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Cobc failes on SOME source files. Linux Mint By Aretwo on Wed Apr 29, 2026 03:13 AM	5	78	By Simon Sobisch on Thu Apr 30, 2026 05:51 AM
Compiler warning By Guido Rebry on Sat Apr 25, 2026 02:50 PM	5	131	By Simon Sobisch on Mon Apr 27, 2026 07:48 PM
Realia - installing GnuCobol to work with Realia programs and files By Anonymous on Wed Oct 01, 2025 10:04 PM	18	321	By Simon Sobisch on Sat Apr 25, 2026 04:28 PM
Where can I find the latest versions of GnuCOBOL By Rich Di Iulio on Fri Apr 24, 2026 12:11 AM	4	80	By Simon Sobisch on Sat Apr 25, 2026 10:32 AM
Micro Focus IDXFORMAT(4) - What ISAM to use and where can I download it By Cathy Welsh on Wed May 01, 2024 07:16 PM	12	1244	By Simon Sobisch on Wed Apr 22, 2026 07:39 AM
putpixel() C function By Eugenio Di Lorenzo on Fri Apr 03, 2026 10:32 AM	15	352	By Guido Rebry on Sat Apr 11, 2026 02:01 PM
Adding a compilation option to SuperBol Studio. By Eugenio Di Lorenzo on Sat Mar 14, 2026 06:24 PM	5	102	By Simon Sobisch on Sun Mar 15, 2026 12:09 PM
First time debugging a GNU COBOL source... By Anonymous on Thu Mar 12, 2026 08:31 PM	2	71	By Simon Sobisch on Thu Mar 12, 2026 10:04 PM
How can I change compile folder? By Дмитрий Халев Анатольевич on Mon Mar 09, 2026 11:59 AM	9	195	By Simon Sobisch on Wed Mar 11, 2026 01:04 PM
COBOL on Android By Paul Newton on Sun Mar 08, 2026 09:30 PM	6	133	By Mickey White on Tue Mar 10, 2026 09:45 PM
libcob: warning: loading from existing path failed By Jonathan Beit-Aharon on Tue Mar 03, 2026 06:30 PM	6	81	By Simon Sobisch on Mon Mar 09, 2026 08:32 AM
How can I compile the GnuCOBOL project? By Дмитрий Халев Анатольевич on Sun Mar 08, 2026 05:23 PM	7	108	By Дмитрий Халев Анатольевич on Sun Mar 08, 2026 08:29 PM
Useful site ... not only for beginners By Eugenio Di Lorenzo on Sat Mar 07, 2026 04:34 PM	1	74	By Eugenio Di Lorenzo on Sat Mar 07, 2026 04:34 PM
UTF‑8 umlauts not shown when using DISPLAY (GnuCOBOL 3.2.0, Linux, de... By Arris Beltz on Wed Feb 18, 2026 11:26 AM	12	219	By Arris Beltz on Thu Feb 26, 2026 10:12 AM
EXTFH Sample Program Abend By John Fenske on Mon Feb 23, 2026 01:34 AM	9	121	By Ralph Linkletter on Mon Feb 23, 2026 07:31 PM
RWCS - Report Writer for gc v3.2 onwards By Vincent (Bryan) Coen on Wed Jan 28, 2026 01:23 AM	12	281	By Chuck Haatvedt on Sat Feb 07, 2026 09:12 PM
FreeDOS 1.4 By Ralph Linkletter on Thu Apr 10, 2025 05:57 PM	4	255	By Juan Carlos Escartí on Sat Jan 24, 2026 06:55 AM
What is the best editor for GnuCOBOL? By celsofigueiredo on Tue Apr 28, 2020 05:53 PM	65	6502	By Marco Antoniotti on Thu Nov 27, 2025 08:14 PM
How to Configure tasks.json for Superbol with EXEC SQL on Windows 11? By compiletaro on Fri Nov 14, 2025 07:53 AM	2	156	By Simon Sobisch on Fri Nov 14, 2025 09:42 AM
SUPERBOL first use By Eugenio Di Lorenzo on Fri Nov 07, 2025 06:35 PM	3	195	By Marco Antoniotti on Sat Nov 08, 2025 05:24 PM
GNU-COBOL/SQL By Jorge Kusznir on Fri Nov 07, 2025 08:54 PM	3	377	By Ralph Linkletter on Fri Nov 07, 2025 10:21 PM
Currency Sign needs at point of RUNNING a suite of programs By Vincent (Bryan) Coen on Mon Oct 20, 2025 03:58 PM	37	534	By Eugenio Di Lorenzo on Fri Oct 31, 2025 06:35 PM
GC on Windows 10 By Gregory A Failing on Mon Aug 25, 2025 01:06 PM	21	472	By Michael Del Solio on Mon Oct 20, 2025 12:25 PM
Installing GnuCobol 3.2 with vbisam 2.2 By serge lacombe on Wed Oct 01, 2025 12:14 PM	2	159	By Simon Sobisch on Thu Oct 02, 2025 07:53 PM
COBOL Extensions for VS Codium By Rich Di Iulio on Fri Sep 19, 2025 01:50 AM	29	687	By Simon Sobisch on Tue Sep 30, 2025 09:57 PM

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