Every legacy COBOL application can be significantly improved by adding graphical reports.

isCOBOL users can easily achieve this using the IDE Report Designer. This tool offers several key advantages:

• Integrated graphical designer (WYSIWYG) within the IDE
• Simple drag-and-drop graphical controls in reports
• Easy population of Working-Storage or File variables into reports
• Automatic preview without writing any code
• Export to PDF with no coding required
• Export to Excel with no coding required

Attached, you’ll find a tutorial on how to use the IDE Report Designer.

Additionally, we’ve created a YouTube video that walks you through creating a report with the IDE Report Designer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT5v2UM2YN0&t=3s

You can also explore a sample program included with the IDE installation under:
%ISCOBOL%/sample/projects/report-designer