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Multi platform GUI creator for [[COBOL]], originally a traditional screen painter that output COBOL code for text mode interfaces but in 1990 became a bona fide GUI creator, by the mid 90s versions of the tool supported DOS, OS/2 32 bit and MS Windows alongside various [[DEC]] VMS and UNIX platforms in addition to AT&T/SCO UNIX and followed IBM CUA guidelines down to a tee, currently the company supports modern Windows implementations, VAX, Linux (on x86 and IBM System Z only) and a few "Big" propriety Unices with only Solaris being a notable absence. While CUA is still supported to a degree the emphasis is more on MS Windows like behaviour.
Multi-platform GUI creator for [[COBOL]], originally a traditional screen painter that output COBOL code for text mode interfaces but in 1990 became a bona fide GUI creator, by the mid 90s versions of the tool supported DOS, OS/2 32 bit and MS Windows alongside various [[DEC]] VMS and UNIX platforms in addition to AT&T/SCO UNIX and followed IBM CUA guidelines down to a tee, currently the company supports modern Windows implementations, VAX, Linux (on x86 and IBM System Z only) and a few "Big" propriety Unices with only Solaris being a notable absence. While CUA is still supported to a degree the emphasis is more on MS Windows like behaviour.


====Flexus Thin Client====
====Flexus Thin Client====
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==Version==
==Version==
* Current version: [http://www.flexus.com/main/index.php/products-a-downloads/flexus-products/cobol-sp2 5.2.59]
* Originally introduced in 1986 as '''screenplay''', and supported text mode interfaces only, relaunched as "COBOL spII" the year after but product completely unchanged.
* Version 4 drops most "legacy platforms"
;Cobol spII
* '''Last known version that runs on OS2''': v3.2 (might be version 3.5.x, but we have not been able to get that verified)
* 2 (1990) supported proper graphics mode GUI creation for the first time
* Last known version that runs under WinOS2: v3.5
* 3 (1993) the first version to support 32-bit OS/2 and dynamic windows generation, updates to the 3.x branch add multimedia capabilities and fixes primarily. Compilers supported by COBOL spII v3.x include:
* Version 3.2, multimedia updates and changes the way the product is spelled slightly, from "COBOL spII" to "COBOL sp2".
* Cobol spII Version 3 introduced in 1993 and was the first version to support 32 bit OS/2 and dynamic windows generation, updates to the 3.x branch add multimedia capabilities and fixes primarily. Compilers supported by COBOL spII v3.x include:
:[[ACUCOBOL-85]]
:[[ACUCOBOL-85]]
:DEC VAX COBOL
:DEC VAX COBOL
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:[[CA-Realia]] COBOL
:[[CA-Realia]] COBOL
:Ryan McFarland COBOL 85
:Ryan McFarland COBOL 85
* COBOL spII version 2 introduced in 1990 and supported proper graphics mode GUI creation for the first time
* Originally introduced in 1986 as '''screenplay''', and supported text mode interfaces only, relaunched as "COBOL spII" the year after but product completely unchanged.


==License==
;COBOL sp2
* Commercial - Discontinued
* 3.2 - last version that runs under OS/2
* Author: Flexus
''Version 3.2, multimedia updates and changes the way the product is spelled slightly, from "COBOL spII" to "COBOL sp2".''
* 3.5 last version that runs under WinOS2
* 4 - drops most "legacy platforms"


==Links==
==Links==
* [http://www.flexus.com/main/index.php/products-a-downloads/flexus-products/cobol-sp2 COBOL sp2]
* [https://flexus.com/cobol-sp2/ COBOL sp2]


[[Category:COBOL]][[Category:MS Windows Tools]]
[[Category:COBOL]][[Category:MS Windows Tools]]

Latest revision as of 14:05, 1 September 2025

Multi-platform GUI creator for COBOL, originally a traditional screen painter that output COBOL code for text mode interfaces but in 1990 became a bona fide GUI creator, by the mid 90s versions of the tool supported DOS, OS/2 32 bit and MS Windows alongside various DEC VMS and UNIX platforms in addition to AT&T/SCO UNIX and followed IBM CUA guidelines down to a tee, currently the company supports modern Windows implementations, VAX, Linux (on x86 and IBM System Z only) and a few "Big" propriety Unices with only Solaris being a notable absence. While CUA is still supported to a degree the emphasis is more on MS Windows like behaviour.

Flexus Thin Client

Add on for the product that supports thin client capabilities, generating a lightweight GUI code that puts less stress on networked environments, only a MS Windows client and a limited number of server platforms and compilers are supported.

Version

  • Originally introduced in 1986 as screenplay, and supported text mode interfaces only, relaunched as "COBOL spII" the year after but product completely unchanged.
Cobol spII
  • 2 (1990) supported proper graphics mode GUI creation for the first time
  • 3 (1993) the first version to support 32-bit OS/2 and dynamic windows generation, updates to the 3.x branch add multimedia capabilities and fixes primarily. Compilers supported by COBOL spII v3.x include:
ACUCOBOL-85
DEC VAX COBOL
IBM COBOL/2
mbp Visual COBOL
Micro Focus COBOL/2
Microsoft COBOL
CA-Realia COBOL
Ryan McFarland COBOL 85
COBOL sp2
  • 3.2 - last version that runs under OS/2

Version 3.2, multimedia updates and changes the way the product is spelled slightly, from "COBOL spII" to "COBOL sp2".

  • 3.5 last version that runs under WinOS2
  • 4 - drops most "legacy platforms"

Links

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