COB Viewer

Software programs supporting files with COB extension

Our COB Viewer did not live up to what I expected? Choose something else One of them is to use software that works with the COB file. You can try to open your COB file with one of these applications. By using the dedicated software you will have more options, e.g. editing the COB file or converting the COB file to a different file format.

What are the pros and cons of such a solution?

The first important thing is that you will need to download and install a dedicated application that supports the COB format on your device. In this situation, unfortunately, you cannot see the COB file online. This solution is more problematic, but also allows for more processing options for the COB file. Meet a few applications designed to work with COB and go to the full list - COB File Opener

Examples of software programs that work with the COB format

NetCOBOL OpenCOBOL TinyCOBOL

Other ways to view the COB file

If you still cannot see the contents of the COB file, but also don't see the need to install dedicated software, then there are other solutions. A lot of file formats contain plain text data or packed data. In this case, you can try to open your COB file with the simplest text editor, for example with "Notepad". This does not guarantee success, but in most cases it will allow you to see the contents of the COB file to some extent.

As in the case of Notepad, you can also use the data archiving program. Try to open your file with e.g. Winrar or Winzip. If the file is a data archive, you should see what individual files it consists of. Go to the information page about the COB file extension. to see what kind of data it contains.

Other solutions

You can also try to use solutions offered by external suppliers, such as:

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