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assign the file type at the time of creation without taking into account the cobol 8 configuration files

Oscar andres Ramos lopez over 3 years ago

Hello, I have an erp that we are migrating to the AWS services where the size does matter, we have several masters that are not very large so the default creation file type in the terminfo or windows.cfg is 2 but we have the Problem that the files that are being created remain like this and we have one that if we need to change the file type to 3 or higher, there is a way to change the file type when making the open output

thanks for any guidance you can give me

this question is for RM / COBOL 8

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Steve Jolivet over 3 years ago +1 suggested

It is possible to produce a COBOL program that reads in an existing file's records, which then, writes those records out to a new copy(OPEN OUTPUT) of the file in order to to convert it to a newer version…

0 Raquel Winkler over 3 years ago

Hi,

I will move your post to the RM/COBOL discussion forum, which can be found here: https://community.microfocus.com/cobol/rmcobol/f/forumid-21

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0 Steve Jolivet over 3 years ago

It is possible to produce a COBOL program that reads in an existing file's records, which then, writes those records out to a new copy(OPEN OUTPUT) of the file in order to to convert it to a newer version. However, the easiest method to convert an existing file to a newer file version is to use the RM/COBOL Define Indexed File (rmdefinx) utility.

Below are links to a Micro Focus Knowledge Base articles that provide information in regards to how to configure the RM/COBOL Runtime to produce large files, and, how to convert an existing file to a newer file version:

Creating an index file greater than 2GB

What are the benefits to upgrading my index files to file version 4?

**As a note; you can find additional information in regards to the Define Indexed File (rmdefinx) utility, and RM/COBOL indexed file versions, in the RM/COBOL User's Guide.

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Steve Jolivet
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