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[MFBaba]

Hi All,

Does any one know about a good tool/utility that will help in merging/retrofitting two COBOL modules?

Thanks

[semigeezer]

The ISPF editor's built in compare command may help, but it has issues with COBOL numbering. The work around is a simple edit macro which I can supply if that is what you are looking for. Try it on either unnumbered cobol members or some other file type and see if it is what you are looking for.

[kolusu]

MFBaba,

Can you explain me as to what you meant by merging/retrofitting two COBOL modules?

Do you want to club 2 programs as a single program? why do you want to do that?

Kolusu
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[MFBaba]

Kolusu,

Here is what I want to do:

We have three versions of a module -
1. The Base version
2. Another version which is having customer number 1 specific changes,fixes,etc. on top of the base version.
3. The third version having customer number 2 specific changes, fixes, etc. on top of the base version.

Now we want to merge all these three versions to have an upgraded base version with fixes, changes from both the customer specific modules. We have the changes, fixes in the customer specific modules tagged with a six character identifier in the first six columns.

Currently we are using tools like Beyond Compare to compare two versions and do the merge.

[dneufarth]

try here http://www.princetonsoftech.com/products/versionmerger.asp



Dave

[haatvedt]

I would suggest that you check your source code management system. We use Endevor and it has a component called Parallel Development Manager which does exactly what you are looking for.

I use it frequently to do exactly what you are attempting to do.

chuck h.
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