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

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FAT (file allocation table), 325

FAT32 file system, 325

FCT (file control table), 706

Field Explorer window (VB .NET), 608

field-level validation, 112

file allocation table (FAT), 325

file control table (FCT), 706

file I/O, 842

File Section (COBOL), 173

File System Editor (VS .NET), 660 “661

files, 324 “325

access methods , 63

extensions, 326

image, 339

FileStream class, 331

FileStream.BeginRead method, 842

FileStream.BeginWrite method, 842

finalization queue, 251

Finalize method, 261

Finalizer method, 251

Find and Replace feature, 148

flat files, 325 “326

fonts, in user interface designs, 449 “452

FOR UPDATE clause, 390

foreach statement, 923

forest, 344

Form class, 459 “461

constructor method, 859

events, 462

methods, 462

form variables , 590

Format method, 299

formatters, 845

forms, Web. See Web forms

Fortran programming language, 32

forward slash (/), 925

fragmentation, 250

frames , 107, 450

Free Downloads section, 148

freed resources, 249 “250

FREEMAIN command, 36, 37, 247, 262

Friend access attribute, 315

FTP protocol, 84

Fujitsu Software Corporation, 13, 38. See also COBOL for .NET

future of COBOL, 3 “28

and ANSI X3J4 committee (J4), 6 “15

Acucorp, 13 “14

Electronic Data Systems (EDS), 12

Fujitsu Software Corporation, 13

IBM Corporation J4, 11

Micro Focus, Inc., 10

overview, 6 “9

Unisys Corporation, 9

career/employment dilemma, 18 “24. See also retraining

freedom to choose technology, 21 “22

overview, 18 “19

researching , 19 “21

industry perceptions, 25 “27

overview, 3 “4

vendor-specific retraining challenges, 17 “18

viewpoint of software vendors , 4 “6