How to copy bms to COBOL source? #561

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playnice
Oct 28, 2025

Good day everyone!

Does anyone have an idea on how to copy bms in COBOL program?
I have tried adding .bms extension to HLASM & COBOL dataset, but it says not found.

I added it to Include File Extensions, able to copy it but the definition is not working.

HLASM is able to parse my bms file.

Answered by FALLAI-Denis

Hi,

You have to compile twice the asm/BMS source file:

once to create a loadmodule
once to create a copy for the COBOL program

But this require to have access to a mainframe machine. 😉

see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/5.6.0?topic=map-physical-symbolic-sets

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FALLAI-Denis
Oct 28, 2025

Hi,

You have to compile twice the asm/BMS source file:

once to create a loadmodule
once to create a copy for the COBOL program

But this require to have access to a mainframe machine. 😉

see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/5.6.0?topic=map-physical-symbolic-sets

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