On 19 Jun 2013 10:26:45 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Graham, > >I believe RDz 7.6 does include the COBOL compiler, even 8.0 does. You >just have to install and run on XP Pro. I have not tried what Barry >mentions, running XP compatible virtual process under Windows 7. I have >a co-worker that used it for awhile with mixed results, some things >worked and some did not. > >How about a laptop with dual boot, both XP Pro and Windows 7.
And IBM thinks COBOL is the language of the future. Right and I sell bridges. Clark Morris > >Cheers, >Thomas Dunlap > > >On 6/19/2013 11:39 AM, Graham Hobbs wrote: >> Thomas, Barry, >> Sorry to bother you again. Any chance you think/know that RDz 7.6 >> would run under XP virtual machine? If I downloaded/installed 7.6 >> (from SAC) do you think IBM may have removed the COBOL compiler? >> Cheers, >> Graham >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Dunlap" >> <[email protected]> >> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 5:06 AM >> Subject: Re: RDz or RDzEnterprise developers >> >> >>> Graham, >>> >>> The issue is not which version of RDz but rather which version of >>> Windows. Even with RDz 7.6 the COBOL compiler would not install on >>> Windows 7. IBM has not made, plus as I understand it, a COBOL >>> compiler which works on Windows 7. I am in the same position, but do >>> have a System z to connect to as a test platform. >>> >>> I too wish I could test locally on Windows 7. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Thomas Dunlap >>> >>> >>> >>> On 6/18/2013 5:34 PM, Graham Hobbs wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I have an old XP laptop with RDz 7.1.1.5 and TXSeries 7.1.0.4 and >>>> moved to a new Lenovo with Windows 7. There is no need for host >>>> connection, my development world is as a standalone, >>>> compile/link/run COBOL programs and COBOL/CICS transaction programs >>>> on the Lenovo is the critical need. >>>> >>>> But I understand that Rational Developer for System z V8.5 does not >>>> 'do' COBOL on Windows 7 so am thinking my new world should be >>>> Rational Developer for zEnterprise V8.0.3 and would appreciate any >>>> comments/advice about that. >>>> Graham Hobbs >>> >>> -- >>> _______________________________________________________________ >>> Regards, >>> Thomas Dunlap Chief Technology Officer [email protected] >>> Themis, Inc. http://www.themisinc.com 1 (800) 756-3000 >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
