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COBOL program

COBOL programs accept and return records in a fixed format.

WebSphere Adapter for IBM i leverages the PCML standard to help users directly call COBOL programs on the target IBM i system without any special coding. Currently, only simple data types are supported as parameters. The length of each parameter is important in sending a request and processing results. To promote consistency across the Integrated Language Environment (ILE) languages, ILE has enabled support for integers, floating point, parameters passed by value, return values, and so on.

For more details regarding the business object attributes for PGM operation, refer to the section Business object attributes for operations.

Call IBM i programs