Rational Developer for System z
COBOL for Windows, Version 7.5, Programming Guide


Describing the computing environment

In the ENVIRONMENT DIVISION of a program, you describe the aspects of the program that depend on the computing environment.

Use the CONFIGURATION SECTION to specify the following items:

Use the FILE-CONTROL and I-O-CONTROL paragraphs of the INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION to:

Example: FILE-CONTROL paragraph

related tasks
Specifying the collating sequence
Defining symbolic characters
Defining a user-defined class
Identifying files to the operating system

related references
Sections and paragraphs (COBOL for Windows Language Reference)


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