The Micro Focus File Connector

The Micro Focus File Connector allows to work on Micro Focus indexed files by separating ISAM native access from java process.

The File Connector executable must be built by compiling a program to exe using the Micro Focus compiler. A special library is necessary for the compilation. The library is provided along with isCOBOL (currently available only for Linux/Unix):

Platform	Import library
Linux /Unix	$ISCOBOL/native/static/lib/libctmf.a

The build process consists in the following steps:

1.	create a source file named mfc.cbl and include the following code into it

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.        PROGRAM-ID. mfc.               PROCEDURE DIVISION.        MAIN SECTION.        MAIN-PROGRAM.            call "myMain".        STOP-RUN.            STOP RUN.

2.	put the source file in the same folder of libctmf.a and compile the it with the following command

cob -x mfc.cbl libctmf.a -o mfc

In order to make isCOBOL use the Micro Focus File Connector as file handler, the following setting must appear in the configuration:

iscobol.file.index=mfc

The mfc file handler runs the executable file mfc. If this file is not in the system Path, you can specify its full name by setting the iscobol.file.connector.program.mfc configuration property.

mfc requires $COBDIR/bin in the system Path and $COBDIR/lib in the system Library Path in order to work.