Deploying the Micro Focus Run-Time System

Applications developed using Visual COBOL require a COBOL run-time server, COBOL Server, to provide the necessary run-time system and support.

Micro Focus recommends that you install the full COBOL Server with your applications. It is also possible to install only selected files, which is available to preserve backward compatibility.

To install the full COBOL Server (recommended):

Install COBOL Server either in same directory as your application or a separate directory, which is recommended if several applications will be sharing it.
To install this, run the install file cs_40.exe.

You can also install COBOL Server silently - see COBOL Server Installation Options.

If you use a Windows install package to deliver your application, you can include the COBOL Server with this. See COBOL Server Deployment Toolkit.

To install selected files (not recommended, but available for backward compatibility):

Determine the files to ship.
Extract the files in the COBOL Server install file. To do this, run the executable file cs_40.exe.
Copy the files that your application requires into same directory as your application, or if several applications will be sharing the files, copy them into a separate directory.