COBOL and Visual Basic on .NET: A Guide for the Reformed Mainframe Programmer

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backward compatibility, 380

bandwidth, 450

base class, 99, 207

Base Generation Data Group (GDG) files, 632

BaseValidator class, 531, 535

batch compilation, 640

batch programming, 445

BeginRequest event, 557, 558

bilingual programming, 913

bin subfolder, 196

binary resource files, 718

BinaryFormatter, 845

Birmingham, David C., 28

bitmaps, 339

BMS macros, 454

Books Online (SQL Server), 361 “362

Borge, Stein, 128

boxing

and garbage collection, 250

of ValueType objects, 256 “259

BoxingExampleCOBOL project, 256 “258

BoxingExampleVB project, 257 “259

brackets ({}), 914 “917, 924

Browser Record dialog box (VS .NET), 903

browsers, Web, 476. See also HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)

importance or type being used, 111

Internet Explorer (IE), 75 “78

list of, 77

Buffer directive, 683

Button control, 456 “457, 464, 512 “514

BY CONTENT clause (COBOL), 314

BY REFERENCE clause (COBOL), 314

BY VALUE clause (COBOL), 314