1. What are the advantages to using LUCID versus other flowcharting software?

• Image quality: LUCID flowcharts have clear and recognizable icons for files, programs, databases, reports and other entities. Given the choice, developers use LUCID's clear and intuitive flowcharts more frequently than similar flowcharting utilities on the market.
• Retrieval & display of file attributes: LUCID automatically obtains file attributes directly from the COBOL source code and the z/OS system catalog.
• Real-time view of JCL and COBOL source code files: LUCID users have the ability to view the current version of the JCL and COBOL source code files - without leaving the LUCID screens.

2. What makes LUCID a reliable cross-platform software application?

LUCID was developed using JAVA as the programming language, and therefore it can be easily migrated across different platforms

3. How can LUCID draw an accurate flowchart automatically?

LUCID software parses the JCL and COBOL source code files to gather data and generate flowcharts which are subsequently displayed on the PC component.