Audience
Application Programmers, System Analysts, Operations Analysts and Operators who require formal training in the use of CBL's Selcopy product will benefit from this class.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Duration
1 day. Hands on.
This course is available on site only. Please call for details.
Course Objectives
After completing the course, delegates will:
- Understand what Selcopy is and its usages.
- Understand the benefits of using Selcopy.
- Be able to use Selcopy as a productivity tool.
Course Content
Introduction to Selcopy
What is Selcopy?
What are its uses?
A Flavouring of Selcopy
Selcopy Syntax and Commands
Coding Rules.
Standard Cycle.
Return Codes.
Files (READ and WRITE).
PRINT.
DUMMY.
Conditions (IF...THEN...ELSE).
Nested IFs.
Multiple Conditions.
Operators.
Data (Character literals, Numeric literals, Hexadecimal literals).
Storage (POS, POS LEN, POS ANY, POS range).
STOPAFT.
Altering data (MOD, MOVE).
Arithmetic (ADD, SUB, MULT, DIV).
Converting data.
FORMAT.
WORKLEN.
Branching (GOTO label, GOTO GET, GOTO CANCEL, GOTO EOJ).
Subroutines (PERFORM and RETURN).
TIMES.
EQU.
READ INTO parts of storage.
Printing parts of storage.
REPORT.
IMS (DL/1) (Reading segments, qualified calls, looping, PCB, updating databases).
Selcopy Examples
JCL and Printout.
Practical Exercises
Summary