Support for ARITH(EXTEND) functionality

Products

• Easytrieve Report Generator

Issue/Introduction

Question: 

Does Easytrieve support the ARITH(EXTEND) COBOL option, which allows for the extension of the size of numbers allowed?

Environment:  

Easytrieve Report Generator, release 11.6

Answer: 

Coding: 

11 WS-PROVIDER-NO W 18 P 0 VALUE 123456789012345678921234567893. 

results in this compiler error:

EZTC0227E >>> $ must be from 1 to 10 

 

 

 

Environment

Easytrieve Report Generator, release 11.6

Resolution

This extended packed functionality has yet to be included in the product. 

This enhancement is currently being discussed with Product Management.