Release Overview
Version 6.0

ACUCOBOL-GT Runtime

Console Runtime for Windows

Version 6.0 introduces a new runtime for the Windows operating environment that may be used to run applications originally deployed in the Extended DOS environment, as well as other character-based applications. The new runtime is called the console runtime. The name of the executable is "crun32.exe". The console runtime uses the Windows Console API and runs in a virtual DOS window. The console runtime replaces the Extended DOS runtime and must be licensed separately.

The ACUCOBOL-GT console runtime includes two capabilities not available in past versions of the ACUCOBOL-GT Extended DOS runtime. These features include:

• support for calling Windows DLLs
• the ability to use Acu4GL modules without having to relink the runtime

Note that an ACUCOBOL-GT Extended DOS runtime is not available for Version 6.0. However, the console runtime will run most ACUCOBOL-GT applications developed for the Extended DOS environment provided that some minor changes are made. For example, the console runtime supports printing capabilities based on the Windows model. Program code that relies on DOS printing functions must be modified.

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