Re: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL

2013-09-09 Thread Rick Arellanes
01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21046577> >> >> Mark Jacobs >> >> >> On 09/06/13 09:43, Charles Mills wrote: >> >>> I don't *think* CEEENV or setenv will do dynamic allocation. >>> >>> That might be a good reason to pick BPX

Re: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL

2013-09-07 Thread Phil Sidler
"Do not confuse this implicit >allocation mechanism with the explicit dynamic allocation of files by means >of environment variables. Explicit dynamic allocation requires that a valid >environment variable be set." That seems to be about all they say. ??? I have an example of

Re: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL

2013-09-06 Thread Scott Ford
Well I'll be darned. It's a good day. I learned something. > > Charles > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of John McKown > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 7:06 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTS

Re: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL

2013-09-06 Thread Alan Young
Mark Jacobs wrote: This might not be the right forum for this question, but... Doing some very limited in initial research I've found three documented methods of performing Dynamic Allocation in COBOL ( Enterprise COBOL 4.2), BPXWDYN, CEEENV or setenv. Q1) Are there any others?We al

Re: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL

2013-09-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 6 Sep 2013 09:54:01 -0700, Alan Young wrote: > >I use BPXWDYN where I can. Unfortunately, with tape datasets all the >needed parameters a sometimes not there. ... > Bill Schoen has mentioned in MVS-OE that some parameters have been implemented but not yet documented. Guess? Search for

Re: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL

2013-09-06 Thread Scott Ford
ion. >> >> That might be a good reason to pick BPXWDYN. >> >> Charles >> >> -Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Mark Jacobs >> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 4:21

Re: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL

2013-09-06 Thread Charles Mills
Well I'll be darned. It's a good day. I learned something. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 7:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Dynamic All

Re: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL

2013-09-06 Thread John McKown
gt; > On 09/06/13 09:43, Charles Mills wrote: > >> I don't *think* CEEENV or setenv will do dynamic allocation. >> >> That might be a good reason to pick BPXWDYN. >> >> Charles >> >> -Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discu

Re: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL

2013-09-06 Thread Steve Comstock
ailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 4:21 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL This might not be the right forum for this question, but... Doing some very limited in initial research I've found three docum

Re: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL

2013-09-06 Thread Charles Mills
ehalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 6:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL Looking at this IBM Technote, it implies they will. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21046577 Mark Jacobs On 09/06/13 09:43, Charles Mills wrote: &g

Re: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL

2013-09-06 Thread Mark Jacobs
ginal Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 4:21 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL This might not be the right forum for this question, but... Doing some very li

Re: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL

2013-09-06 Thread Charles Mills
-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Dynamic Allocation in COBOL This might not be the right forum for this question, but... Doing some very limited in initial research I've found three documented methods of performing Dynamic Allocation in COBOL ( Enterprise COBOL 4.2), BPXWDYN, CEEENV or setenv. Q1)

Dynamic Allocation in COBOL

2013-09-06 Thread Mark Jacobs
This might not be the right forum for this question, but... Doing some very limited in initial research I've found three documented methods of performing Dynamic Allocation in COBOL ( Enterprise COBOL 4.2), BPXWDYN, CEEENV or setenv. Q1) Are there any others?We already use a home