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  COBOL Profiler Tool The COBOL Profiler tool enables the collection and display of execution profile data on COBOL software source code bases of arbitrary size.
 

Here are COBOL tools and utilities that perform various functions, such as COBOL data conversion, email, and file search:
 > +1Copybook
Company: +1 Software Engineering
Desc: 1Copybook converts COBOL copybooks into Oracle SQL*Loader Control Files or SQL Server Format Files used to load copybook data into a database. +1Copybook generates HTML output, CREATE TABLES scripts, converts implied decimal point and signed data for SQL Server, performs error checks, supports data type overrides, and more.
OS: Microsoft Windows, Solaris, Linux, Unix, Mac OS
[eval] [downloads] [manuals] [support]

 > AMXW
Company: Speedware Ltd.
Desc: AMXW (Automated Migration to UNIX and Windows) is a complete tool designed to migrate HP e3000 COBOL, SPL, C, FORTRAN and Pascal application environments to the HP 9000, Integrity Itanium, Windows, Linux, Sun, or AIX platforms.
OS: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
[eval] [downloads] [manuals] [support]

 > BtYacc -- BackTracking Yacc
Company: Siber Systems
Desc: BtYacc -- BackTracking Yacc is the original Berkeley Yacc modified by Chris Dodd and then further enhanced by Vadim Maslov of Siber Systems to better fit production environment. Siber Systems used BtYacc to develop commercial Cobol parser, which is a part of CobolTransformer toolkit.
OS: UNIX, Windows
[downloads] [manuals] [support]

 > CobHTTPD
Company: CobTOOLS
Desc: With COBHTTPD you will be able to develop WEB applications to integrate them to your desktop applications developed with COBOL. COBHTTPD allows you to run programs over internet, to build true Web Applications and return HTML content with COBOL programs. COBHTTPD is not only a CGI wrapper, is a complete Webserver build exclusively for work with COBOL, since it allow us generate HTML content running our COBOL programs and return the HTML to the Internet browser.
OS: Windows
[downloads] [manuals] [support]

 > COBOL Assets Information Management System
Company: Flint Hills Software
Desc: COBOL Assets Information Management System (COBAIMS (TM))is a suite of tools that help increase productivity in your COBOL program development and maintenance.
OS: Windows
[support]

 > CobolGrep - Search
Company: Siber Systems
Desc: CobolGrep is named after popular search program grep. Grep searches files specified by the user for a text pattern specified by the user. The only drawback of grep as seen by Cobol programmers is that it cannot search files for patterns expressed in terms of Cobol lanaguage. Cobol Program Source is represented by Cobol Program Tree in CobolGrep and queries, in fact, are performed on Cobol Program Tree.
OS: AIX, Linux, Windows
[eval] [downloads] [support]

 > COBOL Profiler Tool
Company: Semantic Designs
Desc: The COBOL Profiler tool enables the collection and display of execution profile data on COBOL software source code bases of arbitrary size.
OS: Windows
[eval] [downloads] [support]

 > COBOL Record Sizer
Company: Progeni
Desc: Download this free utility. It is called COBOL Record Sizer. You copy any COBOL record layout to the clipboard and this application will calculate "the size of the bytes" of all the records found. All documentation you need is in the Help file.
OS:
[support]

 > COBVIEW Developer
Company: CobTOOLS
Desc: COBVIEW Developer is a Report designer developed for COBOL. COBVIEW Developer allows you to design your COBOL reports visually.
OS: Windows
[eval] [downloads] [manuals] [support]

 > COBVIEW Print Suite
Company: CobTOOLS
Desc: COBVIEW Print Suite is a program that help you in the creation of Windows style reports, with graphic elements like: text formated, lines and box, box rounded. COBVIEW Print Suite can print to Windows printers, export to Excel, generate PDF files, send your reports by EMAIL, and visualize your reports by internet in the Web-Browser.
OS: Windows
[eval] [downloads] [manuals] [support]

 > Compression Device
Company: Redvers Consulting Limited
Desc: The Redvers Compression Device gives you the ability to reduce memory overheads, carbon emissions and data storage costs without compromising your data assets. Redvers Consulting have engineered a compression-decompression algorithm specifically designed to produce optimal compression rates for data held in COBOL format.
OS: IBM mainframe, iSeries, UNIX, Windows
[eval] [downloads] [support]

 > Datatek Utilities
Company: Datatek
Desc: Datatek/Label is a utility that allows IBM and ANSI label tapes to be read and written on Open Systems. Datatek/RJE will give you the RJE functionality necessary for managing the sending and receiving of data, using the RJE protocol. Datatek/TM is an Open System based solution for businesses who want to continue to make use of specific operating system/termserver integration.
OS:
[support]

 > Data Correlation and Documentation (DCD) III
Company: Marble Computer
Desc: Data Correlation and Documentation (DCD) III is a comprehensive COBOL tool that helps developers document, understand, debug, and maintain COBOL applications.
OS: Mainframe

