COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Creating and Compiling HP COBOL Source
Programs
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Creating or Altering an HP COBOL Source Program
Creating or Altering an HP COBOL Source
Program
The compiler accepts source lines from any sequential file. On NonStop systems, the
most common way to create or alter a HP COBOL source program is to use an HP
editor or Starbase Corporation’s Codewright smart language editor with HP Extensions
for Codewright.
HP offers two editors, EDIT and PS TEXT EDIT (abbreviated “TEDIT”). Both editors
create and allow you to alter the same type of file, the EDIT format file (abbreviated
“EDIT file”).
Both HP editors and Codewright smart language editor allow you to:
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Create a new file
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Enter lines in a file
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Copy lines from one file into another file
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Move lines from one place in a file to another place in the same file
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Duplicate lines from one place in a file to another place in the same file
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Delete lines from a file
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Change one portion of text to another throughout a range of lines in a file
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List the lines that a file contains
Whether or not you use an HP editor, your HP COBOL source file must conform to a
reference format that the compiler accepts.
Topics:
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EDIT Files
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Reference Format
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EDIT Editor
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TEDIT Editor
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HP Tandem Extensions for Codewright (TEC)
EDIT Files
An EDIT format file (abbreviated “EDIT file”) is a specially formatted disk file. It is the
only type of file that the EDIT and TEDIT editors create or alter. The file-code value
that the EDIT or TEDIT editor assigns to an EDIT file is 101.
To use the EDIT or TEDIT editor on the contents of a non-EDIT file, create a new EDIT
file and copy the text of the non-EDIT file into it.
For more information about EDIT files, see the EDIT User’s Guide and Reference
Manual.