Advanced COBOL for Structured and Object-Oriented Programming, 3rd Edition

BASIC COBOL.

COBOL Overview.

General Language Rules.

Criteria.

Details of the Basic COBOL Statements.

More COBOL Statements.

Details of More Basic COBOL Statements.

Structured Programming in COBOL.

Numeric Data.

Character Data.

Data Descriptions and Records.

Printed Output.

ADVANCED COBOL.

Tables.

Input/Output Concepts and Devices.

Sequential Input/Output.

Indexed and Relative Files.

Special Processing for Input/Output.

Report Writer.

Program Organization.

Subprograms.

Functions.

Advanced Character Manipulation.

Sorting.

Full-Screen I/O in PC Applications.

POINTER Data and CICS.

BEYOND COBOL.

All About Dates.

Demystifying Object-Oriented COBOL.

Inside the Computer.

Reading Programs.

COBOL in Distributed Computing.

Application Programming Interfaces.

Cross-System Development.

Compile, Link, and Run Procedures.

Appendices.

Index.