Microsoft KB Archive/20237

Run-Time System Configures Itself by Using TERMCAP Database

PSS ID Number: Q20237 Article last modified on 11-16-1992

2.10 2.20 XENIX

Summary: It is not necessary to install the Microsoft XENIX COBOL Compiler run-time module, as it is in MS-DOS COBOL. In XENIX, the run-time system configures itself by extracting needed information from the terminal-capability database called TERMCAP. TERMCAP entries are supplied with the XENIX operating system. Microsoft COBOL (XENIX) uses the TERM environment variable in the .PROFILE file to find the correct terminal entry in the TERMCAP file. If there is no TERMCAP entry for the terminal to be used, the TERMCAP file should be changed to include the configuration of the terminal. The TERMCAP file can be altered with support from the hardware manufacturer or the TERMINSTALL program supplied with Microsoft COBOL.

More Information: For more information, refer to the “Microsoft COBOL Compiler for MS-DOS: User’s Guide,” Appendix D, Pages 123-127. Information that describes how to modify existing TERMCAP entries is available as an application note from Microsoft Technical Support by calling (206) 454-2030.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1992.