There is also a modernization tool available that helps to locate and transform incompatibilities in your GUI and character mode projects, and makes them compliant in this COBOL system. This tool is provided as an AddPack, available under the Visual COBOL Addpacks product entry (see version 2.2 release 0), in the Product Updates section of the SupportLine website (http://supportline.microfocus.com).
Users of this AddPack should also join the ACUCOBOL-GT Modernization community group. Through this group, you will have direct access to Micro Focus SupportLine, Technical Services, and Development staff members, as well as other users who are modernizing their code. To join the group, first join the Micro Focus Community (community.microfocus.com) if you have not already done so, then provide your Community account name to your sales representative, who will request access on your behalf. You will receive email notification when you have been added to the group.
After you have converted your application, you must run, license, and distribute your programs in the same manner as other Micro Focus programs. There is currently no clone of the ACUCOBOL-GT runtime known as runcbl.
This section describes the ACUCOBOL-GT compatibility features, such as how they are enabled within Visual COBOL, and also the potential problems you may encounter with some aspects of the converted source code.