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Fujitsu NetCOBOL for HPUX

An In-Depth Look at NetCOBOL for HPUX

The following sequence of screen captures lets you see the features of NetCOBOL at work.

Programming-Staff (Project Manager)
Configuration Management
NetCOBOL Editor
Building Applications
Debugging Applications
Designing Screens
COBOL File Utility
Using Prototype HTML
New HP-UX Features in the Latest Release

Points to watch for in the NetCOBOL for HPUX walk-through include:

  • Managing sources and projects using Programming-Staff
  • Integrated configuration management
  • Editor tailored to NetCOBOL source code
  • Debugging with control
  • Screen designing
  • COBOL File Utility
  • Simplified HTML templates

Programming-Staff

Programming Staff provides you with a central point for invoking NetCOBOL tools and building your application. It provides for:

  • Editing source files
  • Compiling programs
  • Jumping to compile errors
  • Creating and executing Make files
  • Debugging programs
  • Setting environment variables

Configuration Management

With PowerGEM you set up libraries to store updates to sources and objects. When you map folders to these libraries, the NetCOBOL tools recognize that the stored file types are controlled. Changes can only be made to files that the user has checked out.

NetCOBOL Editor

Fujitsu's COBOL editor:

  • Provides editing functions
  • Integrates with other NetCOBOL tools such as P-STAFF

Building Applications

Programming-Staff has a build function that:

  • Constructs a make file
  • Only uses changed components
  • Displays a summary of results
  • Takes you to build errors (shown below)
  • Builds modules or entire projects

     

Debugging Applications

The NetCOBOL Debugger is a full-function, source code debugger. Some of the features available are:

  • Source window (shown below)
  • Watch data window (shown below)
  • Break window
  • User program standard I/O window (shown below)
  • Passage count window
  • Stamp window (for recording timing information)

 

Designing Screens

SCREEN-DESIGNER is a utility that gives you the ability to design and create screens you and users will see and use. Its allows you to:

  • Design screens interactively based on screen display images
  • Generate COBOL source code for a SCREEN SECTION

COBOL File Utility

The COBOL File Utility manipulates files without using COBOL programs. It can be used in both screen and command modes. The COBOL File Utility has functions that allow you to:

  • Convert a text file to a variable length sequential file and vice versa
  • Create or expand a sequential, relative, or indexed file from a sequential file and vice versa
  • Display the contents of records
  • Print the contents of records
  • Edit a record (shown below)
  • Expand a file
  • Sort records according to a key and output them to a variable length sequential file
  • Display the attribute of an indexed file
  • Recover an indexed file
  • Reorganize an unused area of an indexed file

Using Prototype HTML

Part of the Fujitsu COBOL CGI support is the prototype HTML feature. This reduces the programming burden when you need to output HTML to Internet clients.

The Debugger and Editor windows shown below show standard HTML (in the Editor) with a prototype variable inserted ("//COBOL//GET-TEXT//COBOL//") and the lines required (in the Debugger) to set the prototype variable to the string to be displayed (in this case "Fujitsu COBOL").

Other Features

NetCOBOL for HPUX also provides the following features:

New HP-UX Features in the Latest Release

Version upgrade of FLEXlm from v2.4c to v6.1 - Even if the license server is not changed, it is necessary to obtain a new license password when the license daemon changes from an old version (v2.4c etc.) to v6.1.

Support for HP-UX 11.0 - NetCOBOL for HPUX now runs on HP-UX 11.0.

Run-time libraries for initial threads - The run-time libraries for initial threads are provided for HP-UX 11.0. COBOL applications linked with these libraries can be run on initial threads.

Support for CBL_ routines - Some CBL_ routines are supported for compatibility with Micro Focus functions. The list of supported functions can be found in the CBL_Routines manual.

Supports CALL BY VALUE literal-3 - The CALL statement with BY VALUE literal-3 is now supported.

Supports the PowerFORM form descriptor - The new version of form descriptor content created by PowerFORM on the Windows platform is now supported.

Force writing of output files - Each time the DISPLAY, COUNT, or TRACE functions are executed, COBOL force writes output files from the buffers to the output media.

Destination of trace information - Customers can change the destination of trace information by specifying the environment variable CBR_TRACE_FILE.

Overriding the key definition file - The key definition file can be overridden by the environment variable information TERMINATOR, and, in addition, you can change information on the key.