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At 28 JUL 1998 04:26:44AM Barry Stevens wrote:

OpenInsight Specific

Hi Guys/Gals

I need to read COBOL files and create an CSV file of the data.

Has anyone got any utilities that would do this

or

have or know of a good shareware COBOL complier that will let me at least write a program to read the file and write ascii records.

or

Any other suggestions, that are not expensive.

Barry

At 28 JUL 1998 07:54AM Bryan Feddish wrote:

It depends on the file format. Some COBOL files can be read as a flat file, after the headers, etc. have been stripped off but some could have comp numeric fields, etc. and need the proper tool to extract them. Data Junction is an excellent product for the later. If you want I can take a look at one of the files. If interested, email me at [email protected].

Bryan

At 29 JUL 1998 05:14AM Barry Stevens wrote:

Bryan

Thanks for that. I am waiting on a sample of a file and will forward it on.

I will check with the 'propect' in the meantime if there are any comp fields, he has copies of the data division.

Gee, this is going to tax, I havent touch Cobol for 10 years.

Barry

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