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Writer: Terry Cowling

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Importing from COBOL copybooks

This topic describes how to create a new message definition from a COBOL data structure using the New Message Definition File wizard in the workbench.

Before you start:

You must have completed the following tasks:

Before you begin this task, you should be aware of the points listed below:

The steps below cover creating a completely new message definition file and overwriting the contents of an existing file.

To create a message definition file from a COBOL data structure:

  1. Switch to the Broker Application Development perspective.
  2. Open the New Message Definition File wizard by clicking File > New> Message Definition File from the workbench menu. Alternatively, you can open the wizard by right-clicking a COBOL copybook previously imported into the workbench and clicking New> Message Definition File on the menu.
  3. In the displayed list of options, click COBOL file then click Next.
  4. Step through the remainder of the wizard filling in the details as required.

When you have completed importing the COBOL file using the wizard:

Related concepts
Ways to create message definitions
Importing from other model representations to create message definitions
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Importing from the command line
Adding a Custom Wire Format (CWF)
Related reference
Import formats
Importing from COBOL: supported features
Physical properties for message model objects
Message model object properties
New message definition file wizard: COBOL file
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