C$WRITELOG

The C$WRITELOG library routine allows to add custom information to the isCOBOL log file. The iscobol.tracelevel property must be set to a value greater than 0 or the routine will have no effect.

Syntax:

CALL "C$WRITELOG" USING text                   GIVING returnCode

Parameters:

text

PIC X(n)

Specifies the text to be written into the log file

Return code:

returnCode can be any numeric data item and provides additional information:

1	Operation successful
0	Operation failed, probably iscobol.tracelevel is set to 0

Examples:

Example - Write some custom information to the log

*> define trace-text as pic x(n) initialize trace-text string "Customer in debt "         cust-code         ". Debt Amount : "         cust-amount-ed         into trace-text end-string call "c$writelog" using trace-text