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APEX - Cobol Runtime Supervisor

APEX is a very powerful multi-user runtime environment which controls the operation of COBOL applications. APEX is especially adapted to the AcuCobol-GT runtime, and is available for UNIX, Linux and Windows Server. Product versions compatible with OpenCOBOL and COBOL-IT are in preparation and will be soon available.

APEX is used to build up an interface between the users and the installed application. A ready-defined APEX structure results in menus displaying programs and functions that may be selected for execution.

System Features

Essential system features of APEX include:

Company definition supporting the grouping of data files for specified companies, but executing the application by means of common programs.
Basic configuration and COBOL runtime properties of the application on company-level.
Powerful log-in procedure giving the user his properties and authorization, as defined in the APEX user account.
Group definition for users sharing the same properties.
Secrecy functions protecting companies, menus, programs and APEX tools against unauthorized processing.
Application menus displaying submenus and programs for execution, with an easy-to-use menu structure editor.
Alternative launching of programs by means of shortcut symbols, list of favorites and last used programs.
Background spooling and printing of reports produced by APEX and the COBOL application, with an interface to the spooler of the host system.
Front-end spool manager allowing the searching, viewing and printing of spool files, and changing their properties.
Assignment of default printers for companies, groups, users, computers and specific report programs.
COBOL process manager presenting ongoing application activities and APEX sessions in different views.
Idle processes are terminated automatically after a user-defined inactivity period (time-out).
Manual killing of processes without damaging application data files (soft-kill).
Mail system presenting system and application messages related to certain system events.
Preparation of ad-hoc messages to all or specified users, interrupting their screen processing with a message box.
Logging of all system activities, from log-in to log-out, with functions for viewing/printing the logged data.
File editor for editing, searching and viewing of records.
File retrieval function based on simple SQL syntax, in order to search, view and print records in data files.
Programmer's interface extending the functionality of APEX and the COBOL application.
Easy-to-use system administration to configure APEX with common functions for printing, viewing and searching of companies, users, groups, printers, menus and messages.
Multi-language processing on company- and user-level, supporting 1 native and up to 8 foreign languages.
APEX and application execution in both character-based and GUI mode.
Multiple instances of APEX running simultaneously, with support for up to 9 sessions per user.
Easy interface to different AcuCobol utilities.

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System Requirements

Operating System

Microsoft WIndows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8.
Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008.
Any UNIX/Linux platform for which AcuCobol-GT is available.
UNIX enterprise servers: AIX, Solaris.
Linux enterprise servers: SUSE, Red Hat, Oracle.
Linux clients: Fedora, Ubuntu, openSUSE.

Cobol Runtime

AcuCobol-GT runtime 5.2 or higher (8.x/9.x recommended).
OpenCOBOL 1.1 (beta interface available).
COBOL-IT Standard 2.6.4/2.8.8 (rc interface available).

Additional Software

CobMaker - COBOL workbench for developers.
PuTTY - Most used terminal emulator.

Product Licensing

All CobMaker Software products are distributed as evaluation versions. After purchasing a license the evaluation version can be unlocked to a full version. The products are licensed for use on one single computer/server, based on the purchased number of concurrent connections.

Please contact info@cobmaker.com for details and prices.