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

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C# .NET. See Visual C# .NET (C# .NET)

C# programming language, 914

books on, 934

vs. Java, 924 “925

using goto logic in, 943 “944

Web sites, 934 “935

C++ .NET (Visual C++ .NET), 247

CA-7 software package, 73

Cache class, 578 “581

cache management, 553 , 726 “727. See also Active Server Pages .NET (ASP.NET)

in ASP.NET, 556 “557

output cache, 557 “561

preparing for, 554 “555

Web site, 594

Cache object, 573

Cache property, 557

caching, 556 “561

Calendar control, 531

Call Stack window (VS .NET), 899

CALL statement (COBOL), 218, 314

Camel casing , 942

career/employment, 18 “24. See also retraining

freedom to choose technology, 21 “22

.NET as career choice, 55 “57

overview, 18 “19

researching , 19 “21

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), 107

casing, 942

Caspol.exe tool, 731

Categories table, 369 “370

CCW (COM callable wrapper), 778

CDO (Collaborative Data Objects), 346, 621 “625

CDO for Exchange 2000 Server (CDOEX), 346

CDO for Windows NT Server (CDONTS), 346

Cert2spc.exe tool, 728

Certification, Microsoft, 56 “57

channel security, 724

child code groups, 736 “742

child elements, 709 “712, 745 “746

child nodes, 751

Chktrust.exe tool, 728

CICS. See also COBOL for .NET; mainframe programming

vs. Active Server Pages .NET (ASP.NET), 472 “477

application level, 473 “477

system level, 472 “473

BMS map processing, 535

EIBAID field, 475

EIBCALEN field, 475

pseudo-conversational design, 474 “475

queues in, 553

software deployment in, 632

started task, 501 “501

state management, 552 “554

transactional support in, 754

vs. Web Services, 500 “501

CICS 3270 screens, 448

CICS programming, 43 “45

CIL (common intermediate language), 246

class libraries, 34 “35, 98, 206 “207

COBOL for .NET sample code, 759 “760

Crystal Reports for VS .NET, 600 “601

Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) sample code, 761

Web site, 243

Class Viewer tool, 221 “224, 284

viewing DataSet class with, 411

viewing System.IO.File class with, 330 “331

viewing System.IO.TextReader class with, 331 “333, 333 “334

classes, 98, 220 “224

and constructors, 287

inheritance, 948

in .NET Framework, 177, 206

public, 284

searching for, 221 “224

Web site, 243

ClassInterfaceAttribute attribute, 769

ClearPath product line, 9

Click method, 464

client-based state management, 563 “572

hidden forms fields, 568 “569

persistent cookies, 565 “567

query strings, 564 “565

view state, 570 “572

client-server applications, 452

client-side field-level validation, 112

client-side scripting languages, 110 “114, 496 “498, 529

client-side tools, 364 “366

ClientTarget directive, 683

Clipboard Ring feature (VS .NET), 189 “190

CLIST scripts, 669

CLR. See common language runtime (CLR)

CLS. See Common Language Specification (CLS)

.cob files, 923

COBOL. See also future of COBOL; mainframe programming

age of, 16

copybook, 429 “431

field definitions in, 173

legacy mainframe codes, 174

period (.) in, 915

required knowledge for

database programming, 64

development aids, third-party, 63

editing/browsing/program development, 62 “63

file access methods , 63

online interactive transactional programming, 64

organizational roles and responsibilities

production support, 62

relational database programming, 64

systems support, 62

third-party development aids, 63

utility programs, 63

scope terminators, 914 “915

STRING function, 299

subprograms, 314 “315

COBOL Developer Suite product, 10

COBOL File Utility, 38

COBOL for .NET, 161 “162. See also CICS; Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET); Visual Studio .NET (VS .NET)

in ASP.NET pages, 948

backward compatibility of, 380

basic programming syntax in, 184 “189

class inheritance, 948

code samples, 195

compiler, 299

compliance with Common Language Specification (CLS), 181

creating deployment packages for ASP.NET application in, 659 “664

data types, 176 “180

declaring fields in, 175

Dependencies window, 656

documentation, 949 “950

editing code module in Web Applications with, 515 “521

limited supports in Crystal Reports for VS .NET, 599

MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language) generation in, 947 “948

.NET data types, 948

project files, 238

redistribution of runtime, 635

sample programs

asynchronous processing, 828 “829

constructors, 285

creating performance counter components , 265 “266

Enterprise Services (COM+) class library, 759 “760

file access syntax, 327 “328

Hello World, 457 “459

instantiating objects, 286

legacy-type database access, 380 “384

metadata, 353 “355

Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), 814 “816

promoting aged objects, 252 “253

string concatenation, 292 “295

using ADO.NET, 399 “405

using ADO.NET Dataset, 418 “424

using .NET Framework objects, 228 “231

using System.IO namespace, 336 “337

value type objects, 303 “308

Web Applications, 478 “482

support for Windows Installer in, 647

syntax, 948

in Visual Studio .NET (VS .NET), 948 “949

Web Forms Designer in, 949

Web Services Designer in, 949

Web sites, 407, 678, 951

Windows Forms Designer in, 949

Cobol Portal, 28

COBOL Report Writer, 45

COBOL standards. See also J4 committee

2002 standard, 16

COBOL 85 standard, 6

Web site of, 28

COBOL Technical Committee of the International. See J4 committee CobolReport.com, 7

