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Are there differences between the COBOL data files created by NetCOBOL for Windows and NetCOBOL for .NET?

April 26, 2017COBOL Data differences files netcobol Windows

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Are there differences between the COBOL data files created by NetCOBOL for Windows and NetCOBOL for .NET?

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By default – no. That is, if you are using the default character set modes of working with both NetCOBOL for .NET and NetCOBOL for Windows, and you are using the same file systems (e.g. NetCOBOL file system in both or Btrieve file system in both), then the files are compatible. Differences will only occur if programs are compiled to use different character sets or different file systems. For example, a program compiled with RCS(UTF8-UCS2) with NetCOBOL for .NET will store alphanumeric data using UTF-8 which would typically not be compatible with data in a file written using a program compiled with RCS(ACP) which uses ASCII data. If you decide to use different character sets in different programs, functions are provided so that you can convert the data between the character sets.