Limitations and Precautions - Handling COBOL Files

Take the following precautions when using COBOL files .
- Data Converter does not take exclusive control of COBOL files.  Therefore do not update the input files from other applications while running Data Converter.
- Data Converter reports an error and aborts the conversion process if duplicate key values are found for output indexed files defined without duplicates allowed.
- Data Converter picks up the organization, record attributes and record lengths from the header records of COBOL indexed files.  If the information from the file does not match the information defined in the Conversion Information File, Data Converter ignores the Conversion Information File and continues with the conversion.