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gbw
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 Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 4:42 pm Post subject: Microfocus Cobol .....Netexpress....... |
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What is Netexpress?
What is the connection between Microfocus Cobol and Net express?
Can I see some Manual or Documentation for it?
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Venkata Ramana Reddy
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Hi Venkata Ramana Reddy,
I still have the same query as gbw. I was also interested in Microfocus products some time back. I actually could not find the relationship between Microfocus COBOL and Net Express. Although, they are from the same company, how are they same or different?. Is it possible to have a license of only Microfocus COBOL (The compiler only) without the Net Express suite of products.
And what language does Net Express use?. Is it Microfocus COBOL or something else. Or is it some kind of a high level code generator where you don't need to actually code anything. If you are migrating legacy code to a more open system (like UNIX), is it completely automated by using Net Express?
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Hello all,
Net express is an IDE --- this provides a platform from which we can develop cobol programs and also create them as DLLs. I do not have in-depth knowledge on this , but I can explain the area which we used in one of my earlier projects -- we used a front-end of VB, a back-end of Oracle and a middle layer consisting of COBOL . The COBOL code was developed using MF Net Express and was converted into DLLs. The front-end VB will accept input values, call the necessary COBOL DLL , retrieves data from Oracle and puts it back in to the screen.MF COBOL is a variation of COBOL language -- this is used to develop code in the NetExpress platform.
Hope this helps, though it is not much...
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raja1128
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject: do any one has manual fo rmicro focus cobol |
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i wanted to know difference between usual cobol and MFcobol.
do any one has manual fo rmicro focus cobol?
thanking you in anticipation.
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kolusu
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:29 pm Post subject: Re: do any one has manual fo rmicro focus cobol |
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| raja1128 wrote: | i wanted to know difference between usual cobol and MFcobol.
do any one has manual fo rmicro focus cobol?
thanking you in anticipation.
Raja |
Raja,
1. COBOL is a generic term that's used to describe the programming language, the compilers, runtime libraries, the object code, etc., so this could be a variety of things. However, since your question seems oriented to compilers, I'm guessing you mean the original COBOL compilers from IBM, which were replaced by VS COBOL II.
The specific name for these compilers was the OS/VS COBOL Compiler and Library (5740-CB1). OS/VS COBOL is no longer supported by IBM (although equivalent runtime support can be accomplished through the use of Language Environment), and it only supported 16-bit addressing. It was quite cumbersome when it came to addressability, using a facility called BLL cells, and had other limitations.
2. VS COBOL II (5668-958) replaced OS/VS COBOL in the early to mid-eighties, and it provided 31-bit addressing as well as changing the language structure to make addressability easier through the use of pointers and other facilities. The migration was not transparent in most cases, though, and often some degree of application code modifications were required to upgrade to VS COBOL II.
VS COBOL II was replaced with COBOL for MVS & VM (5688-197), then COBOL for OS/390 & VM (5648-A25) and the current version of COBOL is called Enterprise COBOL for z/OS & OS/390 (5655-G53). Like OS/VS COBOL, VS COBOL II is no longer supported by IBM, and equivalent runtime capability is provided in Language Environment.
3. MFCOBOL is a generic term for the COBOL provided by MicroFocus through the use of compilers built into such products as Micro Focus Mainframe Express, Micro Focus Object COBOL Developer Suite, and Micro Focus Revolve. These products are much more than just compilers and libraries; they include a variety of development tools in addition, all packaged together. You cannot order MFCOBOL by itself.
In the case of the mainframe, these Micro Focus compilers provide equivalency with the IBM compilers mentioned above, but MFCOBOL is also used on other platforms such as UNIX, and MFCOBOL is also packaged into other vendors' products, such as Sun and Hewlitt Packard. IBM also has COBOL for other platforms, but they are separate products from the compilers mentioned above.
Source : http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/eac/knowledgebaseAnswer/0,295199,sid63_gci971646,00.html
Hope this helps...
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| thanks kolusu........ |
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| Can I download a Trial version? anyone have a link for MF Mainframe express... |
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