn't realize that there could be two SELECTS that can reference the same DDNAME. I learned something new, well everyday I learn something. I will give this a try. Regards, Scott Ford www.identityforge.com From: John McKown Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 1:06 PM To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List I did a quick test. The simplest way was to simply have two SELECT sentences which reference the same DD. FILE-CONTROL. SELECT FB ASSIGN TO UT-S-INPUT FILE STATUS IS FB-STATUS-1 . SELECT VB ASSIGN TO UT-S-INPUT FILE STATUS IS VB-STATUS-1 . ... FILE SECTION. FD FB RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS RECORDING MODE IS F BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS LABEL RECORDS ARE OMITTED . 01 FB-RECORD. 05 CARD-IMAGE PIC X(80). FD VB RECORDING MODE IS V RECORD IS VARYING IN SIZE FROM 1 TO 80 CHARACTERS DEPENDING ON VB-LRECL BLOCK CONTAINS 0 RECORDS LABEL RECORDS ARE OMITTED . 01 VB-RECORD. 05 CARD-COLUMN OCCURS 1 TO 80 TIMES DEPENDING ON VB-LRECL PIC X(1). ... PROCEDURE DIVISION. ... OPEN INPUT FB IF FB-FILE-STATUS-1 IS NOT 00 THEN OPEN INPUT VB IF VB-FILE-STATUS-1 IS NOT 00 THEN DISPLAY 'CANNOT OPEN INPUT FILE.' MOVE 8 TO RETURN-CODE GOBACK END-IF ENDIF ... IF FB-FILE-STATUS-1 IS ZERO THEN READ FB-RECORD MOVE FB-RECORD TO WS-RECORD ELSE READ VB-RECORD MOVE VB-RECORD (1:VB-LRECL) TO WS-RECORD END-IF ... process data in WS-RECORD On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Scott Ford <scott_j_f...@yahoo.com> wrote: > All: > > > I have a Cobol program that can input either RECFM=FB or RECFM=VB and I am > trying to make it easier for our customers to use. > > The input file can be either and whats the simplest way to tell the > program that the input is FB OR VB. I was thinking PARM= … > > > What do you guys/gals think ? > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > Scott Ford > > www.identityforge.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wasn't there something about a PASCAL programmer knowing the value of everything and the Wirth of nothing? Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN