What is the isCOBOL Application Platform Suite?  [+]

What are the benefits of an isCOBOL APS approach?  [+]

How compatible is isCOBOL APS with my current COBOL?  [+]

What platforms does isCOBOL APS support?  [+]

My company is concerned about the future of COBOL, how does isCOBOL APS alleviate that concern?  [+]

What impact does isCOBOL APS have on developers?  [+]

What options are there for debugging isCOBOL environments?  [+]

Is there an IDE available with isCOBOL APS?  [+]

What data access options exist with isCOBOL APS?  [+]

Can data sources be mixed and matched within an application?  [+]

What advantages are there to using the Embedded SQL compiler available with the isCOBOL environment?  [+]

How hard is it to move to isCOBOL APS?  [+]

My code is sprinkled throughout the programs for Thin Client. What might I expect for a migration path for isCOBOL APS in this area?  [-]
With the isCOBOL environment, user interface developers would never face a case where they would have to write a user interface one way for Windows, another way for UNIX and Linux, etc. Since isCOBOL APS is Java based, developers get a deployable GUI, regardless if the client is Windows, UNIX, Mac, handheld, etc. You can select to run programs locally or with isCOBOL Server, which provides Thin Client and Distributed functionality. Either way, you can use the identical user interface. With isCOBOL APS, programs running on the server can call programs on the client with the CALL CLIENT statement.

What user interface (UI) features are not supported by isCOBOL APS?  [+]

Suppose I find a data inefficiency and want to write a new version of ‘get data,’ is that possible?  [+]

How does isCOBOL APS run COBOL programs in a Java environment?  [+]

After moving to isCOBOL APS, what am I maintaining – COBOL or Java source code? Also, what happens to highly commented COBOL code?  [+]

I’ve heard of COBOL being wrapped or converted to Java before, but developers tell me it is just turned into spaghetti code. What is unique about isCOBOL APS?  [+]

What about performance in general? Are there any performance issues moving from COBOL to Java technology?  [+]

I’ve seen specific issues where Embedded SQL (ESQL) generated at the Java level needs to be tweaked in order to perform correctly. How does isCOBOL APS address this?  [+]

How does isCOBOL APS facilitate integration between COBOL and non-COBOL application environments and platforms?   [+]

What if I want to distribute my isCOBOL application out to several different devices with a variety of look and feel, connectivity and file system requirements?   [+]

Can I run standard syntax COBOL programs at the PDA/CDC level with isCOBOL APS?  [+]