Tutorials for Fujitsu COBOL

These tutorials provide step by step instructions on how to use Fujitsu COBOL V3. It is recommend that any new users to Fujitsu COBOL V3 follow these tutorials as an introduction to Fujitsu COBOL. Each of the exercises corresponds to sections in the book. The book is not required to use these exercises.

Using Fujitsu COBOL V3 Starter Set with COBOL:
From Micro to Mainframe.

Discussion: If you have chosen to use Fujitsu COBOL V3 Starter Set, this set of exercises should help you to install the product, download the data files to use with the book, and use the basic tools. Fujitsu COBOL V3 Starter Set is a powerful set of COBOL tools and should enable you to do everything included in the book.

The exercises are as follows:

1. Installing Fujitsu COBOL V3 Starter Set
• From the Web
• From CD-Rom
2. Download Data Files from World Wide Web
3. Compile, Link, and Execute a COBOL Program
4. P-Staff - The Fujitsu Editor and Correcting Errors
5. Debugging Program using WINSVD
6. Using Environmental Variables to Specify Files
7. Fujitsu COBOL File Utility

You may want to follow through the exercises in the order specified. However, exercises 6 and 7 could be done at any time after exercise 3 is completed. You should also be aware that the programs were originally developed using other compilers. We have attempted to assure that they also run with Fujitsu COBOL V3 Starter Set, but there may still be some problems. The programs in chapters 10 and 16, use the COBOL SCREEN SECTION. There are no tightly defined standards for these types of programs. Therefore, we have modified those programs for Fujitsu COBOL V3 Starter Set and are including the modified programs in separate data disk folders.

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