VisualAge COBOL
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| VisualAge COBOL | |
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| Name | VisualAge for COBOL |
| Version | 2.2 (1998) |
| Vendor | IBM |
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| Licence | IPLA |
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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
- IBM: /ps/products/cobol/fixes/cob11fp1/ CSD/FixPak 1 for IBM VisualAge for COBOL for OS/2, Version 1 Release 1
- 1996: VisualAge for COBOL 1.2
- IBM: /ps/products/cobol/fixes/cob12fp2/ 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
- IBM: /ps/products/cobol/fixes/cob22fp2/os2/ CSD/FixPak 2 (Feb 1999)
- 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- withdrawn in 2006 - replacement: WebSphere Developer for zSeries (5724-L44)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
- IBM
- IBM: /ps/products/cobol/newsletters/ COBOL Newsletter
- IBM: /ps/products/cobol/info/cob11ps1/FACTSHET.PDF VisualAge for COBOL 1.2 Factsheet
- IBM: /ps/products/cobol/info/vadtsilc/ VisualAge for COBOL/C++ Direct to SOM Sample Programs