copybook

I am trying to read a EBCDIC file and convert it to ASCII format in Java, with a help of copybook. I am using JRecord to read the copybook. So now, how do I get the field level from the copybook using JRecord? Edit 1: Kindly excuse me for a vague question. I have no experience in mainframe or cobol. I am adding few more details if it could help. My source file contains multiple transaction details. The copybook contains the information on the transaction and the fields relating to that particular transaction. I have to split the each transaction and its fields to a separate file(containing one

How do you edit a Single-Record-type Binary Mainframe file in the RecordEditor using Cobol Copybook on a Windows or Linux PC. Note: This is an attempt to split a very broad question into a series of simpler Question and Answers. To Edit a File in the RecordEditor with a Cobol Copybook you must first load the copybook and then edit the file Loading the Cobol Copybook into the RecordEditor Select Record Layouts >>> Load Cobol Copybook menu options On the Cobol Load Screen enter the Cobol Copybook and your Mainframe Data file . The RecordEditor will read the file and try and work out what the

Is there a way to read cobol data in a Java program? More concretely I'm confronted with the following case: I have a file with fixed length records of data. The data definition is done as Cobol copybooks. What I think of is a library which taking into account the copybooks would be able to read those records. Ideally it should be possible to generate basic java classes and structures based on the copybook information. In a later step the datarecords would be parsed and the data filled into objects of those generated classes. Do you know a library providing this kind of functionality? Or any