Calumet College of St. Joseph

SYLLABUS FOR ADVANCED COBOL PROGRAMMING

Term: Spring, 2001-2002 (012) (January 7 - April 20, 2001)

Course Number: CIS 430 – Directed Study

Instructor: Br. Jim Ballmann C.PP.S.

Office: Room # 410

Office Phone: 219-473-4365

E-mail: jballmann@ccsj.edu

Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m – 4:00 p.m.

Instructor Background:

1969 Professed as a Brother for the Missionaries of the Precious Blood

1972 BA in Philosophy, St. Joseph’s College

1988 BS in Computer Information Systems, Calumet College of St. Joseph

1994 MS in Education, Purdue University Calumet

Course Time: Arranged

Meeting dates and times will be set as needed

Week of January 7^th

Week of January 14^th

Week of January 21^st

Week of January 28^th

Week of February 4^th

Week of February 11^th

Week of February 18^th

Week of February 25^th

Week of March 4^th

Week of March 11^th

Week of March 18^th

Week of March 25^th

Week of April 1^st

Week of April 8^th

Week of April 15^th

Course Description:

Advanced topics in COBOL programming presented in this course will include: structured program design, sequential files, indexed-sequential files, relative record files, SORT verb, report writer, subroutines, and segmentation.

Prerequisites:

CIS 125, 255, 320

Laboratory Fee: See current fee schedule.

Learning Outcomes/Competencies:

Students in this course will:

· Edit, compile, & run COBOL programs using Micro Focus Net Express

· Convert flowchart & pseudocode into COBOL syntax

· Set up & access a single-level table

· Set up & access multiple-level tables

· Process a master file with sequential update procedures

· Create & update indexed files

· Sort files for input & output processing

· Process data interactively

· Call subroutines

· Create & update relative files

· Generate reports using the report writer

Textbooks:

Structured COBOL Programming, Stern & Stern

The following are included with the textbook:

Micro Focus Net Express 3.0 Compiler & Manual

Getting Started With Micro Focus Net Express 3.0 University Edition

Learning Strategies: Class interaction, Projects, Collaborative Learning

Assessment:

Written Assignments 42 % of grade

Programming Assignments 49 % of grade

Lab Programming Assignment 9 % of grade

Written Assignments 42% 210 points

Programming Assignments 49% 245 points

Lab Programming Assignment 9% 45 points

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Total 100% 500 points

Grading Scale:

A = 96 - 100% 480 - 500 points

A- = 92 - 95% 460 - 479 points

B+ = 89 - 91% 445 - 459 points

B = 86 - 88% 430 - 444 points

B- = 83 - 85% 415 - 429 points

C+ = 80 - 82% 400 - 414 points

C = 77 - 79% 385 - 399 points

C- = 74 - 76% 370 - 384 points

D+ = 71 - 73% 355 - 369 points

D = 68 - 70% 340 - 354 points

D- = 65 - 67% 325 - 339 points

F = 00 - 64% 000 - 324 points

Class Policy on Attendance:

Meetings will be arranged with the instructor on an as-needed basis to review homework, answer any questions, and take quizzes and exams. Exam weeks are scheduled in the meeting dates.

Course Outline:

Class Topic-Assignment

# 1

Chapter 12: Array Processing & Table Handling

Read pages 456 - 529

Written Assignment #1

Programming Assignment #1

#2 Chapter 13: Sequential File Processing

Read pages 540 – 582

Written Assignment #2

Programming Assignment #2

#3 Chapter 14: Sorting & Merging

Read pages 588 – 621

Written Assignment #3

Programming Assignment #3

#4 Chapter 15: Indexed & Relative File Processing

Read pages 625 - 687

Written Assignment #4

Programming Assignment #4

#5 Chapter 16: Improving Program Performance Using Copy & Call

Read pages 694 – 716

Written Assignment #5

Programming Assignment #5

#6 Chapter 6: Displaying Output Interactively

Read pages 225 – 237

Read handout on screen processing

Lab Programming Assignment

Programming Assignment #6

#7 Chapter 17: Report Writer Module

Read pages 719 – 745

Written Assignment #6

Programming Assignment #7

#8 Chapter 7: Intrinsic Functions

Read pages 276 – 280

#9 Chapter 18: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming

Read pages 747 – 766

Written Assignment #7

Class Participation: Meetings are set up so that the student may discuss any problems with the reading, written, or programming assignments.

Written Assignments:

Written assignments will be assigned for chapters 12 - 18. Written assignments should be completed to help review the chapter and prepare for the quiz and exams.

Class Written Assignment

#1 Page 529: True-False Questions, 1 –10

Page 529: General Questions, 1 – 12

#2 Page 582: True-False Questions, 1 –10

Page 582: General Questions, 1 – 8

#3 Page 621: True-False Questions, 1 –10

Page 621: General Questions, 1 – 5

#4 Page 687: True-False Question, 1 –10

Page 687: General Questions, 1 – 5

#5 Page 716: True-False Questions, 1 –10

Page 716: General Questions, 1 – 4

#6 Page 745: Review Questions, 1 –5

Page 745: Debugging Exercises

#7 Chapter 18: Handout

Lab Programming Assignment:

I have written a program (cxx.cbl) which demonstrates the use of several of the options for the SCREEN SECTION in the DATA DIVISION and ACCEPT and DISPLAY statements in the PROCEDURE DIVISION. I access an indexed file by either the RECORD KEY or ALTERNATE RECORD KEY in option #2. The data file handout with the program is the list of records in the file.

