RM/COBOL Compatibility

The Compiler and run-time continue to provide support for RM/COBOL. Additional RM/COBOL compatibility features include the following:

• The following RM/COBOL standard library routines can now be used with Visual COBOL in native code:
  • C$Century
  • C$ConvertAnsiToOem
  • C$ConvertOemToAnsi
  • C$DARG
  • C$Delay
  • C$GetEnv
  • C$GetNativeCharset
  • C$LogicalAnd
  • C$LogicalComplement
  • C$LogicalOr
  • C$LogicalShiftLeft
  • C$LogicalShiftRight
  • C$LogicalXor
  • C$NARG
  • C$SetEnv
  • C$RERR
  • DELETE
  • RENAME
• The RM/COBOL file handler can now be used with Visual COBOL, enabled by using the CALLFH(ACUFH) Compiler directive, and then configuring an add-on to the Vision file handler.

Full RM/COBOL compatibility is documented under the Programming section in the product help.