Cobol Programming Using.NET Framework (Paperback)

More enterprise code is written in COBOL than any other language. Now that COBOL is being integrated into Microsoft's .NET platform and Visual Studio.NET toolset, businesses and developers have a powerful migration path for bringing their COBOL software into the Web-enabled future. This book gives COBOL developers comprehensive guidance for writing COBOL.NET code -- and migrating existing COBOL code to the .NET platform. Long-time Windows programming expert Dr. Ronald Reeves begins with an overview of the .NET framework and Visual Studio.NET development environment written specifically for COBOL programmers. He introduces .NET's foundations for interoperability, including the Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) and .NET's extensive use of metadata. Reeves shows COBOL developers how to integrate their software with powerful Windows client interfaces using WinForms, and how to build next-generation Web applications using ASP.NET and WebForms. You'll walk step-by-step through building a COBOL based .NET Web service; providing interoperability between legacy "unmanaged" code and .NET managed code; and utilizing advanced .NET capabilities. The book includes a full chapter on COBOL.NET application design and deployment; and extensive coverage on migrating legacy systems. An accompanying CD-ROM contains all source code, plus additional example programs.

COBOL and .NET: application migration, design, implementation, and deployment.

• COBOL for .NET: design, coding, and deployment
• Migrating legacy COBOL code to Web environments using
• Fujitsu(r) COBOL for .NET
• Developing COBOL applications with Visual Studio.NET
• Maximizing application efficiency and performance

Now that COBOL is being integrated into Microsoft's .NET platform and Visual Studio.NET toolset, developers have a powerful way to bring their COBOL expertise into the Web-enabled future. In this book, long-time Windows programming expert Dr. Ronald Reeves gives developers comprehensive guidance for writing new COBOL code for .NET environments, and migrating existing COBOL code to the .NET platform. Reeves begins by introducing the .NET framework and Visual Studio.NET development environment from the COBOL programmer's standpoint. Next, he covers every key aspect of COBOL development for .NET, including:

• Providing interoperability between legacy "unmanaged" code and .NET managed code
• Building next-generation Web services and applications using ASP.NET and WebForms
• Leveraging SOAP and the Web Services Description Language (SOAP)
• WinForms: Integrating COBOL software with powerful Windows client user interfaces
• Building COBOL-based database applications with ADO.NET
• Object-oriented COBOL programming using .NET extensions
• Designing COBOL.NET applications for maximum efficiency and performance

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