Software requirements

Note: This product includes OpenSSL version 1.1.1b.

The setup file will check your machine for whether the prerequisite software is installed and will install any missing prerequisites and the product components.

Eclipse requirements

The setup file installs Visual COBOL and the 64-bit Eclipse 4.8.
Some earlier versions of Eclipse are also supported. See Installing Visual COBOL into other instances of Eclipse in the Advanced Installation Tasks.
Visual COBOL installs fully only on 64-bit Windows platforms. On 32-bit Windows, the setup file does not install some of the components. See Issues with the Installation in Known Issues and Restrictions.
Visual COBOL supports both the 32-bit and the 64-bit Eclipse. You can use the 64-bit Eclipse to create both 32-bit and 64-bit applications.

Software requirements

Java 8 (64-bit) is required to run the Eclipse IDE. The minimum recommended version is AdoptOpenJDK's OpenJDK 8 (u202) with Hotspot, which the Windows product installs automatically. Java 8 (32 or 64-bit versions), and Java 11 (64-bit version only) are supported for executing JVM COBOL code and for native COBOL and Java interoperability. You can download AdoptOpenJDK's OpenJDK 8 with Hotspot from AdoptOpenJDK's Web site and unpack the archive anywhere on your machine.
Note: Eclipse does not run using Java 11.
Visual COBOL requires:
- A 32-bit Java installation if using the 32-bit Eclipse.
- A 64-bit Java installation if using the 64-bit Eclipse.
The setup file also installs Microsoft's Visual C++ 2012, 2013 and 2017 Redistributables.

See Java Support Restrictions in the product help for any considerations when using Eclipse and Java.

Important: For local servers, you do not need to install the Micro Focus License Administration tool separately, as the setup file installs a new Visual COBOL client and a new licensing server on the same machine.

If you have a network server, you must update the license server before installing the product as the client is not able to communicate with license servers of versions older than 10000.2.660. On Windows, you can check the version of your license server by clicking Help > About in the Micro Focus License Administration tool. To check the version of the license server on UNIX, run /var/microfocuslicensing/bin/mfcesver or /var/microfocuslicensing/bin/cesadmintool.sh.

If Micro Focus License Manager version 10000.2.02070 or older is installed, it must be uninstalled before the product installation or upgrade can continue.

You can download the new version of the license server software from the Micro Focus SupportLine Web site: http://supportline.microfocus.com.