>>>>Thanks, Grady.... we found some code here that will convert from the Decimal to the Cobol representation for negative numbers.
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>>>Sign trailing overpunch? It's been 23 years since I last had to think about that. Unless, of course, it's a BCD, which is another format I forgot the same day :).
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>>Don't worry - It'll probably come back in style with the next Microsoft technology leap (backwards).
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>you're too late - http://www.netcobol.com/ :)) http://www.microfocus.com/

I think he meant coding visual elements by hand, overlaying string parts with other variables to have some structure within, having to write six meters of declarative code before getting to see any action.

Oooops.