Pathway/iTS SCREEN COBOL Reference Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+, Pathway/iTS 1.0+)

Compaq NonStop™ Pathway/iTS SCREEN COBOL Reference Manual—426750-001
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Environment Division
The Environment Division declares the operating environment of the program unit and
provides optional error reporting for screen input operations. The division has two
sections:
•
A required Configuration Section
•
An optional Input-Output Section
The syntax of the Environment Division is:
The division header is:
The header must be terminated with a period separator.
Configuration Section
The required Configuration Section declares the operating environment of the program
unit. These declarations can include terminal type characteristics and screen display
attributes.
The section header is:
The header must begin in Area A and must be terminated with a period separator.
The Configuration Section contains two required paragraphs, the SOURCE-
COMPUTER and OBJECT-COMPUTER paragraphs, and an optional SPECIAL-
NAMES paragraph.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
CONFIGURATION SECTION.
SOURCE-COMPUTER. comment-entry
OBJECT-COMPUTER. object-computer-entry
[ SPECIAL-NAMES. special-names-entry ]
[ INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION. input-output-entry ]
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
CONFIGURATION SECTION.