Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

There have been lots of replies - with varying levels of "helpfulness".

It would SEEM to me that you are asking for a PC (Windows) based mainframe
emulation environment. These exist but are not cheap. (IBM and Micro Focus
both sell extensive and expensive products for this). However, I am a little
confused as to WHY you would want this. If you want this in order to do Windows
development for applications intended for mainframe deployment, then I would
expect that your mainframe EMPLOYER would provide such tools (and they often can
afford them).

If you are actually trying to develop (or even "play with") programs that are
just intended for the PC/Windows environment, then you are looking for the wrong
tools.

Can you tell us WHY you want DB2, CICS, VSAM support? What do you plan on doing
with this compiler/product? With that information, we may be able to better
help you.

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Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
"Graham Hobbs" <ghobbs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6n7d145dpefuk1vqfk8b9cj2uvk906ooc3@xxxxxxxxxx
Hello,
Further questions please..
Do the MS and Fujitsu compilers support VSAM KSDS files? What about
DB2 access, CICS access, guess I'm asking EXEC CICS suchandsuch and
EXEC SQL suchandsuch.
Thanks
Graham

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:50:35 -0700 (PDT), Alistair
<alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 28 Apr, 11:31, amir <ahsha...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear All,
I am looking for a Free COBOL IDE and Compiler for Windows XP.
Regards,

www.adtools.com used to provide a free v3 of Fujitsu Cobol and if you
look on the Microfocus website you can download the personal edition
of v5 of their compiler.

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