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Hi
Dear friends.
I want a code in cobol to intreact whit user by BMS. Each code that I use in my program and compile it ,my program always is in loop.When I use condition statement, my program runs only once (or one step). Which cocol commands I must use to stop and wait for user action?

Do you mean you want to write a CICS program? Put up a screen, take some inputs, do a bit of processing, show the output?

Suggest you learn about CICS and how to code for it - conversational and pseudo conversational transactions. I use the following book - "CICS - A How-To for COBOL Programmers" by David Shelby Kirk ISBN0-471-58021-X. A bit old but may have been updated since 1998.

Thank you