Welcome to AcuODBC(R). AcuODBC is a communications interface designed to give you easy access to your COBOL data files from popular Microsoft Windows applications. The AcuODBC interface enables you to benefit from modern PC productivity tools without having to restructure your existing data files.
Based on Microsoft's Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard, AcuODBC lets you retrieve and update ACUCOBOL(TM)-GT indexed or relative data files from many Windows-based applications, including Microsoft Word97, Excel97, Access97, MS Query, Visual Basic, and Crystal Reports. These applications can access your files whether they reside on the same Windows PC, on a different computer in an enterprise network, or on a UNIX or Windows NT server in a client/server configuration.
This manual describes how to install and use AcuODBC to gain access to your COBOL data from Windows applications. It describes how most Windows applications submit requests to data sources through ODBC, and how AcuODBC translates these requests into I/O commands to access your indexed or relative files.
Contained in this document is information about:
Understanding ODBC concepts (Chapter 1)
Understanding the AcuODBC architecture (Chapter
2)
Defining Data Source Names (Chapter 3)
Running the sample program (Chapter 4)
Working with Windows applications (Chapter
5)
Writing macros to access data (Chapter 6)
Understanding the data dictionary (Chapter
7)
Handling error messages (Chapter 8)