Re: inherited cobol app., can't run (xm.exe)?

On Mar 9, 8:46 am, Binyamin Dissen <postin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 23:17:55 -0800 (PST) KJ <n_o_s_p_a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
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> :>* Are the data files parseable without knowing the record definitions?
> :>I tried a tool from Siber which did a so-so job of displaying the
> :>data. I'm sure there's some rules to doing it, but I surely don't know
> :>them.
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> Perhaps, if you know something about the data.
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> :>* Is there a tutorial online where I can learn how to read data
> :>properly out of these files? I can see some things which look familiar
> :>in there, but others do not (I'm using a hex text editor -- notepad++
> :>actually)
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> Did they not provide you with the original COBOL source code?
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They didn't give me the source code -- they don't have it. I am going
to call the company that developed the program to see if I can
persuade.