Whether at work or in the classroom cics a how to for cobol programmers gives you all the skills you need to master cics fast written for mvs programmers and with an emphasis on cobol ii this book takes you through the basics and a whole lot more you ll refer to this book time and time again to solve everyday cics programming problems easy to understand examples make sure you gain proficiency in the most commonly used features of cics. What this book will do for you need to learn cics in a hurry whether at work or in the classroom cics a how to for cobol programmers g. Do not code cobol statements within exec cics commands restriction you cannot run cobol programs that have object oriented syntax for javatm interoperability in cics in addition if you write programs to run under cics do not use the following code file control entry in the environment division unless the file control entry is used for a sort statement file section of the data division . David shelby kirk brings over 25 years of programming and programming management experience to cics a how to for cobol programmers now an independent consultant specializing in ibm mainframe applications development he was director of systems and programming for a major insurance company and director of an information center and a development center in addition to writing books for wiley