COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.08+, J06.03+)

1 Introduction
This manual describes the HP COBOL for NonStop systems (HP COBOL) language and explains
how to use it to create TNS/E native processes. (The COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs
explains how to use the HP COBOL language to create TNS processes and TNS/R native processes.)
SPR Requirements for Increased Enscribe Limits for the H06.28/J06.17
Release
As of H06.28 and J06.17 RVUs, format 2 legacy key-sequenced 2 (LKS2) files with increased
limits, format 2 standard queue files with increased limits, and enhanced key-sequenced (EKS) files
with increased limits are introduced. EKS files with increased limits support 17 to 128 partitions
along with larger record, block, and key sizes. LKS2 files with increased limits and format 2
standard queue files with increased limits support larger record, block, and key sizes. When a
distinction is not required between these file types, key-sequenced files with increased limits is used
as a collective term. To achieve these increased limits with H06.28 and J06.17 RVUs, the following
SPRs are required. (These SPR requirements could change or be eliminated with subsequent RVUs.)
H-Series SPRJ-Series SPRProducts
T9074H01^AGJT9074H01^AGJBackup/Restore NSK
T9053H02^AZNT9053J02^AZZDP2
T9055H14^AJPT9055J05^AJQFile System
T6553H02^ADHT6553H02^ADHFUP
T8695H01^ALOT8695J01^ALPNS TM/MP TMFDR
SMF T8472H01^ADOT8472H01^ADO
T8471H01^ADOT8471H01^ADO
T8470H01^ADOT8470H01^ADO
T8469H01^ADOT8469H01^ADO
T8466H01^ADOT8466H01^ADO
T8465H01^ADOT8465H01^ADO
T8468H01^ABYT8468H01^ABY
SQLMP T9191H01^ACXT9191J01^ACY
T9195H01^AERT9195J01^AES
T9197H01^ADZT9197J01^AEA
T9552H02^AETT9552H02^AETTCP/IP FTP
T0357H01^AAOT0357H01^AAOTNS/E COBOL Runtime Library
HP COBOL Language
The HP COBOL language, the implementation of the COBOL language by the Hewlett-Packard
Company, conforms to the standard published by the International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1985. HP COBOL includes a subset
of features from the 2002 revision to the ISO standard (ISO/IEC 1989:2002). HP COBOL also
provides extensions to the language that enable COBOL programs to act as servers, as in a Pathway
application (which uses TS/MP), and to be fault tolerant.
Standard COBOL 1985 is described in American National Standard for Information Systems
Programming Language—COBOL, which has ANSI document number X3.23-1985 and ISO
document number ISO 1989-1985, and the intrinsic function and correction amendments, ANSI
X3.23a-1989 and ANSI X3.23b-1993, ISO 1989:1985/Amd.1:1992 and ISO
1989:1985/Amd.2:1994. Standard COBOL 2002 is described in Information
Technology—Programming Languages—COBOL, which has ISO document number ISO/IEC
38 Introduction