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Chapter 16 Running convert5 The first step in converting your DG Interactive COBOL data files is to produce a file conversion program. This program reads DG Interactive COBOL data files and converts them to Micro Focus COBOL data file format. You use the convert5 utility to produce a file conversion program. The input to convert5 is the name of an existing DG Interactive COBOL source program, which must be syntactically correct. This source program must contain the FD and SELECT ... ASSIGN entries, together with any associated record definitions, for the DG Interactive COBOL data files you want to convert. The output from convert5 is the file conversion program. You can use convert5 in either of two modes: interactive mode or batch mode. If you run convert5 in interactive mode, prompts are output to your screen for you to enter various parameters that control the production of the file conversion program. If you run convert5 in batch mode, you must supply the necessary control parameters in a file.