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Of COBOL FormPrint Forms in Other COBOL applicationsYou can copy existing forms with COBOL FormPrint, so future COBOL programs can have documents and forms which are consistent with all previous applications. It also means that future programs will be written in less time, because the design has already been created and tested. Program development productivity will increase as more programs are written with similar forms.Risks Associated with Purchasing a Printing Tools from Your COBOL Compiler CompanyThe primary reason you should purchase COBOL FormPrint instead of a printing tool from your COBOL compiler company issue is that your compiler company specializes in COBOL compilers, not the associated toolsets. Flexus has always specialized in COBOL development tools, NOT compilers. Most people wouldn’t ask their attorney to perform surgery nor would they allow their surgeon to represent them in court. Why would you rely on a company which specializes in COBOL compilers to provide you with the best development tools? Many of the compiler companies have a rich history of completely re-writing their COBOL tools every few years without providing upward compatibility. Can you afford to completely re-write your COBOL printing routines next year, when your compiler company changes to a completely different printing tool? Compiler companies have also come and gone. One company, for example, started selling a COBOL compiler a few years ago, and eventually discontinued it. The company then licensed a compiler from a second company and sold it. Eventually that COBOL compiler was also discontinued.If you buy a printing tool from your compiler company, you are locked into their compiler. Can you take that risk?Flexus designs and develops tools for PC, Mini and Mainframe COBOL programmers. We focus 100% of our energies on offering the best tools available to the COBOL programmer. COBOL tools are the only thing we do, so we have to do them better than anyone else. COBOL compiler companies specialize in what they know best… COBOL compilers. We specialize in what we know best… add on tools which are 100% COBOL oriented.Flexus…In Business Since 1983 and Still Going StrongFlexus was incorporated in 1983, so we’ve been around for a while and intend to be around for a long time. Flexus has thousands of licensees in over 30 countries around the world.No Need to Re-write Your Source When a New Printing Environment Becomes a StandardNobody can provide you with a guarantee that their system won’t become

The API is fairly complex, so COBOL FormPrint helps you simplify your programming task by allowing you to avoid writing API code.Form design is a time consuming and very necessary task in the COBOL application development process. By using the COBOL FormPrint Test Print Facility to test the functionality and appearance of your printed documents and forms, the design stage is accomplished in less time, with much greater ease.After the design work is completed, the form definition file may be handed directly from the designer to the programmer. The programmer doesn’t have to write code for the form layout, because it’s already completed.End users are demanding more sophistication from their application documents and forms, yet the job of hand coding continues to become more complex and tedious.A professional form printing development tool produces advanced forms in a fraction of the time it takes to hand code such forms.The Code Generation Facility reduces the amount of COBOL procedural code which must be hand written by generating a test program.No Requirement to Re-write Substantial Portions of Your Application with COBOL FormPrintSome Windows tools such as Visual Basic changed so dramatically each time a new version was released, a considerable amount of source code had to be re-written to use it. Flexus has never done that to our customer base. We believe that a business application is an asset and should last as long as possible in order to minimize costs for the programmer. Every version of COBOL FormPrint released has allowed the COBOL programmer to preserve the existing source code and continue forward adding exciting new enhancements to the business application being written with FormPrint.No Requirement to Re-write Your Code if You Switch COBOL Compilers in the FutureCOBOL FormPrint is 100% COBOL compiler independent. The COBOL programmer uses the same COBOL source code and COBOL FormPrint form definitions regardless of which compiler is used. This allows the COBOL programmer to switch compilers more freely than if they were to use a proprietary solution, such as those solutions offered by the compiler companies themselves. This means that you aren’t locked in to a specific compiler in the event that you may have to switch compilers in the future. Ask your COBOL Tools vendor if they support the entire list of COBOL compilers which are supported by COBOL FormPrint:COBOL Compilers Supported by COBOL FormPrintAcucobol 85Acucobol GTAcucorp Extend Compilers (All versions)CA-Realia COBOLCA Realia II WorkbenchCA

Advantage Realia WorkbenchCOBOL-ITData General ICOBOLFujitsu COBOL (All Windows versions)Fujitsu .NET COBOLIBM Visual Age COBOLmbp Visual COBOLMicro Focus COBOL (All Windows versions)Micro Focus Object COBOLMicro Focus NetExpress (All versions)Liant RM COBOL (All Windows versions)Note: FormPrint can also be used in a UNIX, Linux or VMS server environment and print to remote Windows PC’s across a TCP/IP network when you incorporate Flexus’ Thin Client product. Because your COBOL would reside on the UNIX, Linux or VMS server, this means FormPrint also support UNIX, Linux and VMS servers as well, when used in conjunction with Thin Client.No Requirement to Re-write Code if You Switch Environments in the FutureCOBOL FormPrint is 100% Windows version independent. If you use Thin Client with FormPrint, you can still use the same form definitions and source code with a new server operating system. The COBOL programmer uses the same COBOL source code and COBOL FormPrint form definitions regardless of which operating system is used. This allows the COBOL programmer to support more operating systems with only one set of forms and one set of COBOL source code. Ask your COBOL Tools vendor if they support the entire list of operating systems which are supported by COBOL FormPrint.Operating Systems SupportedWindows 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8 (32 bit Windows; 32 bit COBOL compiler required)Windows 7 and Windows 8 (64 bit Windows; 64 bit COBOL compiler required)Intel based UNIX and Linux (Thin Client server license required)Proprietary UNIX (AIX, HP-UX, DG-UX, Digital UNIX, etc.) (Thin Client server license required)VAX/VMS and Open VMS (VAX COBOL or Acucobol required) (Thin Client server license required)IBM Mainframe OS/390 UNIX System Services (Thin Client server license required)IBM Mainframe Linux (Thin Client server license required)As mentioned earlier, you can even run your COBOL program on a UNIX or Linux based platform and print your documents and forms on remote Microsoft Windows PC’s with our Thin Client product. Please see the Thin Client product information for more details.Switch Between Windows and UNIX and Maintain One Set of Source Code with Thin ClientCOBOL FormPrint supports the Windows Print Manager, but can actually be used in conjunction with UNIX or Linux. The Flexus Thin Client allows the COBOL program to be run on a UNIX or Linux server environment and print forms using remote Windows PCs across a TCP/IP network.The COBOL programmer uses the same COBOL source code and COBOL FormPrint form definitions regardless of