Try right-clicking on the PDF link and then use the "Save Target As" option to 
download it to your machine.

HTH

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of George, William@FTB
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:50 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Processing a COBOL COPY book

I was unable to load the PDF on this site. Anyone else have this issue?

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Sri h Kolusu
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 8:44 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Processing a COBOL COPY book

John,

Look at the Smart DFSORT trick "Create DFSORT Symbols from COBOL
Copybook" 
here.

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=114&uid=isg3T7000094

Thanks,
Sri Hari Kolusu
DFSORT Development

IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on
01/10/2013 08:35:01 AM:

> From: John McKown <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected],
> Date: 01/10/2013 08:36 AM
> Subject: Processing a COBOL COPY book
> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]>
> 
> I am more curious about this, rather than having an actual need. But I

> know many products, such as FileAid, can process COBOL COPY code to 
> allow a programmer to use the variable names that they are accustomed 
> to using. Unfortunately, some product, such as ICETOOL, use their own 
> format for the same. So I was thinking it would be nice to be able to 
> process a COBOL COPYBOOK and produce something more like ICETOOL's 
> SYMNAME format. Mainly because the SYMNAME is easy to parse. Does 
> anybody know of any FREE software which does this?
> 
> If not, I guess that I could write something. What I was considering 
> was reading the directory of a PDS which is supposed to contain COBOL 
> COPY code. For each member, create a skeleton COBOL source program 
> which does a COPY on the member in the WORKING-STORAGE section write 
> this to a temporary data set. Then dynamically call the COBOL compiler

> with the ADATA compiler option. If the RC is 4 or less, assume the 
> compile was good and look through the ADATA for the data related to 
> the COPY member. Use that to create records in SYMNAME style format 
> and write those to a different DD using the same member name as the 
> input member name. What say you?
> 
> --
> Maranatha! <><
> John McKown
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