5.1 The Evolution of Micro Focus COBOL Development and Deployment Products

The latest release of the Application Development product line incorporates the latest enhancements to the Net Express and Server Express development tools, alongside associated updates to the Micro Focus Studio and Server product ranges. In addition, we are delighted to announce the release of Net Express with .NET which combines the core COBOL competence of Net Express 5.1 with support for Visual Studio 2008 and the ability to target the Windows .NET Framework 2.0, 3.1 and 3.5.

Net Express with .NET allows you to develop and extend existing and new COBOL code within the powerful integrated development environment of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. As a result you can take advantage of all the benefits of Microsoft’s .NET framework 3.5 including Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) for building compelling GUIs for your applications and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to construct powerful SOA application components to work across platforms and between applications.

Net Express 5.1

The latest update to the hugely popular Windows COBOL Application Development tool, and developed with the usual focus on quality and performance, version 5.1 is the platform for future growth and the platform for forthcoming Micro Focus add-ons and functionality enhancements. This new edition includes an updated range of supported platforms including Windows Server 2008.

Server Express 5.1

Specifically designed for performance and reliability to support high-volume transaction processing applications, Server Express remains the platform of choice for creating scalable high-performance business applications. Server Express 5.1 adds new platforms and builds upon the benefits of version 5.0 to ensure it remains the best Unix/Linux COBOL development suite for Windows and open systems.

Net Express with .NET 5.1

Net Express with .NET is quite simply the most advanced COBOL application development suite for Windows .NET available in the marketplace using Visual Studio 2008. Users can take core business processes and extend them into the .NET framework and other distributed platforms. This provides an environment both to build new applications and leverage proven business logic, data and programming resources to dramatically reduce development cycles and accelerate deployment.