Contents

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Preface

Audience

Organization

Related Documentation

Conventions

Documentation Accessibility

What's New in Pro*COBOL?

Oracle9i Release 2 (9.2) New Features in Pro*COBOL

Oracle9i Release 1 (9.0.1) New Features in Pro*COBOL

Oracle9i Release 1 (9.0.1) Deprecated or Desupported Features in Pro*COBOL

1 Introducing Pro*COBOL

What is Pro*COBOL?

Release 1.8.77

Supported Compilers

Features

Restrictions

Directory Structure

Header Files

Library File

Known Problems, Restrictions, and Workarounds

2 Building Pro*COBOL Applications

Precompiling Pro*COBOL Applications

The Pro*COBOL Commands

Precompiler Options

Viewing the Available Options

Configuration Files

Embedding PL/SQL

Compiling and Linking Pro*COBOL Applications

MERANT Micro Focus Compiler

How to Use the IDE

How to Use the Animator

The COBOL and CBLLINK Commands

The COBSQL Command

Sample Programs

Building the Demonstration Tables

Building the Sample Programs

makeit.bat

Sample Files

Index