MF COBOL Source Conversion Utility

The MF COBOL Source Conversion Utility converts COBOL source programs from MF COBOL to Windows COBOL85.

To learn how to use Help, Press F1.

Introduction

•	Overview of MF COBOL Source Conversion Utility

•	[Source file name] Edit box

•	[Option file name] Edit box

•	[OK] Button

•	[Cancel] Button

•	[Convert] Button


Basic operation

•	Overview of MF COBOL Source Conversion Utility

•	[Source file name] Edit box

•	[Option file name] Edit box

•	[OK] Button

•	[Cancel] Button

•	[Convert] Button


Overview of MF COBOL Source Conversion Utility

The MF COBOL Source Conversion Utility converts COBOL source programs and library text from MF COBOL specifications to Windows COBOL85 specifications.

For more information, refer to the chapters "Conversion Utilities" and "Using the Conversion Utilities" in the "Micro Focus to Fujitsu COBOL User's Guide".


Specifying the name of the source file to be converted

Specifying the name of the source file to be converted.

Specify the name of the source file to be converted in the [Source file name] Edit box.

[Source file name] Edit box

To specify the name of the source file to be converted, type the file name directly in the [Source file name] box, or select the file from the [File] list box. To select a file from the [File] list box, click its name. If you type the source file name directly, enter the file name with its path information (in full-path format).

Up to 256 files can be selected at one time. To select multiple files for conversion, click each file name in the [File] list box while holding down the CTRL key.

Related items

•	[Option file name] Edit box


Specifying the name of the conversion option file

Specifying the name of the conversion option file.

Specify the name of the conversion option file in the [Option file name] Edit box.

[Option file name] Edit box

The [Option file name] Edit box is used to specify the name of an Option file containing such data as the names of the converted source program and the conversion result list.

For more information on Option files, refer to "Using the Conversion Utilities" in the "Micro Focus to Fujitsu COBOL User's Guide".

To specify the option file name, type the file name directly in the [Option file name] box, or select the file from the [File] list box. To select the option file from the [File] list box, click its name. If you type the option file name directly, enter the file name with its path information (in full-path format).

The [Option file name] can be omitted. If no option file name is specified, destination files, libraries and list files will be created in the same folder as the source file.

Related items

•	[Source file name] Edit box


OK button

[OK] Button

Clicking the [OK] button starts conversion of the selected file. This utility automatically terminates when conversion of the current source file is finished.


Cancel button

[Cancel] Button

Clicking the [Cancel] button terminates this utility. No conversion is performed.


Convert button

[Convert] Button

Clicking the [Convert] button starts conversion of the selected file(s). When conversion is complete, another source file name or names may be specified and the conversion process repeated.