The easy-to-install Fujitsu COBOL Version 3 Starter Set contains a complete development and execution environment, allowing you to start building robust client/server applications immediately. The PowerBSORT OCX is ready to build into your applications. A full set of softcopy manuals is also available for downloading.

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Read the Fujitsu COBOL Version 3 Starter Set System Requirements for details.

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Fujitsu COBOL Version 3 Starter Set System Requirements:

• Intel 486 processor or better
• VGA or better graphics display monitor
• Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0
• 8 MB RAM for Windows 95/98, 16 MB RAM for Windows NT 4.0
• 48 MB of available hard disk space
• Mouse or other pointing device, compatible with Microsoft Windows

In the free version of Fujitsu COBOL Version 3 both ODBC connectivity and optimization are disabled. You will need to purchase Fujitsu COBOL Version 4 to obtain these functions.

The following are brief product descriptions:

Fujitsu COBOL Version 3.0

• Standards Compliant (Full ANSI Standard COBOL X3.23 1985, ISO-1989-1985)
• Compatibility with OS/VS COBOL, VS COBOL II and Micro Focus
• Embedded SQL Preprocessor
• Embedded COBOL Report Writer
• Full function COBOL GUI Source Code Debugger
• Programming Staff (Edit and Compile Environment)
• Micro Focus Conversion Utility (MFTO85)
• File Utility

Fujitsu PowerCOBOL Version 3.0

• Create Windows-based GUI and client/server applications.
• PowerCOBOL is event driven like Visual Basic but the event scripting logic is written using COBOL.
• PowerCOBOL is an easy way for COBOL programmers to create GUI applications.
• PowerCOBOL supports many popular controls such as sound, images, tables, list boxes, ODBC Database access, and DDE.

Fujitsu PowerBSORT OCX

• Easy integration of high performance sort, merge, and copy functions with tools like Visual Basic, VC++, and Microsoft Access.
• Support for sequential, relative and indexed files.

Fujitsu PowerGEM Plus Version 3.0

• Comprised of two very powerful tools: an Integrated Development Environment (PowerFRAMEVIEW) and a Code Control System PowerGEM.
• Provides a tool integration platform enabling tools such as editors, compilers, tools, and utilities to be launched seamlessly.
• Delivers integrated tools support for multiple programming languages (C, C++, COBOL, Fortran, Java, etc.).
• Microsoft Make Facility is included along with a build and make file management tool.
• Level control provides the capability to maintain multiple program versions, and the ability to restore a program to a previous level.
• Access control project management features to enable check out and check in while a maintaining a revision history.

Crystal Reports (32-bit)
(A product of Seagate Software Corporation)

• A powerful ad hoc report program for creating custom reports, lists and labels using exist databases.
• Allows technical and non-technical users to create customized reports quickly and easily from a variety of databases under Microsoft Windows
• Prepares reports by reading data in the database files selected and making that data available for use in reports.

COBOL-GGI (32-bit)
(A product of England Technical Services, Inc.)

• A tool for interfacing COBOL programs with the Web, using a web browser to display program information.
• COBOL-CGI retrieves information from the client, such as data entered on a form or stored as environment variables, and returns a web page response.