VisualAge COBOL

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VisualAge COBOL
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Name VisualAge for COBOL
Version 2.2 (1998)
Vendor IBM
Author
Licence Commercial
WWW

IBM VisualAge for COBOL is a COBOL application development environment that provides Direct-to-SOM and object-oriented support on OS/2. It is designed specifically to handle client/server applications through visual development.

The product was available in two separate editions:

  • IBM VisualAge for COBOL, Standard for OS/2 includes the compiler, run-time, visual builder, debug tool, LPEX editor, performance analyzer, and assistant tools.
  • IBM VisualAge for COBOL, Professional for OS/2 includes the Standard and adds the Redeveloper tools.

IBM's COBOL development environment introduced in 1995 for OS/2 and AIX as "VisualAge for COBOL" with a Windows NT version following shortly thereafter and the for bit dropped from the name.

Features

  • IBM SMARTdata Utilities (SdU) for record-oriented file access
  • Direct access to data managed by Btrieve
  • IBM WorkFrame/2
  • LPEX Editor
  • Data Assistant
  • Transaction Assistant

Versions

OS/2
  • Nov 1995: VisualAge for COBOL 1.1
    • CSD/FixPak 1 for IBM VisualAge for COBOL for OS/2, Version 1 Release 1
  • 1996: VisualAge for COBOL 1.2
    • CSD/FixPak 2 for IBM VisualAge for COBOL for OS/2, Version 1 Release 2
OS/2 and Windows
  • May 1997: VisualAge for COBOL 2.0
  • Sep 1997: VisualAge for COBOL 2.1
  • Apr 1998: VisualAge COBOL Enterprise 2.2
Windows
  • 2000: VisualAge COBOL for Windows NT, Version 3.0 (5639-I44)
    • 3.0.1 - support for Windows 2000
    • 3.0.2 -
    • 3.0.3 - FFS performance improved
    • 3.0.5 - IBM Distributed Debugger enhanced
    • 3.0.6 - LPEX fixes
    • 3.0.7 - support for Windows XP
withdrawn in 2006 - replacement: WebSphere Developer for zSeries (5724-L44)

Publications

IBM RedBooksI
  • SG24-4605-00 - IBM VisualAge for COBOL for OS/2 Primer
  • SG24-4606-00 - IBM VisualAge for COBOL for OS/2 Object-Oriented Programming
  • SG24-4887-00 - Migrating Micro Focus OS/2 Dialog System Applications to IBM VisualAge for COBOL for OS/2
  • SG24-4733 - Host/Workstation Client/Server Implementation Using VisualAge COBOL on OS/2, AIX, and MVS [1]

Links

  • Screenshots of IBM VisualAge for COBOL for OS/2 Version 1 Release 1
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