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Visual COBOL for Visual Studio Personal Edition

Try it free for one year

Your trial will enable you to:

Develop COBOL applications using procedural and object-oriented syntax
Build COBOL applications for native code and Microsoft .NET
Combine COBOL programs with C#, VB.NET, and other modern languages
Streamline COBOL development and debugging using new code assist tools such as Intellisense and autocomplete
Leverage Visual Studio designer support to create WPF, Winforms, and ASP.NET applications

Visual COBOL Personal Edition (PE) provides you the opportunity to learn the enterprise language behind 70% of today’s business transactions. Develop COBOL applications using popular integrated development environments (IDEs)—Visual Studio and Eclipse.

Designed for the student developer, Visual COBOL PE supports your learning experience with a flexible, annual term-based software license.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Windows x86/x64 Platforms

Windows
Windows Server

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Your free, 365-day student license includes full access to Visual Cobol for Visual Studio Personal Edition.
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At the end of your trial, your product software will stop functioning. To continue using Visual COBOL Personal Edition, you must re-register for another trial license. Alternatively, you may purchase the full Visual COBOL product.
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