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Using Procedure Generators: INQUIRY, PROCGEN and PROCFORM
Access 87, March 1987
Programs that general Procedures

Controlling File Access: OPENing up your files with SPECIAL INPUT
Access 88, April 1988
Using SPECIAL INPUT to speed file access

Review: Wang COBOL-85
Access to Wang, November 1988
Review of Wang's COBOL-85 product

Inner Workings: Part I: Advanced VS file investigation
Access to Wang, August 1989
Discovering secrets of Wang VS internals; part 1 of 2

Name, Rank & Serial Number: Part II: Advanced VS file investigation
Access to Wang, September 1989
Discovering secrets of Wang VS internals; part 2 of 2

To Any Length: Variable-length data records: a COBOL example
Access to Wang, October 1989
Using variable-length records in COBOL programs

Memories: Remembering how to write programs that create procedures has its benefits
Access to Wang, March 1990
Creating programs that write Procedure files

Spellbound: Mastering printer control codes - first of a two-part series
Access to Wang, April 1990
Embedding printer control characters in Wang print files (part 1 of 2)

Printed Matter: Practical applications of printer control codes - second of a two-part series
Access to Wang, May 1990
Embedding printer control characters in Wang print files (part 2 of 2)

Routine Procedure: Exploring Wang subroutines with Procedure
Access to Wang, June 1990
Using Procedures to test and display the results of the Wang VSSUBS library

Blueprints: Application design for asynchronous workstations
Access to Wang, September 1990
Designing applications to work well with asynchronous workstations (part 1 of 2)

Design School: Application design for asynchronous workstations - Part II
Access to Wang, October 1990
Designing applications to work well with asynchronous workstations (part 2 of 2)

Easy Routines: Options for linking subroutines
Access to Wang, June 1991
Options for linking subroutines

No More Tears: A painless approach to GETPARM and PUTPARM programming
Access to Wang, September 1991
Creating GETPARM and PUTPARM requests in programs easily

A Classic Tool: From humble USERAID beginnings, EZFORMAT approaches cult status
Access to Wang, November 1991
Review of the features of EZFORMAT

Trading Info: Successful VS/PC exchanges require knowing your files inside and out
Access to Wang, December 1991
Understanding the internal structure of files when exchanging data with dissimilar systems

Change Control: Effectively managing the development process
Access to Wang, July 1992
Discussion of source file change control and application to the VS editor

Shifting the Burden: Downloading VS files to PCs lets users run their own reports
Access to Wang, September 1992
Using COBOL programs to create tab-delimited text files for import into PC applications

Global Variables: Let your applications share information
Access to Wang, December 1992
Using GLOBAL variables to pass information between programs

Introducing the Wang Symbolic Debugger
Access to Wang, June 1993
Techniques and personalization of the Wang debugger (part 1 of 2)

The Wang Symbolic Debugger: Part Two of a series
Access to Wang, July 1993
Techniques and personalization of the Wang debugger (part 2 of 2)

New features in COBOL 85
Access to Wang, May 1994
Changes to COBOL syntax under the '85 specification

Source Code Tracking on the VS: File comparison and installation
Access to Wang, April 1995
Using the Wang COMPARE utility (the SRCDIFF option) to sift out changes to source files

Revision Control: Source code tracking in the Unix environment
Access to Wang, May 1995
Unix revision control systems, including RCS and SCCS; comparison to Wang tools

Converting COBOL Source Code: VS utilities provide conversion tools
Access to Wang, August 1995
VS tools that can be used to convert COBOL code to other environments

The VS Developer's Guide to Script Languages: Part 1: Introduction to script languages
Access to Wang, January 1998
Introducing script languages and their application (part 1 of 6)

Using Script Languages: Part 2: VBScript
Access to Wang, February 1998
Script language series: VBScript (part 2 of 6)

Using Script Languages: Part 3: JavaScript
Access to Wang, March 1998
Script language series: JavaScript (part 3 of 6)

Using Script Languages: Part 4 (Perl, Part 1)
Access to Wang, April 1998
Script language series: Perl, part 1 (part 4 of 6)

Using Script Languages: Part 5 (Perl, Part 2)
Access to Wang, May 1998
Script language series: Perl, part 2 (part 5 of 6)

Using Script Languages: Part 6: Java
Access to Wang, June 1998
Script language series: Java (part 6 of 6)

Script Languages and Getting Online: Concluding the scripting series and information on getting onto the Internet
Access to Wang, July 1998
Concluding remarks on script languages; steps for getting on the Internet (part 1 of 2)

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