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COBOL for Windows, Version 7.5, Programming Guide


Getting mainframe applications to run: overview

After you download a source program and successfully compile it on the Windows-based workstation, the next step is to run the program. In many cases, you can get the same results as on the mainframe without greatly modifying the source.

To assess whether to modify the source, you need to know how to fix the elements and behavior of the COBOL language that vary due to the underlying hardware or software architecture.

related tasks
Fixing differences caused by data representations
Fixing environment differences that affect portability
Fixing differences caused by language elements


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