Specify the options for the mqsicreatemsgdefs command when you import a COBOL copybook.
The following table lists the elements in the COBOL language section of the options file. The following restrictions apply:
For further information about using these options, see Message Sets: Importing from COBOL copybooks. For more information
about COBOL parameters, see Compiler Options at CCOBOL for AIX
product documentation online.
<COBOL> element | Possible values |
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PLATFORM_SELECTION | Operating system that your
enterprise uses:
|
CODEPAGE | Indicates the numeric identifier
of the code page associated with a language.
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FLOATING_POINT_FORMAT | Indicates how floating point
numbers are encoded.
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ENDIAN | Indicates whether the
most significant byte is first (big endian) or last (little endian).
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EXT_DECIMAL_SIGN | Indicates the physical
type of the sign numeric element. For more information, see Message Sets: CWF properties for compound element decimal types.
|
TRUNC | Specifies how arithmetic
fields are truncated.
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NSYMBOL | Indicates whether to use
the National or double-byte character sets.
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QUOTE | Indicates whether single
or double quotes are used.
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CREATE_DEFAULT_VALUES FROM_INITIAL_VALUES | Indicates whether initial
values are used as defaults.
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CREATE_FACETS_FROM LEVEL_88_VALUE_CLAUSES | Indicates whether to create
XSD facets from level-88 values.
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PRESERVE_CASE_IN VARIABLE_NAMES | Indicates whether upper-
and lowercase are kept when using names of variables.
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CREATE_NULL_VALUES_FOR_FIELDS | Indicates whether fields
should be set up with null values.
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NULL_CHARACTER | Indicates which character
is to be used as the null character.
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STRING_PADDING_CHARACTER | Indicates which character
is to be used as the padding character for strings.
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SCHEMA_TARGET_NAMESPACE_URI | A valid namespace URI, or empty (default) |
MESSAGE_PREFIX | A string with which to prefix created messages, or empty. Default is msg_. |