Version 8 and Beyond

Webinar held on Wednesday July 11, 2007

Join Acucorp’s Drake Coker, Chief Consultant, Integration, and Micro Focus’ Gary Crook, Vice President of Software Development, to hear about the upcoming release of Version 8. Learn more about the integration project and the Acucorp and Micro Focus technology direction going forward.

Combined Strength of Acucorp and Micro Focus

Webinar held on Wednesday June 6, 2007

Hear from Stephen Kelly, CEO Micro Focus, about the combined strength of Acucorp and Micro Focus. Listen to Stephen with Frank van Baar, VP Operations and Julie Schrady, VP ISV Sales address your questions.

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In this Webinar, we'll introduce you to Acucorp’s new data management system for Vision files, AcuXDBC. In addition to learning more about AcuXDBC—including how you can take advantage of local access to Vision data from the most popular Windows applications like Microsoft Word and Excel—we’ll provide you with an overview of:

• AcuXDBC Server, which provides server side SQL processing and Vision file access on a Windows or UNIX server
• AcuXDBC Enterprise Edition, which enables you to take advantage of Java access through a JDBC interface, as well as direct SQL access to Vision data from UNIX machines

The presentation will be given by Senior Systems Programmer John Waters-McCoy and Product Marketing Manager Matt De Vaney. During the presentation, you’ll see how to create and load an AcuXDBC database for use with your Vision data, and how to access that data using SQL. You’ll also get a first glimpse into some of AcuXDBC’s more advanced features that can offer you added ease and flexibility in working with your data.

AcuBench expert Jennifer Rodgers will provide you with information on how to maximize your use of the report composer. Tips include:

• Expanding your use of the report composer
• Understanding AcuBench-generated report code
• Writing the code you need to get the reports you desire
• Using the report composer with non-Vision data
• And so much more

The Webinar will also feature AcuBench report samples.

Get a head start and learn what you can gain from a move to our latest release in this webinar, Introducing Version 7.2. You will learn more about the major enhancements to ACUCOBOL-GT, AcuBench, and AcuSQL. You will also find out more on the latest tools, capabilities, and benefits of Version 7.2.

If you are in the process of transforming your COBOL application’s character-based screens into graphical user interfaces (GUIs), we have the Webinar for you. Going GUI: Best Practices for Designing a Graphical User Interface will provide you with an overview of some uncommon GUI controls, such as the Web browser, status bar, and date controls. In addition to learning more about these controls, you’ll receive helpful hints for modernizing your application with a GUI.

Regarding Manifest Files: Please be aware that Acucorp does not support the use of a manifest file with ACUCOBOL-GT®. This is due to several control display limitations. Known limitations are particularly evident when using tab controls or the grid control; however, you may also encounter other limitations. As a result, if you use the manifest file, please be aware that Acucorp Technical Support will be unable to assist you with any display problems.

Want to learn how to make your COBOL programs more efficient? Then you won’t want to miss this webinar. Find out how the Abend Diagnostic Report enables you to pinpoint the cause of an abnormal program shutdown. Learn how Acucorp’s Profiler utility helps you see where application processing time is being spent, down to the paragraph level.

Acucorp customer Tony Darden, from C.A. Curtze Company, and an Acucorp technical expert demonstrate how to use a graphical, drag-and-drop interface to design reports. They will highlight ways to improve your reports with flexible formatting options, images, and little extras like color and shading. You’ll learn how to make the most of the AcuBench HTML report format and create reports for the Web, including hyperlinks. Throughout the Webinar, we will show you how to make efficient use of the code that AcuBench creates, with tips for how to most effectively add your own report code.

Featuring Acucorp Developer, Gordon Boorman, and Certified Trainer, Jennifer Rodgers, this webinar focuses on: considerations for using AcuBench to develop and maintain large applications, upgrading from older versions of AcuBench, performance and efficiency, and version control.

This webinar will provide an overview of the new extend7 features, which add significant value to your COBOL applications. Topics discussed include:

• Expanded support for Distributed IBM CICS®
• Enhanced interoperability with Java, C and C++
• Improved data access
• Performance profiling and analysis tools
• Enhanced search capabilities
• Improved compatibility with other COBOLs

In this Webinar, we will provide an overview of the issues to consider if you want to use our AcuBench integrated development environment with version control software. We will begin with a brief overview of the fundamentals of version control and the use of version control with graphical software projects. Our primary focus, however, will be on the preparation of AcuBench projects and programs for use with version control. A discussion of the different file types used and generated by AcuBench, including which ones should not be tracked with version control, will be followed by a demonstration of the AcuBench version control interface.

In today's world, legacy-understanding tools are vital to the preservation of business-critical COBOL applications. These applications, which run Fortune-class corporations, government agencies and small-to-medium sized businesses, often feature layers of complex code—making their maintenance and modernization difficult and costly. In this Webinar, Acucorp will share with you our expertise in applying legacy-understanding tools to COBOL applications. Our technical experts will demonstrate what needs and requirements are associated with using legacy-understanding tools, minimizing the time and effort required for you to begin benefiting from these technologies. You will also learn how we can help you leverage our partnerships with leading system integrators and migration firms in order to access Acucorp's complete portfolio of legacy modernization capabilities, products and services.

This Webinar will provide an overview of Acucorp's Thin Client architecture and will emphasize the new enhancements added in Version 6.2 of extend, such as the new ACUCOBOL-GT Web Thin Client. With this recently released feature, you can provide Web access to your COBOL applications using a thin client configuration.

C$SOCKET, a new library routine available with extend6, provides an interface to inter-process communication using sockets. In this Webinar, you’ll learn more about C$SOCKET and its business implementations, including information about using the library routine to create an FTP protocol and to send email messages.

This Webinar—perfect for corporate end users and ISV sales and marketing professionals—will focus on the IT industry’s current COBOL perceptions. It will also provide you with valuable insight from both a customer and sales perspective. Included will be helpful tips and proven techniques for developing, marketing and selling your company’s COBOL applications.

An overview of AcuODBC and how it can be used with third-party software like Crystal Reports.

Learn more about the report composer feature of AcuBench, Acucorp's integrated development environment. This feature enables you to design graphical and character-based reports in a special interface and then generate the required report code. Included in this introductory presentation is a discussion of the types of reports you can create, an explanation of the report design interface, and an overview of the steps used to create a report.

This WebEx provides a general introduction to using ACUCOBOL-GT with BEA Tuxedo, with a high-level explanation of how the two technologies interact and a brief demonstration of how an ACUCOBOL-GT application requests information from a BEA Tuxedo service program.