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.Net, cobol, copybook

I have a project that is requiring extensive use of a data source that only exists as what appears to be a copy book. For instance, 

   01  CMT-COMM-MSTR-EXTRACT-RECORD.

       05 CMT-FIXED-AREA-1.

           10 CMT-COMMUNITY-RECORD-KEY.
               15 CMT-ALTERNATE-KEY.
                   20 CMT-ALTERNATE-KEY-STATE
                                       PIC  X(02).
                   20 CMT-ALTERNATE-KEY-COMM
                                       PIC  X(08).
               15 CMT-COMMUN-NBR.

The question is whether or not I have to write a crude parser for this stuff or if someone knows of some tools that will handle this nicely for me. I am basically interested in either stuffing it in sql, oracle, or even just xml using .Net. Seeing as I know nothing about this stuff, I just get worried I am going to handle something incorrectly. Any input would be fantastic. Thanks

+2  A: 

There are lots of tools out there for this purpose:

COBOL copybook to XML

Another COBOL copybook to XML with some .NET specific notes:

Jweede  2009-03-20 15:45:13

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