COBOL options file

The following table lists the elements in the COBOL language options file.
Note:
  1. You must specify a valid value for the options listed, unless otherwise specified, in an XML file
  2. Options values are case-sensitive
  3. If you do not specify the -opt parameter on the mqsicreatemsgdefs command, the default options file called mqsicreatemsgdefs.xml is used; see Default options file
  4. For further information on using these options, see Importing from COBOL copybooks.
Element Possible values
PLATFORM_SELECTION
  • 0 (Win32) (Default)
  • 1 (AIX)
  • 2 (z/OS)
CODEPAGE
  • ISO8859_1 (Default)
  • 037
FLOATING_POINT_FORMAT
  • IEEE Non-Extended (Default)
  • IBM 390 Hexadecimal
ENDIAN
  • Big
  • Little (Default)
EXT_DECIMAL_SIGN
  • ASCII (Default)
  • EBCDIC
  • EBCDIC Custom
TRUNC
  • STD (Default)
  • OPT
  • BIN
NSYMBOL
  • DBCS (Default)
  • NATIONAL
QUOTE
  • SINGLE
  • DOUBLE (Default)
CREATE_DEFAULT_VALUES FROM_INITIAL_VALUES
  • True
  • False (Default)
CREATE_FACETS_FROM LEVEL_88_VALUE_CLAUSES
  • True
  • False (Default)
PRESERVE_CASE_IN VARIABLE_NAMES
  • True (Default)
  • False
CREATE_NULL_VALUES_FOR_FIELDS
  • True
  • False (Default)
NULL_CHARACTER
  • SPACE (Default)
  • NUL
  • 'c'
  • "c"
  • 0xYY
  • YY
  • U+xxxx
STRING_PADDING_CHARACTER
  • SPACE (Default)
  • NUL
  • 'c'
  • "c"
  • 0xYY
  • YY
  • U+xxxx
Related reference
mqsicreatemsgdefs command
C options file
XSD options file
Default options file