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I am looking for a way to differentiate a record create (or insert if you will) from a record update within a trigger.  I am not seeing anything that would allow me to do this easily.   My use case is to send out an event on a record create and a different event on a record update.  I want this to happen only after a successful write.I can see on a pre-write how I could see if the record exists already or not, but then if the write should fail, I would have sent an event for the create or the update that is out of sync with the state of my database.  I would like to avoid having 2 events sent on a create (one pre-write detecting a create and one post-write for an update).It would seem to be an important piece of metadata that should be available to the trigger as to whether or not this record had to (or will) be created by the write.Has anyone else already come up with an elegant solution or can point out the obvious thing I am missing?

Hi Unifacers,I would like to understand how to deal with VARIANT datatype in a COM interface with Uniface.VARIANT datatype as far as I’ve understood from Microsoft documentation is accepting either strings or numeric or any other datatypes and based on the datatype received it is reacting accordingly.Giving an easy understandable example (but the problem is generic):an Excel workbook could be composed from one or more worksheet; when more worksheets are available the program should select the one it wants to work into.After loading the Excel type library in Uniface and opening the workbook the operation to be called to move to a specific worksheet is:    sheets->get_item(handle out, variant in)- First param is an output parameter and it is the handle/pointer to the requested sheet- Second param is a VARIANT and it could be either a number or a string; when number it means the ordinal number identifying the requested worksheet or when string it means the name assigned to the workshee

Hi freaksI was forced to upgrade ourWindows-Server and SQL-Server to Version “2025”No problem but now, when I connect (from our application) the first time to the database it takes 8 secondssql/print "SELECT top 1 1 FROM aTable", "DEF"Profiling on MS-SQL give me no hint, as the duration of all action are a few microseconds.Using procmon results in this picture UnifAce connects and deconnect several time. Every reconnect last 0.5 seconds so in total we are near the eight seconds (measured by counting aloud)So what’s going on here?As I said, it's really just the simple SQL/print statement, nothing else.Oh yes, when I start the IDF, I got thisWhat happens here for about two seconds?Thanks for any hintIngo 

I have PROD1.PROCLIB listed in the System Procedure Library in JES configuration.  But unless I include the JCLLIB statement in my JCL it can’t find the procedure.

Visual COBOL 11 at this point compiles to .NET Core 8.0, when you create a new project there is no option to select .NET Core 10.0On my machine I have:2.1.526 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]3.1.426 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]5.0.104 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]5.0.214 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]5.0.303 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]5.0.408 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]6.0.136 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]8.0.206 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]8.0.418 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]9.0.100-preview.3.24204.13 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]9.0.311 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]10.0.102 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]10.0.103 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]What would happen if I start my application using:MyApp.Host.exe -roll-forward LatestMajoror update my runtimeconfig.json to use rollForward? 

DownloadsProduct availability Matrix (PAM)Downloads of this patch are available from the Rocket Customer Support Portal New Feature(s) Uniface UX & DSP EnhancementsThis release delivers significant improvements across UX layout widgets, component‑level UX widget support in DSP applications, and occurrence‑level property handling within the UX Interface.1. New Layout WidgetsUniface UX now includes three new layout widgets that streamline the construction of page, component, and entity layouts:uxHeaderFooter (page level) — Provides a header–main–footer structure with intelligent slot distribution and sticky positioning. uxCompLayout (component level) — Supports organized component‑level layouts with labels and flexible alignment. uxEntLayout (entity level) — Offers layout options for collections and occurrences with configurable arrangement and alignment.NOTE: We strongly advise to use the edist installer; if you are not using the edist installer you need to manually update the usys.

We are loading a third party web page to an HTML widget in a DSP which is in turn loaded into an HTML widget from our C.S. Application. The 3rd party web page is displaying the dates etc in American format. and the navigator.language when queried in the inspector is “en-US”. The user/machine I am running the client application on is set to language “en-GB” when I run chrome and use the inspector. It is important that I can set the accepted languages and preferred language for my application as people will be confused by the date formats. How do you control these settings in the HTML widget/cefrender? NOTE, I am currently jumping through hoops to set the locale in the DSP code, but this is a 3rd party software… Regards, Iain

As a follow-up to the Advisory posting from February 2026, we wanted to advise that this information has been formally incorporated into the online documentation for Mobius, specifically into the System Requirements documentation.A link to this information is available here: Mobius System RequirementsA screenshot is shown below: For any follow-up questions, or if you wish to confirm the Mobius directories specific to your organization, please contact Rocket Customer Support using one of the following options:Submit a case on the Rocket Software Support Portal. Navigate to Rocket Customer Support via the following URL: https://www.rocketsoftware.com/support and select “Submit a Case” Contact Rocket Customer Support via the toll-free number: +1.855.577.4323 Send an e-mail to Customer Support at support@rocketsoftware.com

In the Reflection .NET API, our WaitHostSettle calls no longer appear to do anything.  If I call the method like below (10 sec timeout, 3 sec settle), it instantly continues.  It should wait for a minimum of 3 seconds in this case.  This is causing sync issues with some of our processes.  We’re on Reflection 18.0.2214 if it helps.WaitForHostSettle(10000, 3000)

Hi,I’ve been running into a bit of a frustrating hurdle while trying to modernize some of our older terminal workflows, and I’m curious if anyone here has found a reliable workaround. We’re attempting to automate a series of data entry tasks, but we keep hitting these intermittent execution timeouts. It seems like the emulator is losing its "focus" mid-script, which causes the whole automation string to just hang indefinitely until I manually refresh the session.I’ve spent the morning looking into whether this is a resource allocation issue on the host side or if I just haven't configured the background processes correctly. I even tried a fresh delta download of our execution toolkit to see if updated libraries would resolve the handshake errors, but the script still seems to struggle with the timing between the commands and the UI response.Has anyone else dealt with this kind of lag or "ghost" hanging during high-volume script runs? I’m starting to wonder if it’s a specific setting wi

Is there a way to quickly find or navigate to a certain program by name in online editing? Search bar gives results only for the already opened programs. 

