Tag Archives: COBOL

Getting started with Windows Azure

Posted by on January 12, 2011 Comments Off

As someone has been working with Windows Azure since its early days I understand how much effort it takes to get started with the platform.

Luckily over the last couple of Windows Azure SDK releases the documentation is started to do justice to the platform itself.

Any here are some nice links to get you started:

General Overview Whitepaper http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9682907
Official Microsoft Site http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/
Updated List of all “How To” Documents for Azure http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg432998.aspx
Video: Lap Around the Windows Azure Platform http://www.msteched.com/2010/Europe/COS322

Michael’s very own “Getting Started with Visual COBOL”

Posted by on January 4, 2011 1 comment

Michael Burgun over at his own blog space has started blogging about using Visual COBOL… Its worth a look as having meet Michael last year I can honestly say he is a very knowledgeable and experienced chap, so I am sure he will impart some of his own wisdom..

The articles are: .NET greenfield development in Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2010
and today’s article, Getting started.

Visual COBOL 2010 R3

Posted by on September 22, 2010 Comments Off

For the last couple of months I have been working on next release which is cunningly name:

Visual COBOL 2010 R3

Which is surprising since the previous was called Visual COBOL 2010 R2.

If you are using any of products in the PC and want to get a sneaky look at the future of COBOL then please apply for our beta program..

http://www.microfocus.com/promotions/wwtevcbp0110/default.aspx?page=form

Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch

Posted by on August 4, 2010 1 comment

When I first started working on COBOL I was told that COBOL was a business oriented language that even managers could use ;-)

It looks like Microsoft are wanting to do something similar in a modern manor using Visual Studio + supper duper templates…

Here is what Computer World UK has to say about “Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch”.

Microsoft turns on Visual Studio LightSwitch

Visual Studio LightSwitch is easy enough for business managers

Microsoft is gearing up to release a version of its Visual Studio integrated developer environment that it promises will be easy enough for even business managers to use.

I understand this is not COBOL but the reasons sound very familiar…

From: Computer World UK – Microsoft turns on Visual Studio LightSwitch

Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch

Extending Visual COBOL 2010

Posted by on July 1, 2010 1 comment

One of the many great reasons for choosing Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 as our development platform for Visual COBOL 2010 is it ability to be extended… which we have done but you equally use third party extensions too.

One of my favourite extensions is the spell checker for the editor, which is great for pointing out spelling mistakes, which for me can only be a good thing :-)

To install the extension, it is as simple as downloading it, clicking on the downloaded file, restarting Visual Studio and using it.

The spell checker I use with Visual COBOL 2010 is:

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/7c8341f1-ebac-40c8-92c2-476db8d523ce

For those interested, here it is in action…