COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

What’s New in This Manual
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs522555-006
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Changed
“executable object file” was changed to “loadfile”
“nonexecutable object file” was changed to “linkfile”
Miscellaneous format changes
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HP COBOL Language
HP COBOL Compilers for TNS and TNS/R Programs (formerly “COBOL85 and
NMCOBOL Compilers”)
Guardian and OSS Environments
Combining Separately Compiled Source Programs
Data Alignment in Receiving Items
Data Alignment in Memory
Using Indexes Instead of Subscripts
Using Indexes Instead of Subscripts
Storage Allocation For an Initial Program
MESSAGE SOURCE Phrase
Size Limits (Working-Storage Section)
Size Limits (Extended-Storage Section)
Table 8-3, Imperative Verbs
CALL
ENTER
OPEN: Nonexistent Files
Figure 9-11, Execution of a SEARCH VARYING Statement With WHEN Phrases
How an HP COBOL Program Calls a Non-COBOL Program
How the Compiler Resolves Unqualified References now applies to both compilers
Table 11-10, PARAM Commands Accepted by Compiler
PARAM SYMBOL-BLOCKS
Where Compiler Directives Are Allowed
BLANK and NOBLANK
INSPECT and NOINSPECT
SAVEABEND and NOSAVEABEND