COBOL Runtime Error Code – 037 File access denied (Fatal) -Your attempt

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 037 and the reason why you are receiving it

COBOL Error Code :

037

Reason for this Error in COBOL

File access denied (Fatal) -Your attempt to access a file has been denied by the operating system. You might have tried to write to a write-protected file or you could have tried to read from an output device. -Alter the access permission on the relevant file. Access can be read-only, if you just want to read the contents of the file without making any changes, or it can be read and write in which case you can alter its contents.