NetCOBOL for Linux

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Develop future-proof business applications with ease

Fujitsu NetCOBOL for Linux x64 introduces the reliability offered by NetCOBOL for Windows x64 to Linux. It was developed to open up COBOL applications for other languages via a modern user interface. NetCOBOL for Linux x64 puts you in the position to develop powerful 64-bit applications which can benefit from the performance levels of a COBOL business logic.

Advantages

Solid and performant COBOL

Specialized for server applications

Tools and subroutines

Embedded SQL

Unicode support

Support for Apache Hadoop

Support for remote development

High performance and reliability levels

NetCOBOL for Linux x64 belongs to the NetCOBOL compiler range developed by Fujitsu. Impressive performance on target platforms and high stability levels have been hallmarks of the NetCOBOL compiler range for decades. Many clients using NetCOBOL for Linux x64 will tell you:

“It works – it’s as simple as that! There are no unintelligible error messages, no unending searches for errors you did not cause, and no dependence on technical support to get things going.”

NetCOBOL for Linux customers

Development tools

NetCOBOL for Linux x64 is a server product and relies on the extensive range of tools NetCOBOL for Windows provides. NetCOBOL Studio IDE and the interactive debugger for instance have remote development functions that allow you to develop and debug applications on 64-bit Linux servers remotely from Windows client PCs.

In combination with our NetCOBOL for Windows environment you can develop on the Windows platform and edit, compile, debug and execute under Linux. This is done in NetCOBOL Studio which is based on Eclipse.

Subroutines support

NetCOBOL is the only non-IBM COBOL compiler which provides access to the IBM Language Environment Services (LE Services). In general, NetCOBOL supports the following subroutines:

    • IBM Language Environment Services
    • Micro Focus CBL subroutines
    • Data access subroutines

These and other NetCOBOL subroutines enhance the compatibility with existing applications and simplify migrations into the NetCOBOL environment.

Expanded tool to sort and combine data

The speed of COBOL’s standard sorting function can be significantly increased and its functionality enhanced with the support programme PowerBSORT. PowerBSORT can retrieve files from COBOL, via the command line, or with another programming language such as C and subsequently sort these with a predefined key or merge them. Additionally, you can select records according to certain conditions, combine them in summations, reformat or rebuild them. PowerBSORT is able to use COBOL, text, binary, CSV, and TSV file formats and supports ASCII, Extended UNIX Coding (EUC), and Unicode character sets.

Graphical reports with PowerFORM Runtime

NetCOBOL for Linux x64 includes PowerFORM Runtime. PowerFORM Runtime allows you to print graphical reports designed with PowerFORM under Windows. PowerFORM supports your report design and is specially tailored to work with COBOL applications. It not only offers highly flexible formatting, but also enables you to integrate graphics that otherwise would need to be designed on preprinted forms or writing paper. PowerFORM development is near identical to writing a normal print file.

Integrated migration support

In NetCOBOL for Linux are additional migration tools integrated. These tools pave the way when migrating your COBOL application to NetCOBOL. These include the source code conversion function and the Micro Focus COBOL file migration tool.

The source code conversion function is automatically performed executed in the pre-compiler when required. This converts the source program written in another COBOL syntax into a NetCOBOL source program. The resulting source program can be compiled by NetCOBOL.

The Micro Focus COBOL file migration tool converts the COBOL file that is written in Micro Focus COBOL-Syntax into a format that can be accessed by NetCOBOL to perform the migration efficiently.

Hadoop support

A remarkable and essential enhancement of NetCOBOL for Linux x64 is the support for Hadoop functions. Hadoop is a new NoSQL database technology which is mostly used in big data applications. You can smoothly integrate Hadoop into your existing COBOL applications to store and process information in analytical cubes or data-warehousing operations. This enhancement will have a deep impact on the processing times of your batch applications in the big data environment. Hadoop helps accelerate sequential processes which are traditionally carried out by batch processing. This is achieved by data splitting and parallel processing on multiple servers. Because this functionality can be implemented into existing applications extensive compatibility and future extensibility can be guaranteed.

Additional functions

    • COBOL-Compiler designs native 64-Bit code (Intel x64)
    • Standard conformity with COBOL-85 and the 1989 add-ons
    • Embedded SQL preprocessor complete with ODBC support
    • Certified for Oracle DB and Oracle Pro*COBOL
    • CGI supported subroutines
    • Support for multithreading
    • Hadoop integration functionalities
    • Available interfaces for remote development
    • Simple integration of COBOL programs into other languages
    • PowerBSORT (sorting tool) and PowerFORM Runtime (graphical report execution) included

Supported platforms

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® All versions and releases up to and including V8 (for Intel 64) and similar Linux distributions.