COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

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HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006

24. Issues Related to Binding and

Linking (continued)

24. Issues Related to Binding and Linking (continued)

Designing Programs With Large Amounts of Code 24-17

Separate Programs 24-18

Separate Processes 24-19

TNS User Library 24-19

Designing Programs With Large Amounts of Data 24-21

Extended-Storage Section 24-21

LESS-CODE Directive 24-22

COBOL Segmentation 24-23

25. Executing and Debugging HP COBOL Programs

Preparing to Execute an HP COBOL Program 25-1

Adding DEFINEs 25-2

Overriding File Assignments Made at Compilation Time 25-3

Specifying Characteristics of Files That a Program Creates 25-4

Enabling Debugging Declaratives 25-4

Overriding the NONSTOP Directive 25-5

Specifying a Default Input-Output Device 25-5

Providing for an Unavailable Printer 25-6

Turning On External Switches 25-6

Requesting a Debugger Instead of ABEND 25-6

Specifying Waited Input-Output 25-7

Using OBEY Files to Prepare for Execution 25-7

Finding Out What Preparation Commands Are Already Active 25-8

Changing or Clearing Unwanted Preparation Commands 25-9

Executing an HP COBOL Program 25-9

Starting an HP COBOL Program From a TACL Prompt 25-10

Specifying Default Input and Output Devices 25-10

Specifying the Home Terminal 25-11

Naming the New Process 25-12

Running the New Process in the Background 25-13

Run-Time Errors 25-13

Getting a Program to Enter Debugging Mode 25-15

Before Execution 25-15

Programmatically 25-15

Forcefully 25-15