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Do any one help me in converting a FOCUS program to COBOL program. How to define the structure of FOCUS in COBOL program? Is there any parent-child retrieval in COBOL? Can any one send me the procedure and sample for converting a FOCUS to COBOL program?? | ||
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rb Would you please update your signature so we know what system and version you are using. Can you perhaps explain why you want to do this. cobol? isn't that something from the old days? Webfocus is a reporting tool, that works on a database, cobol is a programming tool. What should this program to do.
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rb, Boy, I hardly know what to say. Unless FOCUS is going away, I can't imagine why anyone would want to do this. Nor is there a cookbook that describes exactly what to do. But here are some ideas. First, print out the master file description and access file if there is one and identify the data source. If the file is a FOCUS file (and based on your comments, I suspect it is), you are going to have to convert it to something else. The only truly mainframe hierarchical data base is IMS. Otherwise you will have to put each segment in its own file and join them. Next, identify the business logic in the focexec. That will be found in the DEFINE, COMPUTE, and WHERE statements in the program. Then, run the FOCUS program and look at the format of the output. That should give you a good idea as to how to write the COBOL program (with many many lines) to reproduce the function of the few lines of FOCUS code in the focexec. Good luck! Ginny --------------------------------- Prod: WF 7.7.01 Dev: WF 7.6.9-11 Admin, MRE,self-service; adapters: Teradata, DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, Essbase, ESRI, FlexEnable, Google | |||
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rb I was searching here on the site for something and I stumbled upon this item you may like Cobol I hope this helps a bit.
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Unless IBI has changed the pricing structure for FOCUS, HLI is not free. rb, could you give us some response on the ideas that have been posted here? We are poking around in the dark trying to give you ideas when we are not exactly sure what you are trying to do. Ginny --------------------------------- Prod: WF 7.7.01 Dev: WF 7.6.9-11 Admin, MRE,self-service; adapters: Teradata, DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, Essbase, ESRI, FlexEnable, Google | |||
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rb4u, I have the same question as FerankDutch. Why do this? If you truly want/need to convert a *.fex into a stand-alone COBOL program, I can post a bit more guidance as to where in COBOL you'd have to code the major parts of a *.fex process (DEFINEs, COMPUTEs, TABLE FILE, BYs, WHEREs, ON TABLes, STYLEs, etc.) After 30 years of working with ALGOL, PL/1, Fortran and COBOL I appreciate the ease with which one can code processes in the FOCEXEC language. You must have a very good reason (or a Political/Policy need) to even consider retrofiting back to a COBOL process. Now that I'm an 'ol f..t, I finally understand what my Dad ment when he said "These young'ens never know how good they got it!" C. Burtt WIN/2K running WF 7.6.4 Development via DevStudio 7.6.4, MRE, TextEditor. Data is Oracle, MS-SQL. | |||
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Wow, do you mean the other way around, Cobol to Focus conversion? First I heard of this. | |||
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Don't tell me "****" is a word we can't use on the interwebs  Francis  Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991 Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server | |||
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f*rt got censored! Francis Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991 Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server | |||
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rb4u - Seems to have left the building. Interesting I learned FOCUS in 1993. I was handed a manual and asked to convert 200 COBAL reports to FOCUS. Can't imagine in 2007 having to go backwards.
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hi friends thanks for all your replies sorry for not replying for your messages i am engaged with some other work. i like to introduce my self I am Revathi from India currently working in mainframe domain the need for this issue that we have many reports already generated in FOCUS (core), as FOCUS is out of reach for many people , we try to generate those reports using COBOL instead FOCUS. if you have any suggestion regarding this issue, please guide me. Focus Core 7.1.1 & 7.6.4 XP MainFrames | |||
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Kind of odd that COBOL would be more "within reach" than FOCUS generated reports. Hmm Regards, Darin In FOCUS since 1991 WF Server: 7.7.04 on Linux and Z/OS, ReportCaster, Self-Service, MRE, Java, Flex Data: DB2/UDB, Adabas, SQL Server Output: HTML,PDF,EXL2K/07, PS, AHTML, Flex WF Client: 77 on Linux w/Tomcat | |||
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So you DO have Webfocus 2.1...wow - I don't even know what that does... When you say out of reach,...you mean to run them...or just recieve them? Seems it would be easier to make a front end for them to run..then convert them to COBOL. Is a WebFocus upgrade out of the question?
