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I would like to deepen my knowledge of Visual Cobol. I use the Personal Edition for this. Is it possible to use the IMTK in the edition? It seems to me that I cannot make the Enterprise Server available for the Personal Edition.

We have RM installed on an older server and we are trying to update/upgrade the server so it was decided we would stand up a new server and install COBOL from scratch on it. the server its on currently is an old fedora build, and the new one is Debian 12 32bit. we have tried to install on ubuntu 20.4, fedora 40, and now debian 12 32 bit and every time it will run the install.sh file and say        RM/COBOL Installation ___________________________ (press system cancel key to abort) Operating system detected: and then just crash out to the terminal. would it be due to it being too old of a version of RM to work on the new system? or is it only good for one install? any ideas????? file systems are ext4. #RMCOBOL#RMCobol

I am indexing a 21,000,000 record file on the invoice date.  It is a single value field, and when I build the index it works correctly based on the records in the file at the time of the build.  After that, new records or changed records are NOT added to the index. Is there a setting related to indexing that must be set to auto update the index? I have read all the UniData documentation on indexing that I can find. I have been using indexes in other versions of Pick for decades and this is the first time I have hit this problem.------------------------------Bob LislePresidentInformation Technology SystemsDallas TX US------------------------------

I have a simple cobol program that currently receives a json payload from another cobol program (via an API type call).  We have a need for a C++ program to be able to pass the same json string to the cobol program via the existing api calling method (currently oracle tuxedo). I have a working cpp client and its json is structured correctly, the json it pretty simple and is along the lines of the following: { "APICALL": {"APINAME":"DUMMYAPI", "APIPARAMS": {"PARM1":"VALUE1", "PARM2": "VALUE2"}}} The cobol program that is receiving the API call needs to extract the APINAME and pass the APIPARAMS string when calling the cobol module named in "APINAME". I need to be able to just pass the value of APIPARAMS on, if I have something like the following defined: 01 API-CALL. 03 API-NAME PIC X(30). 03 API-PARAMS PIC X(400). If I "JSON PARSE" it I end up with binary "junk" in API_PARAMS (API-NAME is spot on) in my cobol program, unless I call if from another cobol program.  When that

In AccuTerm Tools Tab -> Settings -> Connection -> Secure Shell there is an option for Authentication -> public key In the Private key submenu, there are several options to find the private key. I don't see any outside authenticators such as  ssh-agent and/or pageant.  Can AccuTerm be configured to use one of these ? Windows now provides ssh-agent. Pageant has become a defacto standard for this.

Patch 10.4.02-054 Downloads Product availability Matrix (PAM) Downloads of this patch are available from the Rocket Customer Support Portal. Further explanation can be found here. New Feature(s)Security related code improvements for Windows platforms.

I have a question on RM/COBOL program(s) and its relation to CPU usage.  I have around 10 Cobol programs use to run for long on Linux machine. Linux machine has 8 CPUs. I noticed all programs is trying to use 1-2 CPU while other remain unutilized. Programs are running slow. Is there way to optimized CPUs usage so that 1 RM/COBOL program run per CPU?  #Linux#RM/COBOL

I am writing a basic program to execute programs in phantom mode. Right now, the main program executes all of the individual programs at 1 am. Will be adding in features to specify what time to start each individual program at, what frequency (daily,monthly,etc), pause the individual program . If you can think of any other features that may be helpful, please let me know. Eventually I plan on releasing the program for anyone's use. If you need something like this now, let me know. ------------------------------Dave SchwartzSelf RegisteredFORT LAUDERDALE FL US------------------------------

We have a multi-valued field that is being exploded for a sort. The dictionary item calls a program to convert the value. When we were on D3, this worked correctly. When we moved to Jbase, the sort failed. It seems to only sort on the first multi-value of each record selected. The program call was originally in <8> of the dict item. Another developer moved it to <7> after the issue was discovered. That worked fine for a while as the order of the original format sorted very close to the sort of the updated format. However, additional changes have been made that now make it obviously incorrect. <8> is the proper location for this call. The subroutine being called does use a few ACCESS references. At first I thought it might be something there, but it does do the conversion correctly. So the outputted data is correct with its format, but the sort result is wrong. Stumped.------------------------------Chris RazzanoSenior PICK programmerHouston's Inc-----------------------

Downloaded Visual COBOL for Visual Studio Personal Edition Named User WebEval SW E-LTY as free trial. Install environment: Windows Server 2022 Visual Studio 2022 Community (17.10.5). Install error message: Log extract: [150C:1EE8][2024-07-26T12:21:07]i052: Condition 'WixBundleInstalled or ignorechecks="1" or VS2022ValidInstance="1"' evaluates to false. [150C:1EE8][2024-07-26T12:21:07]e000: Error 0x81f40001: Bundle condition evaluated to false: WixBundleInstalled or ignorechecks="1" or VS2022ValidInstance="1" Any thoughts / similar experiences / workarounds ?

