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>Does anyone has experience with VisualAge for COBOL?
>I'm experienced with VA Smalltalk and
>VA C++ on OS/2 and I would like to try VA for COBOL.
>I've got a few questions:
>- Does VA COBOL has a 'Visual Tool' to create SQL queries
>as in VA Smalltalk (and not like in VA C++)?
VA COBOL has a tool called Data Assistant, which provides a visual interface
for generating SQL queries. The generated queries show up as standard
EXEC SQL statements in your COBOL program.
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>- Does VA COBOL has the same 'Visual Builder' interface as
> VA C++ and VA Smalltalk (and not as VA Basic) ?
VA COBOL's currently available visual builder is not the same as the one
available in VA C++ and SmallTalk... we're working on it and will
beta it later this year.
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>- Is it possible to directly include EXEC SQL in the user code?
Yes indeed.
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>- Are the concepts the same as for the others VA (except VA BASIC)
>i.e. building from parts, reusability, visual builders ...
VA COBOL and VA C++ already share many common components. When we
deliver the VA visual builder with COBOL, I think we'll be pretty well
aligned with the other VA products.
Barbara Price, IBM COBOL Development
IBM Visualage COBOL