Windows GUI Programming with OpenCOBOL?

Question

I'm completely new to COBOL, but I'd like to take a look at the different options for GUI programming on Windows. I don't really like Tcl/Tk, though. Is there some resource for developing a Windows GUI in COBOL in the same manner that one would develop a GUI in C?

Thanks!

Answer 1

check out http://www.netcobol.com/

in particular http://www.netcobol.com/products/windows/cobol.htm

Answer 2

I used MicroFocus version 2.0 and it supported creating Windows GUI forms with an event driven model. They are now on version 5.1. Although the full version is quite expensive, there is a book with a stripped down learning version here:

http://www.murach.com/books/mcb2/microfocus.htm