You are to modify this program:

1) Add another option to the menu

2) Add another paragraph or paragraphs to execute that option

3) Create the screen for that option in the SCREEN SECTION of the DATA DIVISION

This lab programming assignment is worth between 20 and 45 points. I assign points based on the creativity and complexity of the added option.

Programming Assignments:

Programming assignments are composed of three parts to be submitted on paper:

1) Programming source code

2) Report (unless the program is interactive with screen display)

3) Flowchart or pseudocode used to design the logic for the program

If the program is interactive, it must also be run online to display input & output. Programs may be submitted any time prior to the due date. Programming assignments are worth 35 points each.

Calumet Video sells and rents videos. When they make a transaction, Calumet Video collects the information listed in the following table. It is stored in an ASCII data file, customer.dat. To run the business they need several reports and other information, some from the data file and some entered from the keyboard. In this class you will write programs to process the information that they need to run the company.

Field	Size	Type of Data	Location in Record
Id	3	Alphanumeric	01 - 03
Name	15	Alphanumeric	04 - 18
Address	15	Alphanumeric	19 - 33
City	10	Alphanumeric	34 - 43
State	2	Alphanumeric	44 - 45
Zip	5	Numeric	46 - 50
Type	2	Alphanumeric	51 - 52
		CO = Comedy
		MY = Mystery
		RO = Romance
		SF = Science Fiction
		WE = Western
Video	15	Alphanumeric	53 - 67
Transaction	1	Numeric	68 - 68
		0 = Rent
		1 = Buy
Date	8	Numeric	69 - 76
Amount	4	Numeric, 2 decimal places	77 - 80

#1 Calumet Video wants to know the total amount that a customer has spent on videos. Write a program to display grand total amount on the screen. Previous purchase totals are stored in a table file (customer.tab).

The record layout for the table file is:

Field	Size	Type of Data	Location in Record
Id	3	Alphanumeric	01 - 03
Amount	6	Numeric, 2 decimal places	04 - 09

Load the table file into a table
There are 100 records in the table file
Records are is id order
Design an interactive program to accept an id number
Search the table to find the id number with previous purchase totals
Add the current amount to the previous total and display the grand total on the screen

#2 Write a program to update Calumet Video’s sequential master file (customer.smf) with the monthly transaction file (curtrans.dat).

The sequential master file and transaction file both have the same record layout as customer.dat listed above
Both files are in id order
There is one transaction per id
Create a new master file and retain the old one for archival purposes
If a master record has no transaction record, copy the old master record to the new master record
If a transaction record has no master record, create a new master record from the transaction record
If there are both a master record and a transaction record, write the new master record with the video, transaction, date, and amount from the transaction record and all other information from the old master record
Produce an output report that lists the id number of the new master file record and whether it is “no change”, “new”, or “updated”

#3 Calumet Video wants to know which videos were sold by date. Write a program to sort the data file (customer.dat) by date, then by video.

Retain the original, unsorted file
Create a new sorted file
Munster added a 1% sales tax, so increase Munster amounts by 1%
Perform this calculation in the SORT procedure and write the new amount in the sorted file
Display the city, video, old amount, & new amount on the screen

#4 Calumet Video has switched to an indexed file system. Update the master file (customer.idd ) with the monthly transaction file (curtrans.dat).

The indexed master file and transaction file both have the same record layout as customer.dat listed above
Id is the key field for the indexed master file
Name is the secondary key field, with duplicates allowed, for the indexed master file
If a transaction record has no master record, create a master record from the transaction record
If there is a master record for a transaction record, update the master record with the video, transaction, date, and amount
Produce an output report that lists the id number and whether it is “new” or “updated”

#5 Calumet Video wants a list of patrons and their cities. Each city has passed a sales tax levy. Write a program that will list the old amount, tax, & new amount for each customer.

Write a subroutine to calculate the tax for each city

· Munster 1 %

· Griffith, Whiting 1 ¼ %

· Gary, Chicago 1 ½ %

· Hammond, Highland 1 ¾ %

Variables to pass are tax rate, old amount, tax amount, & new amount
Produce a report to list the id number, city, sales tax rate, old amount, tax amount, & new amount

#6 Calumet Video wants a new database for videos that it stocks. Write an interactive program to add records to an indexed file.

Create the new database as an indexed file
The file has the following fields

· ID (key) 5 characters

· Name (alternate key) 15 characters

· Cost 2 digits & 2 decimal places

· Number-on-hand 3 digits

Use SCREEN SECTION logic
There is no printed report, demonstrate the program online
Since you are updating an indexed file, the file must already exist to open it I-O
First create the file in a separate program (use handout as a model) by opening it OUTPUT

· Use only the indexed file, no input file with data records

· Open the file as OUTPUT, then close it

· After running the program the index file templates will be created

Add all records in the indexed file random update program

#7 Calumet Video wants to open a second outlet. Calumet Video needs a report to list rentals and sales by city. Write a program to produce a report to list total sales by city where videos are rented or sold. The report should be written for 80-column paper.

Customer file is in order by city
Use report writer logic to produce this report
Include a header with date, report name, and page number
On the detail line list the city and the number of videos rented or sold

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