AcuCobol from AcuCorp. is a very popular and very flexible COBOL development environment.
The ACUCOBOL runtime does not use terminfo (see above), but has its own file of terminal information, called "a_termcap", which is based on the earlier Unix "termcap".
To support this, we supply a file "ANZIO.CAP", which matches Anzio's behavior when running as VT220 (or "ANZIO"), with ANZIOTIC.KYS loaded. To install this capability, copy the ANZIO.CAP file to your Unix system, using Zmodem or the UNIX system's utility that reads DOS floppies ("dosread", for instance). Then add it on to the end of the a_termcap file used by ACUCOBOL (normally "/etc/a_termcap"). Set your TERM or A_TERM variable to one of the following:
- anzio for DOS versions of Anzio
- anzio-m for DOS versions of Anzio on monochrome screens
- anziowin for Windows versions of Anzio
- anzio-mouse for Windows versions of Anzio where you want mouse support
To use the mouse with ACUCOBOL (version 3.0 and up), you must add the following lines to the ACUCOBOL configuration file (normally /etc/cblconfig):
USE-MOUSE 1
MOUSE-FLAGS 16384
You must also have your TERM or A_TERM set to "anzio-mouse". Acucobol will then automatically enable the mouse for a) the debugger, and b) certain controls, such as radio buttons and check boxes. Try Acucobol's sample program "tour31.cbl".
If you have other questions or specific needs, give us a call as we have worked with several AcuCobol developers in the past.