Micro Focus Visual COBOL Build Tools for Windows 4.0

Micro Focus Visual COBOL Build Tools for Windows is a lightweight, command-line edition of Visual COBOL designed for automated builds and continuous integration on Windows. It provides the core COBOL compilers, linkers, and packaging utilities—without the IDE—so teams can compile and link COBOL applications consistently across build servers, containers, and cloud pipelines.

Key capabilities:

• Headless build environment for native and .NET COBOL on Windows
• MSBuild and script-friendly tooling for CI/CD systems such as Azure DevOps and Jenkins
• Support for 32-bit and 64-bit targets with consistent, repeatable outputs
• Modern COBOL language features and copybook management for large codebases
• Small footprint suitable for build agents and ephemeral environments
• Compatible with projects created in Visual COBOL for Visual Studio

Developed by Micro Focus, this toolset helps enterprises standardize and scale COBOL builds, accelerating delivery while keeping production pipelines reliable and maintainable.

Micro Focus Visual COBOL Build Tools for Windows is developed by Micro Focus. The most popular version of this product among our users is 4.0.