Re: inherited cobol app., can't run (xm.exe)?

"KJ" <n_o_s_p_a__m@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 9, 12:01 am, "Rick Smith" <ricksm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "KJ" <n_o_s_p_a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Hello. I agreed to take on a COBOL conversion project. I am trying
to
> > > run the customer's cobol project (it's called COBEST). It is looking
> > > for a program called XM.exe. I don't have this on my system. Anyone
> > > know where I can get this?
> >
> > XM.EXE is the extended memory manager for 16-bit
> > Micro Focus COBOL. It is used to allow access to
> > as much as 16 megabytes of memory. Its default
> > location is C:\COBOL\EXEDLL.
>
> Thanks for the reply Rick.
>
> To say I am in the dark on this project would be a massive
> understatement.
> You've shed the first light and I thank you.
>
> I have many more questions. First is, where might I get a copy of this
> program? I have been given:
>
> * .GNT files
> * Cobol data files (no file extension -- named by the entity they
> hold, paired with matching .IDX file)
> * Exe and batch files (for the COBEX construction management program)

You get a copy of XM from the same computer from which
the GNT, data, and other files came. XM versions match
Micro Focus COBOL versions; though the version numbers
are not identical. For example, COBOL 3.2.24 came with
XM 1.4.6. Using a version of XM that predates the COBOL
version may not work.

> Do I need a copy of DOS too?

XM runs on Windows 95, 98, etc, and Windows NT,
2000, etc,; though probably not Vista and maybe not XP.