isCOBOL Evolve 2024 Release 2 is now available.
Veryant is pleased to announce the latest release of isCOBOL™ Evolve, isCOBOL Evolve 2024 R2.
The newest isCOBOL Evolve adds support for incremental compilation, a new CHIPS-BOX GUI control and much more.
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Release highlights
- Incremental compilation
- New Debugger features
- CHIPS-BOX GUI control
- Other features
Incremental compilation
The isCOBOL Incremental Compiler is a compilation scheme in which only programs with modified text, COPY files, or INCLUDE files get recompiled.
This gives the main advantages of performance improvements in massive compilations, for example when using CI (Continuous Integration) tools, where source code in often recompiled to keep classes up-to-date with changes made in source code during development.
New Debugger features
isCOBOL Debugger 2024 R2 supports full access to data items of programs and classes in the stack, granting a complete control for developers and introduces other enhancements on Perform stack view and Breakpoints.
CHIPS-BOX GUI control
The new CHIPS-BOX control can be used to allow users to pick multiple items from a list and display them as in a list box. One of the most common use of chips boxes is “tagging”, where the user can pick existing tags or make up new ones. The chips-box in the container of the items selected by the user.
Other features
The W$BITMAP library routines can now be used to generate an image from text, the entry-field proposal feature has been enhanced, additional GUI customization options have been introduced and much more.
The Database Bridge feature have been enhanced to optimize the interaction with Microsoft SQL Server. The updated ESQL improves the compatibility with IBM DB2 databases.
The compatibility with other COBOL dialects have been improved, with the added support of Boolean data types and functions to handle them.
Details on these and additional features can be found in the isCOBOL Evolve 2024
Release 2 Overview
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