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I understand that GUI ScreenIO is written in COBOL. Shouldn this kind of tool be written in C?

April 26, 2017COBOL GUI screenio Tool understand written

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I understand that GUI ScreenIO is written in COBOL. Shouldn this kind of tool be written in C?

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Yes, we wrote GUI ScreenIO in COBOL. All Windows tools consist primarily of calls to the Window API, and once you know how to program a Windows low-level application (like a screen manager), it really doesn’t make much difference which language you use. As a practical matter, you might consider asking a C programmer what they think of COBOL. The answer (usually negative) may give you some insight about how much C programmers really understand COBOL, and therefore how well they tailor the programming interface to COBOL. Because we’ve been cutting COBOL code for over 30 years, we have an exceptional understanding of what a COBOL application programmer needs, and how to simplify the programming interface. Compare the GUI ScreenIO programming interface to other tools and see which is easiest to use. We guarantee you’ll find GUI ScreenIO is far easier to use. In particular, look at what it takes to program some of the more complex controls like listboxes, comboboxes, and listview controls.