HP Micro Focus Object COBOL/UX Release Notes for Version B.12.35

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Documentation
COBOL Information
Online html Manuals
Hewlett Packard now includes the Micro Focus documentation set and
the Hewlett-Packard HP Micro Focus Object COBOL/UX Programmer’s
Guide online in html (hyper-text markup language) format. You can
view and print these manuals with any html browser, such as Netscape’s
Navigator.
These files are shipped with the product in a compressed format. After
COBOL is installed, you can use the docstool script to uncompress
and install the online manuals. This script can also be used to remove
these manuals at a later date.
For more information on installing the online manuals, see “Installing
the Online Documentation Files” on page 24.
To view the installed manuals, from your html browser load the following
file:
$COBDIR/cobol/docs/html/library.htm
This page links you to all of the available COBOL online books:
• HP’s online HP Micro Focus COBOL/UX Programmer's Guide
• Micro Focus Object COBOL V4.1.20 online documentation set
consisting of:
• Getting Started with Object COBOL
• Compatibility Guide
• Error Messages
• Language Reference
• Language Reference - Additional Topics
• Object COBOL User Guide
• Object COBOL Character Tools
• OO Programming with Object COBOL
• Programmer’s Guide to Communications
• Programmer’s Guide to File Handling
• Programmer’s Guide to Creating User Interfaces
• Programmer’s Guide to Writing Programs