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Welcome
Existing Customers: Updating from an Earlier Release
New Customers: Where do I start?
Visual COBOL Tutorials Guide
Native COBOL Tutorials
Product Information
Installation
Installing Visual COBOL for Eclipse (UNIX)
Managing Licenses
Developing Applications in the IDE
Introduction to Eclipse
Using Eclipse for COBOL Development
Creating COBOL projects
Building COBOL applications
Developing applications on remote machines
Debugging COBOL Applications
Debugging Scenarios
COBOL Applications for .NET Core
Modern Development Practices
Using Visual COBOL in Modern Application Development
Using Visual COBOL with Jenkins
Using Visual COBOL with Containers
Debugging and Running COBOL Applications in Containers
Programming
COBOL Programming
JVM COBOL Programming
Using COBOL and Java Together
Interface Mapping Toolkit (IMTK)
Mixed Language Programming
Header-to-COPY Utility
Using COBOL and XML together
XML Extensions
XML Extensions statements reference
Appendix A XML Extensions examples
Compatibility
Compatibility with ACUCOBOL-GT
Compatibility with DG Interactive COBOL
Compatibility with RM/COBOL
Converting RM/COBOL Applications
RM/Panels
Data Access
Database Access
Developing SQL Applications
DB2
Reference
OpenESQL
DB2
COBSQL
Data Files
Database Connectors for Visual COBOL
Database Connectors User's Guide
File Handling
File Handling Examples
File Handling Guide
File Handler and Sort APIs
Fileshare Guide
Database Integrity
Fileshare Server Messages
Messages from FS051-W to FS099-W
Messages from FS151-I to FS200-W
Multi-threaded Programming
The Micro Focus Unit Testing Framework
General Reference
Application Workflow Manager
Workflow Manager Modeling Guide
Data Model Details
Setting up the Application Workflow Model
Function Packages
Micro Focus Project Function Package
COBOL Language Reference
Part 1. Concepts
Concepts of the COBOL Language
Language Fundamentals
Part 2. Program Definition
Data Division
Procedure Division
Compiler-directing Statements
Part 3. Additional Topics
Report Writer
Double-Byte Character Set Support
Additional Dialect Support
JVM COBOL
Command line reference
Compiling and Linking from the Command Line
Enhanced ACCEPT/DISPLAY Syntax
Compiler Directives
Language Features
Compiler Control
JVM COBOL Command Line Compiler Directives
Run-time Behavior
Error Messages
COBOL
Syntax Checking Error Messages
COBCH0001 - COBCH0100
COBCH0101 - COBCH0200
COBCH0201 - COBCH0300
COBCH0301 - COBCH0400
COBCH0401 - COBCH0500
COBCH0501 - COBCH0600
COBCH0601 - COBCH0700
COBCH0701 - COBCH0800
COBCH0801 - COBCH0900
COBCH0901 - COBCH1000
COBCH1001 - COBCH1100
COBCH1101 - COBCH1200
COBCH1201 - COBCH1300
COBCH1401 - COBCH1500
COBCH1501 - COBCH1600
COBCH1601 - COBCH1700
COBCH1701 - COBCH1800
COBCH1801 - COBCH1900
Run-time System Error Messages
Data Related
File Handling Reference
File Handler
Integrated Preprocessor Interface
Language Environment (LE) Support
Library Routines
Multi-threading Routines
Panels
Run-time System Configuration
Deployment
Deploying COBOL Applications
Deploying to Enterprise Server
Enterprise Server configuration and administration
Enterprise Server Common Web Administration
Native
Planning your Configuration
Configuring the Server Instance Environment
Configuring Client-Server Communications
Monitoring Enterprise Server
Legacy Enterprise Server Administration User Interface
Configuring and Administering Enterprise Server Instances
Enterprise Server Administration Console Help Pages
Deploying and Configuring Modernized Applications
Enterprise Server Task Index
Enterprise Server Reference
Enterprise Server Error Messages
Directory Server Error Messages
Enterprise Server Error Messages
CASAM - CICS Region Management Error Messages
CASBJ - CICS Batch Job Error Messages
CASCD - CICS Console Daemon Error Messages
CASCF - CICS Configuration Support Error Messages
CASCS - CICS Communications Error Messages
CASCT - CICS Supplied Transactions Error Messages
CASDB - IMS Database Control Error Messages
CASIS - CICS Web Interface Error Messages
CASKC - CICS Task Control Error Messages
CASMQ - Trigger Monitor Error Messages
CASPA - Scale-Out Performance and Availability Cluster Error Messages
CASPI - WebSphere Error Messages
CASRA - CICS Resource Definition API Error Messages
CASRB - Miscellaneous Error Messages
CASRD - CICS Resource Definition DFHRDEF Error Messages
CASRD0000 - CASRD0019
CASRD0020 - CASRD0039
CASRS - CASRAS Process Error Messages
CASSI - CICS System Initialization Error Messages
CASST - CICS Region Termination Error Messages
CASTM - CICS System Termination Error Messages
CASTP - Transaction Paging Error Messages
CASTS - TSC Service Process Error Messages
CASTS0020 - CASTS0039
CASXB - CICS BMS Macro Processor Error Messages
CASXO - CICS Transaction Manager Error Messages
COBEC - CICS API Preprocessor Error Messages
Enterprise Server Security
Securing an Enterprise Server Installation
Configuring Enterprise Server Security
MLDAP ESM Module
Managing LDAP Security Manager from the Enterprise Server UI
Security Reference Information
Using External Security Facility (ESF) Features
ESF Manager Messages and Logging
Enterprise Server Auditing
Using the Security Audit Manager (deprecated)
Securing Communications
SSL and PKI Technology Primer
Troubleshooting COBOL Applications