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misi01 · Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 7:04 am Post subject: DFHJS2LS

Maybe it's more complicated than I realize, but when generating a COBOL copybook via the utility above, it doesn't seem to show the length of the generated copybook anywhere.
The only (?) answer seems to be to copy/paste the copybook's contents into some source code and then compile that code and review the compiler listing.
Surely there must be an option somewhere?
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kolusu · Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 9:34 am Post subject:

misi01,

In general you do NOT know the length of the COBOL COPYBOOK , unless you have 01 variable that defines that total length of the copybook or compiling the program and looking at the listing or using tools like File-aid/File-manager which can show you the length of the copybook with the fields and offsets.
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misi01 · Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 10:39 am Post subject:

Fair enough, I expressed myself badly. But couldn't the utility report the total length of all the fields it's generated.
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