I noticed that when I executed two select statements in a basic program, the 2nd one does NOT utilize the results from the first one: CMD1='SELECT FILE WITH ATTR1 EQ "Y"'' EXECUTE CMD1 CMD2-'SORT FILE F1 F2 F3 F4' EXECUTE CMD2 But, if I combine them it works: MULTI.CMD=CMD1:@AM:CMD2 EXECUTE MULTI.CMD Problem: is there a way to keep the 2nd command from running if the CMD1 finds 0 records? ------------------------------Nelson SchrothpresidentC3CompleteShop LLCHarrison OH US------------------------------

Hey all, Moving a UF 9.x application to Windows 11 - and when I run the app - I get this kinda weird white frame around the edit box... Anyone got any suggestions to remove it?? Thx, Knut ------------------------------Knut Dybendahl------------------------------

Hi Guys, According to the manual the D3 -d command  -d data.arg Stacks data for the process once it is activated. The data argument specified is any string that contains displayable characters and commands prefixed by a backslash. The D3 implementation is Linux (Redhat) 10.3x I run this code in Linux and I can see the entries in the TCL stacker: Please just ignore the commented out lines.  RESCMD = "!d3 -500 -d -' \\r\\r\\r\\rdm\\rdm\\rxxxxxx\\r"       RESCMD = RESCMD:"\\rt-det 5 (uz\\rt-select 5\\rt-rew\\rt-rew\\r" *      RESCMD = RESCMD:"\\rlistfiles \\r"       RESCMD = RESCMD:"\\r\\r\\rt-det\\r\\rsleep 1\\r\\rexit\\r\\r'"       EXECUTE RESCMD * *      DELCMD = "!d3 -500 -d -' \\r\\r\\r\\rdm\\rdm\\rdxxxxxx\\r" *      DELCMD = DELCMD:"\\r\\r\\rt-det\\r\\rtime\\r\\rexit\\r\\r'" *      execute delcmd * *      execute delcmd * *      RESCMD = "!d3 -500 -d -' \\r\\r\\r\\rdm\\rdm\\rdxxxxxx\\r" *      RESCMD = RESCMD:"\\rt-det 5 (uz\\rt-select 5\\rt-rew\\rt-rew\\r" *      RESCMD

Hello, I want to use ODBC connection to postgres database  with a cobol SQL program (Visual Cobol + oesql). I've got this error : SQL CODE : 000019520-ORDER : OPEN CURPARMODMESSAGE SQL : Connection does not support HOLD cursors How can i configure my ODBC.ini to work correctly with HOLD cursor Or is there a postgres ODBC driver on Linux with HOLD cursor capability ? Thanks for your help. Laurent.

hello, So, Universe >= r12 use the same lock system like Udt, I'm looking to deeply understand/tune it. For admin & troubleshooting, there is a tool uvglm_tool / glm_tool  and uvulc_tool / ulc_tool, but they are not documented or I do not found any docs about it nor in Unidata docs.    Is there anyone who have details about it ? How to read the info, use it ? Perhaps docs/pdf/ppt/whitepaper/KB/...  from U2University conferences in the past ?  I thank you by advance. ------------------------------Manu Fernandes------------------------------

My current licenses for Visual Cobol Personal Edition and Visual Studio Community Edition are due for renewal very shortly. Under the new arrangements with Rocket Software are there any changes to the licensing of VCPE (with VS2022)? TIA

Hi,I have linked an engine-side JavaScript file to a page onLoad and deployed it to the QA server, but I cannot view the console in my browser console. Is there any way I can view the console to confirm that the script is called correctly after the server is deployed? Can anyone provide a solution for this?Sample engine side script : import * as fs from 'mx:fs';import {Field} from 'mx:emulator'; console.log("Function Called")  

when i convert a .h file with h2cpy.exe the names are cut on 30 characters. Is there a option to keep the long names from the h file? in Visual Cobol 9.x h2cpy.exe is not here i missed so many thinks in VC as Type Library, h2cpy, out directory, etc Thanks for help cg

Are there any examples written in Flask or other tool that uses REST tocommunicate with Universe using MVIS to do data entry? A customerdemographics app for example. What is a good design pattern to support thesession and record locking?Thanks

Hello, We sometimes have problem with mouse pointer in Uniface application : the pointer is visible ouside the Uniface application but as soon as we move above the most externe component called by start-up-shell, it disappears. The only way to see it again is to close the runtime and re-open it. Have you ever seen that ? We have this problem in 9.6 and 10.4 on several windows platform. Regards, Jérémie.------------------------------Jérémie CEDOLINProges PlusWillems FR------------------------------

Hello, I have this error when i start the deamon: /opt/microfocus/VisualCOBOL/remotedev/startrdodaemon Error - Product build environment incorrectly set Error output was:*1889-S** License failure: no license available.cob64: error(s) in compilation: cobcheckinstall10420686.cbl Thank you 

Hello, I have a problem with a small application that I have that reads the citizen card using the chip. The card is read, the data is imported, but when the photo image is written it gives an error: "Generic error in GDI+" (I send the error as an attachment). I have two computers where one of them records the photo without any problem and the other gives this error. The instruction that gives the error is as follows: invoke bitmapx::Save(ccPictureFilePath, type ImageFormat::Jpeg)where bitmapx using class System.Drawing.Bitmap.I'm waiting for your notices.Best regardsAlberto Ferraz

Hi, can someone help me?   I have 2 D3 windows servers with the same version.  I used to have a super q-pointer on the second server pointing to an account on the first server.  The q-pointer was deleted when i freed up vme space.  I can't remember the format needed for the super q-pointer.  I also can't find the document that i previously read to setup this.   Thanks!

Will the Visual COBOL release cadence continue as is?  Is there a new release coming? 

Our ERP system utilizes UniVerse and I'd like to train some our support team members to become UniVerse Administrators. Is there a Rocket program or Contact I can reach out to for assistance?  ------------------------------Matthew WestDirector of Software DevelopmentIntegrated Supply Network IncLakeland FL US------------------------------