Copybooks generated by IDMSDMLC SYSTAR DD are not being recognized correctly in VS Code

Products

• IDMS

Issue/Introduction

Copybooks generated by IDMSDMLC SYSTAR DD are not being recognized correctly in VS Code:

 

Environment

OMVS, Windows

Cause

The JCL to generate file for SYSTAR was without an appropriate DCB.

Resolution

The DCB to create the TAR file should be:

DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=512,BLKSIZE=10240,DSORG=PS)

Also, the files from the TAR file should be Ftp'd to Windows from the mainframe in ascii mode.

 

Additional Information

Implement IDMS Copybook Support Through the COBOL Language Support Extension