Object COBOL?

Hi,

I have a need to use some object oriented facilities. For various reasons I cannot use .NET or JVM. I was looking into ISO2002 Object COBOL.

First, is ISO2002 Object COBOL recommended? Is it deprecated? There is only limited documumentation delivered with VC.

Second, are there any samples available?

Third, I have a have a simple (very simple) set of code that compiles but fails when run.

The code is:

       repository.
       class CharacterArray.
       ...
       01      w-string    object.  
       ...
           invoke CharacterArray "new" returning w-string.

The error is "Called program file not found in drive/directory: CHARACTERARRAY" on the invoke. Any insights on this?

Many thanks,

Leigh.