There is a new file called uoj.properties that controls logging and such for UOJ 5.4.3. I read the documentation and found this new required feature. However, the UOJ code does not read the file when deployed on Apache Tomcat. Rocket Software is working on a hotfix.The problem is that the logDebugLevel is set to INFO no matter what you set the file for. Because I have background process running like batch jobs, clean up temporary files in Universe, and running BIRT print jobs in UniBasic code. Each of those processes creates a log entry meaning I create about 43,250 minimum per day in the Apache Tomcat log files. Talk about be overwhelming data!Here is what the file looks like for me:ConnectionPoolingOn = MinimumPoolSize = -1MaximumPoolSize = -1OpenSessionTimeOut = -1IdleRemoveThreshold = -1IdleRemoveExecInterval = -1PoolingDebug = LogFilePath = C:\\Program Files\\\Apache Software Foundation\\Tomcat 9.0\\logs\\logRotationCount = 10logFileSizeLimitInKB = 10000logDebugLevel = OFFsslHostN

Good morning, I have been working in COBOL for over 20 years and I have always believed that when a main program (PA) calls a second program (PB) using `CALL PB USING field1 field2 field3` and the procedure in PB is `PROCEDURE USING field1 field2 field3`, the parameters that are put in the `using` procedure of a program (PB) should be defined in the `linkage` section, but I see in the documentation this“ Data-name-1 must be defined as a level 01 or a level 77 entry in the Linkage Section , File Section or Working-Storage Section”This raises a lot of questions for me.Has this always been the case? If the variables in PB are defined in the working storage section, what relationship do the variables in PA have with those in PB? How does assigning values ​​to variables in PB affect the variables defined in PA? Could the call be made from PA without passing those parameters?

 Phil Tenney, Chief Information and Technology Officer at Travis Perkins pls will share his perspective on leading through complexity, prioritising incremental progress over large-scale transformation, and the role of AI in building future-ready foundations. (Rocket is part of the large technology estate he manages).Event Date: 11 March 2026, Time: 10:00 AM EDT | 2:00 PM GMTModerator: Mark Lister, Channel Lead at Mitra AI.Registration link: https://lnkd.in/gdTSWZaM

Is it possible to migrate JAVA code that use JCICS in CICS Liberty server on zOS to run on Rocket Enterprise server on Linux ?  Is there any guide for such migration ?

ZMF Explorer link to changeman zmf community page points to opentext site not rocket’s site

I’m not sure if this is the right forum to ask this question. What are employers looking for when  it comes to COBOL. Is proficiency in COBOL the only requisite they want, or are they looking for other things as well? At the age of 70, and with issues like memory retention and learning new things, learning COBOL is one thing. Learning more than just a programming language may be more than I can muster.

what is a repository key in mobius ??

HiI have installed patch line Uniface 10.4.03.036 today. The Ide startpage tries to load “Loading community topics”, but it’s just spinning.If you restart the Ide, you may be lucky and it loads, but usually just spinning.It doesn’t lock the ide but..I think I have seen something about this in the forum, but I can’t find it.Regards RogerWStartpage 

We do all our exports to CSV by lfieldump and this works for yearsNow, however, a customer came up with the idea of using a DOS environment variable to determine the directory instead of fixed directories.So instead of "Q:\outpute\export1.csv,"it should now be "%app_export%\export1.csv"(where app_export is defined differently on each client).Unfortunately, Uniface cannot handle this; the file system converts it to "?app_export?\export1.csv," and the file system complains.Is there a simple solution for this, i.e., any letter combinations that can be used at the file system level to resolve "%%app_export%"?Of course, I can use a few tricks to ask Windows/DOS what the resolution is before each fieldump, and then replace that part. But I'm reluctant to check all our programs for this and make changes :-)A customer 

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Visual Cobol?I have a book on the subject but the author gave the reader a bogus web address.Or do I just have to wait to be told where to go to get my copy of the compiler. I like working with Visual Studio Community. 

I have a CS form with an HTML widget on it. The CS form has a proc on it as per below. entry lp_refresh $fieldhandle("d_to_do_list")->$widgetoperation("JS:uniface.getInstance('SYD_TO_DO_LIST').activate('refresh')")endThe DSP SYD_TO_DO_LIST has an operation refresh as per below. Where “widget” is the name of a DSP container widget. operation refreshpublic webscope input output operation all_instances().refreshendscope if(widget != "" & widget != "SYD_BI") activate widget.refresh() endif return 0endThis successfully executes the refresh operation on the DSP contained by the widget container, and in turn on a widget contained by that container. So it all appears good. However, if I inspect the cef process (ENABLEDEVTOOLS=true), it builds up uncaught exceptions as per below, every time the refresh is fired. NOTE the refresh works, it just stacks an error in the dev tools.  VM124:1 Uncaught TypeError: uniface.getInstance(...).activate(...) is not a function at <anonymous>:1:58