Re: MF COBOL Personal Edition: Differences with/without Visual Studio?

On Oct 31, 9:47 am, "L=FCko Willms" <l.wil...@domain.invalid> wrote:
>   What about if I already have a Microsoft Visual Studio, e.g. with
> Visual Basic -- does the MF COBOL Net Express Personal edition without
> Visual Studio the same functionality as the one with Visual Studio? Or
> does the 49-USD version with Visual Studio provide some special
> interfaces to Microsoft's Visual Studio which are not included in the
> free version?
>
> Cheers,
> L.W.

U$49 will definitely add special interface with NetExpress with .NET

What I think I knew about it is that NetExpress with Visual Studio
have several features. One of these feature includes a "simulation" of
your Cobol code passing thru a .NET VB/C# (or even ASP). So that is a
seamless debugging tool in return. Break point on both platforms (and
variables) can be monitored and viewed. It also compiles your Cobol
code using the Visual Studio IDE.

With an independently-linked Visual Studio however, do not know
exactly how will you do it. Basic configuration sets your compilation
to either VB or C#, not Cobol.

"Rene_Surop" <infodynamics_ph@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Lüko Willms" <l.wil...@domain.invalid> wrote: 
>
> U$49 will definitely add special interface with NetExpress with .NET
>
> What I think I knew about it is that NetExpress with Visual Studio
> have several features. One of these feature includes a "simulation" of
> your Cobol code passing thru a .NET VB/C# (or even ASP). So that is a
> seamless debugging tool in return. Break point on both platforms (and
> variables) can be monitored and viewed. It also compiles your Cobol
> code using the Visual Studio IDE.
>
> With an independently-linked Visual Studio however, do not know
> exactly how will you do it. Basic configuration sets your compilation
> to either VB or C#, not Cobol.

I would expect that, if the .NET version of NetExpress was installed was
VS was already installed, NetExpress would simply integrate smoothly with
it as if they had been installed together. I use VS 2005, and downloaded
the free .NET NetExpress. I may try installing it on a PC with VS 2005
already installed to see what it does.
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"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

I believe that if you have VisualStudio "basic" that the Micro Focus IDE wil
l
not integrate.  You can still use the Micro Focus specific IDE in that case.
  If
you purchase the Micro Focus Visual Studio, then you get the "next step up"
(Standard?) of Visual Studio.  If you already have THAT then you don't need 
to
get it from MF.

--
Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
"Judson McClendon" <judmc@sunvaley0.com> wrote in message
news:FkFWi.18101$u7.1300@bignews2.bellsouth.net...
> "Rene_Surop" <infodynamics_ph@yahoo.com> wrote: 
>
> I would expect that, if the .NET version of NetExpress was installed was
> VS was already installed, NetExpress would simply integrate smoothly with
> it as if they had been installed together. I use VS 2005, and downloaded
> the free .NET NetExpress. I may try installing it on a PC with VS 2005
> already installed to see what it does.
> --
> Judson McClendon      judmc@sunvaley0.com (remove zero)
> Sun Valley Systems     http://sunvaley.com
> "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
> whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
>