AUDIENCE:   Application Programmers, System Analysts, Operations Analysts and Operators who require formal training in the use of CBL's Selcopy product. PREREQUISITES:   If coming from a mainframe background, knowledge of the JCL and dataset organisation concepts of the systems used by attendees is required. DURATION:   1 day. Hands on. OBJECTIVES:   After completing the course, delegates will be able to: Understand what Selcopy is and its usages. Understand the benefits of using Selcopy. Use Selcopy as a productivity tool. COURSE CONTENT:   Introduction to Selcopy What is Selcopy? What are its uses? A Flavouring of Selcopy Selcopy Syntax and Commands Coding Rules Standard Cycle Return Codes Files (READ and WRITE) PRINT DUMMY Conditions (IF...THEN...ELSE) Nested IFs Multiple Conditions Operators Data (Character literals, Numeric literals, Hexadecimal literals) Storage (POS, POS LEN, POS ANY, POS range) STOPAFT Altering data (MOD, MOVE) Arithmetic (ADD, SUB, MULT, DIV) Converting data FORMAT WORKLEN Branching (GOTO label, GOTO GET, GOTO CANCEL, GOTO EOJ) Subroutines (PERFORM and RETURN) TIMES EQU READ INTO parts of storage Printing parts of storage REPORT IMS (DL/1) (Reading segments, qualified calls, looping, PCB, updating databases) Selcopy Examples JCL Printout Practical Exercises Summary