COBTEST debugging software, 886

code access security (CAS), 248

configuring .NET applications for, 722 “725

configuring with XML child element, 745 “746

evidence, 726 “729

overview, 724 “725

policy hierarchy, 730 “743

programmatic configuration options for, 743 “745

Code Access Security Policy tool, 731

code groups, 736 “742

Code tab, 145

Code-Centric:T-SQL Programming with Stored Procedures and Triggers , 406

code/component reuse, 101

coding style, 942 “944

Collaborative Data Objects (CDO), 346, 621 “625

Collections namespace, 554

colon (:), 922

color , 449 “452

columns , 393

COM callable wrapper (CCW), 778

COM DLL, 347

COM Interop, 347, 380 , 778 “779

COM Transaction Intergrator (COMTI), 755

COM+ applications

adding components to, 784 “788

additional configurations, 788 “790

Application Install Wizard, 781 “784

creating, 48

installing, 780 “784

COM+ Component Install Wizard, 785 “788

Command objects, 388

command prompt, 155 “157

Command Technology Corporation s SPF/ SourceEdit (SPF/SE), 158

Command window (VS. NET), 899

COMMIT command, 383

common intermediate language (CIL), 246

common language runtime (CLR), 245 “248

features sets, 248 “249

garbage collector, 249 “251

and .NET Framework abstraction layer, 206

performance counter objects, 268 “269

in promoting aged objects

COBOL for .NET sample program, 252 “253

Visual Basic .NET sample program, 254 “256

Common Language Specification (CLS)

compliance of COBOL for .NET with, 181

Web site, 203

Common User Access (CUA), 448

Common Work Area (CWA), 553

CommonDialog class, 466

Compact Framework, .NET, 53

Compaq Computer Corporation, 14

CompareValidator class, 535

Compensating Resource Manager (CRM), 755, 756

compilers, 246

batch, 640

COBOL for .NET, 299

differences in, 938 “940

just-in-time (JIT), 640

precompilers, 640

CompletedSynchronously property, 822

Component class, 464

Component Object Model (COM) interoperability, 51

Component Selector dialog box, 215

Component Services console (COM+), 750 “754, 780 “781

composite controls, 532

Comprehensive VB .NET Debugging , 910

Computer Associates, 724

Computer Associates CA-7 software

package, 73

Computer Management console, 796 “797, 890

Computerworld , "Remember Cobol? If You Don t, Get Reacquainted" article, 5

COMTI (COM Transaction Intergrator), 755

concatenation, 292 “297

concurrent applications, 803 “804

concurrent processing, 50

conditional logic, 184

<configSections></configSections> child element, 710

configuration, 681

with attributes, 684 “685

for code access security, 722 “724

with directives, 682 “683

namespaces, 718 “720

XML child element for, 710

with XML-based files, 706 “708

configuration files

multiple versions of, 643 “644

in server-based state management, 583 “585

session state, 583 “585

XML Schema for, 707 “718

XML-based, 706 “708

Configuration Manager (VS .NET), 637 “638

Console.Readline method, 916

Console.Writeline method, 916

constants, 173, 184

constructors, 284

COBOL.NET code snippet, 285

default, 287

Shared, 287 “288

for StringBuilder class, 294

for value type objects, 290

Visual Basic .NET code snippet, 286

ContainerControl class, 460

content, 106

Context object, 845

contexts, 591, 850 “851

Control class, 491

events, 463

methods, 463

Control directive, 682

CONTROL libraries, 70, 706

ControlCollection type collection, 591

controls, 529 “530

adding to Windows Form, 456 “457

composite, 532

custom, 533

displaying Web application status with, 511 “515

literal, 532 “534

server, 529 “531

user, 532 “534

validator, 535 “536

ControlToValidate property, 537 “538

cookies, 565 “567, 586 “587

Cookies property, 566

copy and paste approach, 669

copy libraries, 706

Copy Project feature (VS .NET), 669 “671

COPY statement (COBOL), 314

Crash Course: Editing the Windows Registry, A (Web site), 91

Create Schema feature (VS .NET), 432 “433

CreateCommand method, 388

CRM (Compensating Resource Manager), 755, 756

cross-browser compatibility, 449

cryptography, 710, 723

Crystal Decisions Inc., 598

Crystal Reports for VS .NET, 598 “600

class library, 600 “601

connection information, 604

electronic report delivery in, 614

e-mail with SMTP, 621 “625

export format options, 614 “628

XML Web services, 625 “627

Gallery dialog box, 603

limited support for NetCOBOL for .NET, 599

potential exception messages in, 613 “614

ReportDocument (.rpt) files, 607 “608

sales table, 605

stor_id field in, 607

templates, 601 “609

Viewer, 609 “612

Windows Forms control for printing, 620

Crystal Reports objects, 45

CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine namespace, 600, 615

CrystalDecisions.ReportSource namespace, 600

CrystalDecisions.Shared namespace, 601, 615

CrystalDecisions.Web namespace, 601, 615

CrystalDecisions.Web.Services namespace, 601

CrystalDecisions.Web.Services.Enterprise namespace, 601

CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms namespace, 601

CrystalReportsExampleVB project, 602 “609

CrystalReportViewer class, 601

CrystalReportViewer server control, 610 “611

CrystalReportViewerBase class, 601, 609

<crytographySettings></crytographySettings> child element, 710

.cs files, 923

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), 107

CUA (Common User Access), 448

custom attributes, 684 “685

classes, 685 “687

extending assembly metadata with, 688 “693

predefined, 685 “687

retrieving with reflection, 693 “705

custom controls, 533

custom installers , 722

custom namespaces, 208

CustomAttribute.vb class, 694, 695

customization, 151 “154

CustomValidator class, 535

CWA (Common Work Area), 553