FB or FBA for a COBOL report writing program.
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:48 pm
Hi,
They asked this question...it is not exact question but based on what I can recall - If you need to write a new report using a COBOL program, what would you prefer FB or FBA for the new COBOL report writing program?
I have always used FB, so I have answered FB/133 or FB/80 should work and if there are otehr specifications for the report they should be taken care. But I read now that in FBA is A is carriage Control as the First character and this will be used for Printer. That means my answer can be wrong but most of the report program in my current company seemto use FB.
They asked this question...it is not exact question but based on what I can recall - If you need to write a new report using a COBOL program, what would you prefer FB or FBA for the new COBOL report writing program?
I have always used FB, so I have answered FB/133 or FB/80 should work and if there are otehr specifications for the report they should be taken care. But I read now that in FBA is A is carriage Control as the First character and this will be used for Printer. That means my answer can be wrong but most of the report program in my current company seemto use FB.