   C B L U T I L  -  Platform: MVS routine


   A routine to perform some string manipulations inside a Cobol program.


   In this distribution file (CBLUTIL.ZIP) there is:

CBLUTIL.OBJ             executable for MVS mainframe, in obj form
CBLUTIL.HIL             Hilmas source of this file
README.TXT              this help file 
LINKEDIT.JCL            job example to install CBLUTIL
MAN_ENG.TXT             manual in English
MAN_ITA.TXT             manual in Italian



OBJ installation:

- Create in MVS a sequential file, for example 'MYUSER.PROGRAM.OBJ'
  with RECFM=FB and LRECL=80, for example of 1 cylinder.

- SEND obj module from PC to MVS in this file in BINARY form, with your 
  3270 emulation; the most important thing is a binary transfer (therefore 
  without ASCII CRLF) in a file with record length of 80 bytes.
  Use this PC command (in a PC with IBM/PCOMM 4.1 3270 emulation installed):

     SEND CBLUTIL.OBJ 'MYUSER.PROGRAM.OBJ'

- Prepare a Job to Linkedit transferred obj in a load library;
  use LINKEDIT.JCL as example: fit this JCL to your needs changing
  library names

- Submit linkedit job to create load module; output library must be a
  load library used in your compilation job.

- Recall this routine in your Cobol program as explained in manual;
  then linkedit your program with this routine, verifying that 
  this load library is included in your compilation procedure.


Program instruction:

    See the manual.

