COBOL in CICS tip roundup

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Help with calling a COBOL subprogram from either CICS or batch environments
CICS expert Robert Crawford helps troubleshoot a COBOL subprogram call from CICS or batch environments.

Is it necessary to re-compile CICS COBOL after migrating from CICS V4.1 to CICS TS?
CICS TS migration concerns in a Natural/ADABAS shop that uses some COBOL.

Accessing an ESDS file that's open to CICS
Advice on accessing an ESDS file that is open to CICS for update from a batch COBOL program.

Allowing a CICS COBOL component to be accessed via VB screen
Expert advice on allowing existing CICS COBOL component to be accessed by a Visual Basic screen.

Any reason why we shouldn't write CICS transactions in Java vs COBOL?
What's the case for using COBOL instead of Java and vice versa?

Can batch-compiled COBOL programs run in CICS?
CICS expert Robert Harris offers advice on running batch-compiled COBOL programs in CICS environment.

Initiating a CICS transaction using a batch COBOL program
Another question about initiating CICS transactions using batch COBOL programs.

Using Web-CICS direct connect programming language is COBOL
I'm writing my first application utilizing Web-CICS direct connect programming language in COBOL, but how do I pass data from one task to another?

Will CICS TS 2.2 run existing load modules compiled in COBOL II or OS/VS COBOL?
COBOL version conversion and other questions about running COBOL on CICS are discussed in the expert response.

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