Cant´t install Fujitsu Cobol V3

[Guest_imported]

Hi,
I just downloaded the free Fujitsu Cobol Compiler V3

While installing I get a Window titled "Unable to execute"
and a message in it saying : "SETUP.EXE" /SMS

Has anyone got an idea what going wrong?

I want to learn cobol, so has somenone got another free cobol compiler?

Bye and Thanks
joe

 

[mikrom]

I don't know what's your Problem. I have installed Fujitsu Compiler Version V30L10 on Windows 95 and NT without problems. What system you use? Fujitsu Compiler V30L10 should be incompatible with Win2000/XP.

But Warning: The free Fujitsu Compiler V30L10 has a nasty bug. I have described it in the thread "Signed numbers in Fujitsu Compiler Version V30L10 ?", see

http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/lev2/4/lev3/32/pid/805/qid/239610

I started to study COBOL about a half year ago and I had a big problem (like you now) to find a free and reliable compiler for learning.

Forget better the free Fujitsu V3L10 compiler. It seems to be good at the first sight, but it's not reliable and therefore not good for learning. Many people have reported several problems with it. Probably therefore it's free.
As well you have successfully installed it, and you try to compile the delivered samples, the compiler fails because of the bug with signed numbers. Read the thread "Signed numbers in Fujitsu Compiler Version V30L10 ?"

There are other reliable compilers - probably not free, but available:

Try the Microsoft COBOL Ver. 5 compiler at

http://www.escobol.com/uti-mic.htm

and the Micro Focus Personal COBOL Compiler at

http://www.icc.cc.ms.us/courses/cs/csc2413/software/

Both compilers work good on Win9x/NT/XP.

The MS compiler has a DOS based IDE, but works fine.

The MF Personal COBOL is the 16-bit Compiler and requires some patches to run on NT and XP. You can find them at

http://www.microfocus.com/academic/support.asp

The compiler has a Windows Animator IDE. It works good too. The manual for IDE ise available at

http://proteus.ui.tripod.com/docs/v2manual.zip

This may be all you need to start learning COBOL

I wish You happy COBOLing.

 

[Guest_imported]

Hi,
I use Windows 98, so I gonna try it on Windows 95 next.

Thanks a lot for the other informations,
Bye