Micro Focus COBOL Workbench

Micro Focus COBOL Workbench integrates a COBOL compiler with development and testing tools. It features editing, debugging and communications facilities as well as graphical data handling tools.

Features

• COBOL Workbench Mainframe Development Support
• EBCDIC support
• Data File Editor
• Native SQL supports SQL for the following relational databases:
  • IBM OS/2 Database Manager
  • Microsoft SQL Server
• Database support using precompilers:
  • NetWare SQL
  • XDB

Version

16-bit

• COBOL/2 Workbench Version 2.5
• COBOL Workbench 3.2
• COBOL Workbench 3.4 (1995)

32-bit

• COBOL Workbench 4.0 (Jan 1996)

Publications

• Jatich: Micro Focus Workbench: Developing Mainframe COBOL Applications on the PC – Wiley 1992, ISBN 0-471-55611-4
• Peter Molchan, Clayton L. McNally: Micro Focus COBOL Workbench for the Application Developer – Wiley 1993, ISBN 0-471-58420-7
• Jonathan S. Sayles, Peter Molchan: Using Workbench Development Tools – Wiley 1993, ISBN 0-471-59370-2
• Rob K. Lamb: Micro Focus Workbench & Toolset Developers Guide - McGraw-Hill 1995, ISBN 0-07-036122-3