Preface

This document describes the features of the Pro*COBOL precompiler that apply to the Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 operating systems.

This Preface contains these topics:

• Intended Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documents

• Conventions

Intended Audience

Pro*COBOL Getting Started is intended for anyone who wants to use Pro*COBOL who perform the following tasks:

• Embed SQL statements in a COBOL program

• Build Oracle database applications with Pro*COBOL

To use this document, you need to:

• Know how to use a COBOL compiler in the Windows environment

• Be familiar with Windows commands such as deleting and copying files

• Understand the concepts of the search path, configuration files, and directory structure

• Be able to use a text editor to make changes to an ASCII text file

Documentation Accessibility

Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible, with good usability, to the disabled community. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Accessibility standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers. For more information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program Web site at

http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

This documentation may contain links to Web sites of other companies or organizations that Oracle does not own or control. Oracle neither evaluates nor makes any representations regarding the accessibility of these Web sites.

TTY Access to Oracle Support Services

Oracle provides dedicated Text Telephone (TTY) access to Oracle Support Services within the United States of America 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For TTY support, call 800.446.2398.

Related Documents

For more information, see these Oracle resources:

• Oracle Database Installation Guide for Windows

• Oracle Database Release Notes for Windows

• Oracle Database Platform Guide for Windows

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Net Services Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Real Application Clusters Quick Start

• Oracle Database New Features

• Oracle Database Reference

• Oracle Database Error Messages

• Pro*COBOL Programmer's Guide

Many books in the documentation set use the sample schemas of the seed database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle. Refer to Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information on how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document: