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Create Demo Application Using Lazarus for Android
I created this video for myself showing the basic steps for creating a very simple Android program using Lazarus. I am the intended audience and the intended audience cares about the content not the video quality, so don’t expect it … Continue reading
COBOLWorx GnuCOBOL and Debugger
The next step in delving back into COBOL is to get a working debugger. While using DISPLAY debug lines was the only debugging I had available when I did this for a living, there should be no reason to have … Continue reading
Debugging GnuCOBOL Using WITH DEBUGGING MODE
Prior to COBOL85, COBOL had its own debug module accessed in the DECLARATIVES. This was removed in the 1985 standard. It appears gnuCOBOL still supports the older debugging, but given gdb can be used (next blog post), I won’t go … Continue reading
Calling Pascal procedures to Manipulate the GnuCOBOL String Data Structure
Last episode saw the definition of a string data structure for COBOL. This episode will show how to write Pascal Code to manipulate the string data structure (cst-string). Using these examples, it would be easy enough to implement any needed … Continue reading
A String Data Structure for GnuCOBOL
When I started to learn COBOL in the late 70’s, HP BASIC was my primary language. BASIC is adept at handling strings. As I quickly found, COBOL (particularly the 1968 standard I was using), was not. I know there are … Continue reading
Parameter Passing when calling Free Pascal from GnuCOBOL
In our last exciting episode of gnuCOBOL, I showed the rudiments of calling a Pascal program from COBOL. Today I will delve deeper into passing parameters. Example Code Rather than put a lot of code straight into this post, here … Continue reading
Calling Free Pascal Procedures from GnuCOBOL in Windows
I’m slowly working through various experiments with gnuCOBOL. One experiment is to call Pascal code from a gnuCOBOL program. The gnuCOBOL FAQ has an example, but I presume this only works for Linux. It definitely doesn’t work for MinGW/Windows. I … Continue reading
Installing gnuCOBOL into MinGW
I’ve been away from this project for several months and managed to forget exactly how I was supposed to invoke the COBOL compiler. I had made a note in the post Installing gnuCOBOL on Windows, but that just tells where to … Continue reading
Portable Air Conditioner Adapter for Casement Window
I’ve lived in this house for many years and every summer, for about a month, the bedroom is just too hot to sleep in until well past bed time. Though I have central A/C, the ducting was designed for heat … Continue reading
Installing MinGW (for gnuCOBOL)
As I started researching how to install the gnuCOBOL SQL preprocessor, I found that there are no binaries (Windows or Linux). If I’m going to move forward, I’m going to have to be able to compile the preprocessor. One option … Continue reading