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BTW, I don't think there ever was a WF version of 2.1. It started in the 3.x range. You would think that's odd, but if you've followed IBI's product numbering schema for many years, it's no surprise at all. Regards, Darin In FOCUS since 1991 WF Server: 7.7.04 on Linux and Z/OS, ReportCaster, Self-Service, MRE, Java, Flex Data: DB2/UDB, Adabas, SQL Server Output: HTML,PDF,EXL2K/07, PS, AHTML, Flex WF Client: 77 on Linux w/Tomcat | |||
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I was thinking that....but you never know.
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There is more than only WebFocus created by IBI. if you search "Software Focus" you will find several, one is used on ibm mainframe systems.
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Okay, I'm not really sure if I'm interpreting this right, but I think he may mean that the developers in his company are Cobol programmers and the company is not going to provide training for these programmers to learn Focus, so it would be easier to convert the Focus programs to Cobol. If I am correct, then man, somebody from IBI need to talk to that company... WF 8.1.05 Windows | |||
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P.S. rb4u, tell your company to outsource the conversion to someone like... uhm, ME. hah hah. Or tell your boss to at least pay for one person to get basic training that way, you can have that one person interpret the Focus program into business case that you can then give to the cobol programmers to write. WF 8.1.05 Windows | |||
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Hi friends thanks for ur suggestions and guidance i want to discuss another issue with you all currently we have the FOCUS version 7.3 we want it to upgrade the version from 7.3 to 7.6 do any one done this upgradation ??? can anyone suggest me with all the upgradation that are possible, not possible, and issues regarding this upgradation! Focus Core 7.1.1 & 7.6.4 XP MainFrames | |||
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To answer your last question (both parts!)
I would suggest that your local IB branch should be able to tell you what upgrade options are possible and also suitable for your current platfrom and configuration. (Z/OS with Unix partition, WebSphere etc. etc. etc.) They should also be able to supply you with a list of current known problems with the release to which you intend to upgrade. As for the horror stories, I'm sure if folks have encountered any, you'll soon see them posting. T
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So which version are you REALLY on? FOCUS 7.3 or WF 2.1 (even though there is no 2.1) and if you have WF and/or FOCUS, why are you wanting to convert reports to COBOL? And if you're moving your reports to COBOL, why are you upgrading your FOCUS version? It's kind of hard to determine what you're asking for here-- Regards, Darin In FOCUS since 1991 WF Server: 7.7.04 on Linux and Z/OS, ReportCaster, Self-Service, MRE, Java, Flex Data: DB2/UDB, Adabas, SQL Server Output: HTML,PDF,EXL2K/07, PS, AHTML, Flex WF Client: 77 on Linux w/Tomcat | |||
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it appears to me that this request comes from a outsource location itself, an offshore programming contract, where the offshore programmer just contacts the onshore volunteers to do the work. hmm. alot of that going on lately.
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Time for that head spinning smiley that Susannah has requested before.
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lets make one up lets call it "linda blair" maybe {LB}
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Hi Darin Thanks for ur response. As you said Curently we are using the Focus core 7.3, and we want the version upgradation from 7.3 to 7.6. Friends do anyone had done this version upgradation before..., or else do you have any idea what are the major and minor changes that we face after the upgradation in programming point of view. i would appreciate if anyone gives me the details regarding this. Focus Core 7.1.1 & 7.6.4 XP MainFrames | |||
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Contact your local IB support desk, they should be able to tell you of any known problems with this upgrade path. T
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Actually WebFOCUS did start with a 1.0 if I remember correctly. I believe it came out in 1996. I was working for IBI at the time contracted to the US Postal Service. Folks from NY came down to Washington DC to install it at the Postal Service. I never actually touched it and don't know if the USPS ever used it it but I know it was installed there. Thanks! Mickey
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