Table of Contents

1.	isCOBOL Introduction 1

isCOBOL for the Java Platform  1

isCOBOL: Application Server  1

isCOBOL: User Interface  1

isCOBOL: Data Access  2

isCOBOL: Databases  2

isCOBOL: Handheld Devices  2

2.	Installation 3

Installing on Windows  3

Installing on a PDA  3

Installing on UNIX or LINUX  4

Installing on Mac OSX  5

3.	Configuration 8

Runtime Configuration  9

4.	Compiler 11

Compiler Options  12

Compiler Properties  23

Compiler Directives  25

Source code preprocessing  28

5.	Remote Compiler 29

Server configuration  29

Client configuration  32

Windows service  33

6.	Runtime Framework 34

Runtime Options  34

Runtime Framework Properties  35

Keyboard Configuration  78

7.	isCOBOL IDE 87

Configuration  87

Customization  87

The isCOBOL IDE Perspective  103

isCOBOL Explorer  104

Editors  105

Outline  114

Properties  115

Problems  116

Console  117

Search  117

Bookmarks  118

Tasks  118

History  119

Error Log  119

Customization  120

Working with Projects  120

Creating a new Project  120

Setting Project properties  120

Adding an existing Project to the current Workspace  123

Creating a new program  123

Adding existing programs to the Project  124

Code Editing  125

Compiling  125

Remote Compiling  126

External Preprocessors  127

Run and Debug  129

Running as Web Application  135

Import / Export Project Properties  135

Deployment facility  136

Working with Screen Programs and File Layouts  139

Creating a new Screen Program  139

Adding existing Screen Programs to the current Project  140

Screen Program structure  141

Screen Program properties  141

Repository  142

Working Storage and Linkage Section management  144

Drawing the Screen  144

Adding a new Screen to the program  149

Creating a new File Layout  150

Adding an Existing File Layout to the Current Project  151

File Layout Structure  152

File and Record Definition  153

Generating File Layouts from Existing Copybooks  157

Datasets  159

External Paragraphs and Variables  161

Code generation  161

Consistency Check  162

Screen Designer Reference  163

BAR  164

BITMAP  169

CHECK BOX  175

COMBO BOX  182

DATE ENTRY  189

ENTRY FIELD  197

FRAME  205

GRID  211

JAVA BEAN  226

LABEL  232

LIST BOX  237

PUSH BUTTON  245

RADIO BUTTON  252

SCROLL BAR  259

SLIDER  264

TAB CONTROL  270

TREE VIEW  276

WEB BROWSER  283

STATUS BAR  289

TOOL BAR  292

MENU  295

WINDOW  295

isCOBOL Tools  303

Managing isCOBOL Server  303

Managing Load Balancer  304

Managing Remote Compiler server  304

Launching isCOBOL Utilities  305

Importing programs from AcuBench  305

Importing a Program from AcuBench  306

Importing a Data Layout from AcuBench  307

Importing a Program with tagged areas from AcuBench  309

Importing programs from Totem  311

Importing a Program from Totem  312

Importing a Data Layout from Totem  314

Importing a Program with tagged areas from Totem  316

8.	isCOBOL Server (Thin Client and Distributed Processing) 319

Users count  320

Connections count  320

Client and Server info  320

Usage of isCOBOL Client  321

Login  324

Tracing the Thin Client Activity  325

Tracing Application Server Activity  325

Tracing Clients Activity  326

Remote objects  326

Hook program  327

Internal lock management  329

Windows service  330

isserver.exe usage  330

Output redirection  332

Java options and Classpath  332

Server settings  332

isCOBOL File Server  332

isCOBOL File Server usage  333

Veryant ODBC  334

isCOBOL Graphical Terminal  339

isCOBOL Client Listener  339

Configuring the server  339

isCOBOL Client Listener usage  340

Configuring Putty to use isCOBOL Client Listener  340

isCOBOL Load Balancer  345

Licensing  345

isCOBOL Load Balancer usage  345

Setting up the isCOBOL Load Balancer  346

Windows Service  347

9.	Veryant UDBC 350

Introduction  350

Veryant UDBC Architecture  350

Database Configuration  351

UDBC Configuration Tool  352

UDBC Server  353

VISQL  354

ODBC Driver  354

JDBC Driver  355

Troubleshooting  355

10.	Utilities 357

COBFILEIO  357

Configuration Properties  358

API Reference in Javadoc Format  358

GIFE  359

ISCONFIG  361

ISMIGRATE  361

JDBC2FD  365

JUTIL  367

JIsam file generation  368

Micro Focus file conversion  369

XML2WRK  370

11.	Visual Debugger 372

Remote Debugging  372

The Debugger Window  373

Menu Bar  374

Toolbar  375

Source Area  375

Output Window  375

Command Area  375

Information Window  375

Debugger Functions  376

Pop-up menu  390

Debugger Properties  391

12.	Wrappers 392

Standard wrappers  392

Windows wrappers  393

The -J option  394

Tracing wrappers activity  394

13.	Special Features 396

New syntax  396

I/O  397

Routines and functions  398

Distributed environment (Application Server)  398

GUI  399

Debugger  403

14.

Index 405