Re: [open-cobol-list] Cobol / Linux / X-Windows

[Bill Klein]

For some sample OpenCOBOL code using GTK, see the thread at:

 http://www.opencobol.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=428&forum=1 

(I don't know what I am talking about <G> so this may or may not be response
to the request below)

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> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 1:21 PM
> To: John Culleton
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> Subject: Re: [open-cobol-list] Cobol / Linux / X-Windows
> 
> John wrote:
> >
> >It is easy with Tcl/Tk and Expect variant thereof to pass
> >things back and forth to a COBOL program via ACCEPT and
> >DISPLAY.  However the gotcha is that the Expect program is
> >in charge.
> >
> 
> 
> John,
> 
> Could you attached and small example of the two programs you 
> mentioned above?
> 
> I've been researching various methods used in COBOL user 
> inerfaces. Many
> companies running COBOL are still using character mode I/O. I've come
> across a good windows GUI solution for COBOL, by purchasing a 
> product call
> COBOL SP2, it runs on Windows, and many other platforms using 
> a Windows
> Thin Client.
> 
> I still have NOT found a good GUI solution that is completely Windows
> independent.
> 
> I've looked at Tcl/Tk, Java, and XUL, but never figured out 
> how to call
> them from COBOL..
> 
> 
> Thanks in Advance,
> Mike.
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