How to create a Cobol .DLL file?

[fabiousa]

Hello guys,

After all recommendations and everything else, my company acquired Net Express 3.1.
I just need to recompile some old software (not even change the code for the time being).
I have the source codes and the copybooks.
Using Net Express, I created a project and compiled all the programs. I couldn't find any error.
There is the question: how can I make them dlls?
I selected the program ABC.INT and clicked on Package Selected Files -- Dynamic Load Library.What I have now in my project is a kinda gray folder ABC.dll which contains ABC.obj + ABC.cbl + all copybooks.

If I open the directory where my project is located I can't find any files named ABC.dll. What should I do?
I just need the ABC.dll to be copied to an application calling program directory.

MANY MANY THANKS!
Fabio

 

[saginaw]

Fabiousa, you are close...

you should have two panes on the Net Express desktop. Try this... Select the COBOL source member from the right-pane and using the left mouse button (i.e. click and hold) and drag it over to a white space in the left-pane and release mouse button. You should get a window that has the default compile type set to intermediate code, change this to object code. Next, find the newly added OBJ member in the left pane, select this member with right mouse button then select Package selected files, then select DLL. Rebuild or build project then look in the DEBUG or RELEASE sub-directory for the DLL.

Good Luck, Saginaw
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[fabiousa]

Thanks a lot!
After a while I managed to find it in the spoken directory!

Fabio