Re: How proprietary is the "COBOL file system"

"Richard" <riplin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"William M. Klein" <wmkl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My memory (without verifying this) is that they canNOT read each other's
proprietary systems. However, I think (but again am not positive) that all of
them have an option for using C-ISAM *instead* of their own "native" systems. I
don't know if this helps, but it might.

You may be thinking of Btrieve.

MF COBOL & Net Express can most definitely use Btrieve. Been doing
that for nearly 20 years.
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