A COBOL app that combines different functionalities of COBOL into one app as a demo.

• Author: Ethan Kletschke
• Version: 0.1.0
• Developed on: Windows 11
• License: MIT
• Project metadata file: project.yaml

• CobAll
  • About CobAll
  • Notes About The Program
    • Somewhat Finicky Screen Input
  • Notes About This Repository
    • Pull Requests are Temporarily Disabled

CobAll (pronounced Cob-all, similar to how you pronounce COBOL itself), is an app written in GnuCOBOL that combines the functionalities of my previous COBOL projects:

• Writing a report (written by COBOL's RWCS system) to a file (CobReport)
• Different TUI "screens" defined in the SCREEN section, split into different copybooks (CobCash)
• Sorting and/or Merging Files (CobSort/CobMerge)

Alongside new features, such as:

• Code split into different paragraphs
• Writing debug logs to a file with different log levels, e.g. DBG, WARN, INF, ERR, etc.
  • This is implemented using a subroutine, which I've personally never been able to pull off until now
• A main menu screen to decide what screen you want to go to

Because the "GUI" is just a "styled" terminal screen (text-based user interface) and not a proper GUI.

GnuCOBOL's implementation of COBOL's SCREEN section is admittedly quite finicky with its user input. Because of this, the fields on the different TUI screens may be a bit (or very) buggy and/or unpredictable when typing input into them.

Furthermore, while it is possible to use the mouse to click and focus on a specific input field, to avoid unpredictable behaviour, use the arrow keys to navigate across fields.

Pull requests for this repository have been disabled until the app hits version 1.0.0. I would prefer to work on the app alone, since it's part of my portfolio. After v1.0.0, I'll re-enable PRs if you want to work with me and suggest changes. But for now, please open an Issue if you have a problem.