LegacyJ FAQ

Will PERCobol be able to read the ISAM files that AcuCobol generated?

Yes, PERCobol can read Acu files.  There are two things required, one of which is compiling with '-Dca'  (This is so the datatypes will match up.) The other is in the ASSIGN statement; the ASSIGN must be to "acu:filename" instead of "filename". This tells the runtime the format of the file; "acu:file" is for AcuCobol, "mf:file" is for MicroFocus, "isam:" is for external ISAM plug-in, and "file" is for PERCobol files.