.NET is an open-source development platform that supports multiple operating systems. As such, when you develop a COBOL application
and publish it to
.NET, you can deploy the published application to any operating system for which
Micro Focus provides
.NET support.
Note: Visual COBOL currently supports the deployment of COBOL applications to
.NET on Windows and Linux. For more information see
.NET
in the
Known Issues and Restrictions section of this documentation.
The general process for developing a COBOL application for
.NET is as follows:
- Use Visual Studio to create a new project, making sure that you use one targeted at .NET.
- If necessary, update your project to only include specific Micro Focus NuGet packages which will reduce the size of your application.
See
To package Micro Focus assemblies with a .NET application.
- Build and debug the application as you would normally with
Visual COBOL.
- When the application is finished and ready to be released, publish the deployable files for the platforms that you want your
application to run on.
You can choose between two types of deployment:
- a self-contained deployment (SCD), where the deployed files include the required .NET libraries and runtime files
- a framework-dependent deployment (FDD), where the system onto which you deploy your application must include the required
.NET libraries and runtime files
- Deploy the published files.
If you need to debug the deployed application you can use
Visual COBOL's standard remote debugging techniques.
For more information on .NET, see Microsoft's
.NET Documentation.