executing cobal programs from DS

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peppy_perky
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executing cobal programs from DS

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Hi All,

I got a new requirement in my project that i need to call the cobal programs from DS. Does anyone have any idea on how to call cobal programs from DS environment?

Appreciate your help/advise on this.

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Wrapped Stage would be one option to do this, depending on the specific requirement you have.

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Is this needed on a per-row basis or just once? If just once, I'd prefer an Execute Command activity in a job sequence invoking the command line interface for running the COBOL program.
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