Don't know how to do it with HLASM. But you can run almost anything through the C preprocessor and have it produce an "output deck" to pass on to another step. I'm not sure if you can run the C preprocessor without having C licensed or not. No, I've not tried it in z/OS.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets® 9151 Boulevard 26 • N. Richland Hills • TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone • [email protected] • www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. –The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patrick Roehl > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 11:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Conditional “Assembly†for COBOL? > > I'd like to be able to build various versions of a COBOL > program by doing > something like a conditional assembly. Has anyone does > anything like this? > > Is it possible to add AIF statements to non-assembler source, > "assemble> it," and get the constructed source? Obviously trying to > assemble the > result would be pointless, but can the constructed source be captured > somehow? > > I've considered doing this with Rexx, but wonder if someone > else has tried > to solve this. All suggestions are welcome. > >