 > Edge Portfolio Analyzer
Company: Edge Information Group
Desc: The Edge Portfolio Analyzer is a proprietary utility that analyzes executable load modules in existing production libraries.
OS: MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, OS/390, z/OS
[downloads] [manuals]

 > Mainframe System Tools
Company: H&W Computer Systems
Desc: H&W offers mainframe system tools where you can process batch during the business day, without impacting CICS online activity using SYSB-II; use JES2Web to affordably convert JES2 output to PDF or text and e-mail automatically or ad hoc; use ISPF-like features to manage mainframe datasets, monitor and debug CICS, and take advantage of host-based printing with SYSD; use SDSF-like capabilities to monitor the JES2 spool and do host-based printing with CPMS.
OS: z/OS, z/VSE
[downloads] [manuals] [support]

 > Mark's MVS Utilities
Company: Mark Zelden
Desc: The downloadable files on this site are FREEWARE. It includes tools such as ISPF Edit Macros, TSO REXX EXECs and CLISTs, Batch Programs and Routines, XEF - eXtended Editor Facility, and more.
OS: MVS
[downloads]

 > Redvers Consulting Tools
Company: Redvers Consulting Limited
Desc: Redvers Consulting tools are written in open source COBOL and licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. COBOL tools include RCACCRUE - COBOL Execution Counter, RCANALIZ - COBOL Source Code Analyzer, RCBINB64 & RCB64BIN - Binary to/from Base64 Conversion, RCBINHEX & RCHEXBIN - Binary to/from Hexadecimal Conversion, and RCNOTOR - Exclusive Or (XOR).
OS: Runs on any COBOL platform
[downloads] [support]

 > Riemke-IT Solutions - Germany/Austria/Switzerland
Company: Riemke-IT Solutions
Desc: Alles rund um Cobol, Tools, Beispiele, Beratung, Schulung
OS:
[support]

 > SimoZAPS
Company: SimoTime Enterprises
Desc: SimoZAPS provides the following capabilities: 1. View the contents of a file in hexadecimal format with translation to EBCDIC or ASCII. 2. Generate COBOL programs that will convert data files on the mainframe, a Windows platform with Micro Focus or a UNIX platform with Micro Focus. 3. Generate a COBOL program that will compare the contents of two files. 4. Read an ASCII/Text file and create an EBCDIC, 80-byte, fixed record length file. 5. Read an EBCDIC, 80-byte, fixed record length file and create an ASCII/Text file. 6. Read an ASCII file of mixed case and create an ASCII file of all upper case. 7. Read an ASCII file of mixed case and create an ASCII file of all lower case. 8. Read a COBOL source program and create a new file with case formatting. 9. Read an ASCII/Text file and create a new ASCII/Text file.
OS: Windows
[support]

 > SMTP/POP3 Email Engine for COBOL
Company: MarshallSoft Computing, Inc.
Desc: The SMTP/POP3/IMAP Email Engine Library for COBOL (SEE4CB) provides the functionality to easily and quickly develop software applications that can send, receive and parse mail. The SMTP/POP3/IMAP Email is a library of functions providing easy control of the SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol), POP3 (Post Office 3), and IMAP 4 (Internet Message Access Protocol) protocols. The SMTP/POP3/IMAP Email development toolkit provides a simple interface to send and receive email, including multiple MIME base64 and quoted-printable encoded attachments from within a COBOL, Fujitsu COBOL or Micro Focus COBOL application.
OS: Windows
[downloads] [manuals] [support]

 > SuperZap File Utility for Windows and Linux
Company: Automated Software Tools
Desc: Superzap is a z390 utility to verify, replace, find, and dump the content of any Windows or Linux file up to 2 GB. Superzap is written in structured z390 mainframe assembler and consists of 800+ lines of code which are included in the z390 download from z390.sourceforge.net.
OS: Linux, Windows
[manuals] [support]

 > Vancouver Utilities
Company: UV Software
Desc: This package has been extensively used to convert mainframe systems (JCL, COBOL, & DATA) to Unix, Linux, or Windows/SFU. You may download one sample utility from the website. 'uvhd' is a FREE file investigation utility that displays files with packed/binary fields in 'vertical hexadecimal'. You may browse, search, select, update, print, etc.
OS: Windows, Unix, Linux
[downloads]

 > VSAMTune
Company: Macro 4
Desc: VSAMTune is a tool that allows system programmers to monitor the performance of the VSAM environment and fine tune it to realize maximum benefits.
OS: z/OS
[manuals] [support]

 > Xpediter
Company: Compuware
Desc: This is an advanced analysis tool that helps developers understand, analyze, segment, build, test and extend application development.
OS: Windows, z/OS
[support]

 > XML Thunder
Company: Canam Software Labs
Desc: COBOL2XML + XML2COBOL = XML Thunder! Easily generate your XML or SOAP data binding COBOL programs or C classes using XML Thunder. Generate your COBOL program or C classes to transform the data content of your mapped (XML or SOAP) to/from (COBOL or C) structures.
OS: Windows
[downloads] [support]

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