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HP SYSTEM DICTIONARY XL COBOL DEFINITION EXTRACTOR Reference Manual

Generating ELEMENT Definitions 

If you specify ELEMENT as the entity type in the GENERATE command, then
SDCDE generates a COBOL definition for the element with the given entity
name.

SDCDE issues a prompt requesting the copy library module name to be
assigned to all code generated for the element.  The prompt has the
following form:

     Module name for ELEMENT element-name >

If the given module name already exists in the current copy library, the
copy library's OPEN-MODE parameter determines whether to append all
generated code to the existing module or to replace the existing module.
If you enter a [[RETURN]], SDCDE does not generate any code for this
element and the GENERATE command will be complete.

If you specify the ELEM-QUALIFY parameter of the OPTIONS command, SDCDE
responds with one of the following prompts, depending on the value you
specify:

Value            Prompt 

PREFIX           Element prefix >

SUFFIX           Element suffix >

NONE             No prompt

SDCDE attaches the prefix or suffix characters to all of the elements
contained by the element.  If you enter a [[RETURN]], SDCDE does not
attach a prefix or suffix.

When answers to the prompts are complete, SDCDE generates the code in the
specified module for the element definition.

Example 

In the following example, the element name is DATE and ELEM-QUALIFY =
PREFIX.

     Module name for ELEMENT DATE > DATEDESC 
     Element prefix > DATE-OF- 
     000100
     000200  01  DATE-ELEM.
     000300      05  DATE-OF-YEAR           PIC X(4).
     000400      05  DATE-OF-MONTH          PIC X(2).
     000500      05  DATE-OF-DAY            PIC X(2).
     000600

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