The Report Writer Precompiler, product number 5798-DYR, has two functions.
It can be used to precompile applications containing Report Writer statements
so the code will be acceptable to the Enterprise COBOL compilers,
or it can permanently convert Report Writer statements to valid Enterprise COBOL statements.
The Report Writer Precompiler offers the following features:
- Extended Report Writer language capabilities
- Automatic invocation of the target COBOL compiler—as though Report Writer
statements in the source program are being processed by the COBOL compiler
itself
- Single consolidated source listing merges information from the precompiler
listing and the COBOL compiler listings
- COPY library members can contain Report Writer statements
- Supports the Enterprise COBOL nested
COPY feature
- Performs a diagnostic check of the input Report Writer source statements
- Can be run in stand-alone mode to convert Report Writer statements in
your COBOL programs into non-Report Writer COBOL source statements acceptable
to the Enterprise COBOL compiler
For more detail, see COBOL Report Writer Precompiler Programmer's
Manual and COBOL Report Writer Precompiler Installation and Operation.