Re: It's COBOL, Jim, but not as we know it...
- From: "HeyBub" <heybub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 14:08:32 -0600
Pete Dashwood wrote:
I spent a few hours on Sunday enhancing the String2Num component and
putting it where it can be downloaded.
I've put together a "package" which includes the original white paper
I wrote on components, with String2Num as a demo, and reviewed and
revised the whole lot.
If you download this "package" you will obtain the following:
1. A useful component that you can test easily on your own machine.
(Web pages are provided to allow you to run it locally as a client,
or on a local server like IIS as server side code. The implications
of both are examined, and background is provided.) The component can
be called from Java, VB, C#, C++ and any language which implements
the COM interface, including OO COBOL, of course. A mainframe version
may be made available as well. You are free to deploy this component
in your own applications if you want to.
2. Examples and explanations (including sample COBOL code).
3. Discussion of why components are NOT modules, and why OO COBOL and
OO concepts are really worth looking at. (Even if you are working in a
mainframe environment).
4. A help file that enables you to see at a glance all the methods,
properties, and events used by the component.
5. What the Component Object Model (COM) is, and how it evolved.
Decide for yourself why it is important.
6. A revised and updated version of the original "Components 101 - A trip
for COBOL programmers" white paper.
The paper and the component were originally published on the
"aboutlegacycoding" Web site. Approximately 300 people downloaded the
component and around 14000 read the white paper. (figures from the web
master, Buddy Wray.) The current package is better than the original.
GETTING IT:
1. You will be taken to an automatic logon and then redirected to the
download when logon is successful. (You can cancel out at any time
and you can remove your registration from my server any time you want
to. There are two reasons I need you to logon: 1. So I can know who
has a copy if I want to update/upgrade the component. 2. So I can
recognise whether you have visited before (your login is an
identifier). Beyond that, your email address is not used in any way.
2. You will be downloading a Zip file that is around 14 MB. Expect it
to take around 10 minutes if you have normal broadband. Dial up
connections should be left overnight...
3. There are two ReadMe1st files in the Zip archive; one .pdf and one
.doc. The content is identical, but I urge you to read one of them
before extracting the Zip file.
OK, here's the link:
http://primacomputing.co.nz/cobdata/security.aspx?SourcePage=x&request=S2N
(This link is ONLY published here in CLC at the moment, but I'll set
a page on the cobdata server when I get time...)
Please comment on the material, good or bad, and post any
observations or questions here.
(I'm offering a no-prize to the first person who breaks it or gets a
wrong result : - ))
I win! "The Page cannot be found" or I get the COBDATA main page.
.
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