Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!chambers
From: chambers@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Mike Chambers - Independent Studies)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems
Subject: COBOL/ISPF
Keywords: COBOL,ISPF,DIALOG
Message-ID: <483@watserv1.waterloo.edu>
Date: 30 Dec 89 19:17:43 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Are there utilities available to facilitate writing COBOL to drive ISPF dialogs.For a  given screen and set of dialog variables working storage entries must be coded to give each variable storage, a name and a length, then a VDEFINE call must be made to define it to the dialog manager. Given a panel definition, it would be nice to run it through a utility to generate COBOL copybooks for the necessary working storage declares and procedure division VDEFINE calls. Is there such an animal ?