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We are in the process to migrate 30 millons LOC written in Cobol Micro Focus using embedded SQL for Oracle, to use PostgreSQL database. We know that there are some open source pre compilers like gixsql, but we are interested in the official support from Micro Focus, is there a supported pre compiler for PostgreSQL?#PostGRESQL#precompliler

Do you have an example of HTH  zFS resident HTML component?    We are adding Java support to our ChangeMan ZMF environment. I would like to understand the HTH type.#ChangeManZMF

It is not easy to find the correct commands to control excel interface. With the Macro Recorder it is very easy to find the VBA-Commands! Now i search a converter from VBA to Cobol? Thanks for help!

Hullo all. I hope the collective intelligence of the community can help guide us here. We have a large-ish program written & running under AcuGT (Extend) for Windows. It has a Windows UI. It is a real-time transaction processing engine with a UI to monitor and control the activity. So it runs in 2+ threads but its a single program. We want to split this into two programs: A transaction processing engine that runs as a Windows Service, so it launches on boot and is always running. No UI at all. A UI that interacts with the above program. Ideally we would just take the existing code - the current UI thread - and make minimal changes to it, so it will still be an AcuGT/Extend program. But users could launch/run it using AcuToWeb. We want to put minimal effort into this, as it does not extend the functionality of our product, it just solves some security + remote-access issues. It should not be too hard to simply split this one program (currently implemented as two threads) into

Hi, II have configured two systems; the first system has run time folder as swrun.16 and the second system has swrun.17. I want to install/register some components into the run time folder programatically.Could you please suggest a way how to dynamically determine the Runtime directory? Thanks, Aji Cherian

Hi all. We will be interacting with electronic labels, and the API is a bunch of restful web services, so we'll be using the RMNET routines.  I know the C$SOCKET functions are not "thread safe" because if you wait for a response, all threads will block (my manual tells me so!) but I was wondering about the RMNET routines.  Do they have the same limitation or can I launch a thread to do the API transaction, while the main function continues on?  The manual doesn't mention either way.

Hello Uniface Community Is anyone have a feedback of  Uniface with a Database on Azure SQL managed instance ? Thanks for you help Daniel ------------------------------Daniel CaberoLead of IT R&D LideaLIDEA FranceMONDONVILLE FR------------------------------

Hello, I was not able to figure out the issue , when im trying to integrate microfocus dlls and COBOL files to webapi c#  endpoint call. The below exception is throwing when executing cobol business logic.It's not working in webapi/wcf calls.It's executed only in winforms application.Could you please do help on this issue.Are these cobol dll integration work in web development?  

Hello, where can I find some examples for using the new 64 bit EHLAPI64.DLL with .net  program ? I have Rumba+ Desktop 10.2 SP1 and the old code with 32 bit version seems do not work anymore (even changed from "EHLAP32.DLL" to "EHLAPI64.DLL") Thank you very much.#Rumba+Desktop10.2#Rumba

I do not work with this program, but am trying to assist in a server migration that involved upgrading Syspro which utilizes Micro Focus components. Upon trying to run an install, I receive this error message: 0x81f40001 - Micro Focus COBOL Server 3.0 must be uninstalled before continuing.  I feel as if I have tried everything and removed everything I could find to no avail- I keep getting this error. Where does this live and how does one remove it?

I used to know how to do this... - Bob------------------------------Bob ThomsonPresidentSynapse Computer Solutions IncSan Rafael CA US------------------------------

I have found that signatures for components remain even after the component has been deleted.  I also, did not find a way to remove many signatures at once(except via sql). Is there an option or can this be added as a new feature? v10.04.01------------------------------Osman Shariff------------------------------

Patch 10.4.02-047 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)The LM_REDUNDANT license option has been introduced. If you are using a pool of redundant RMS license servers and you are experiencing a delay of several seconds when Uniface is logging in to its licenses, then you can use this setting to have Uniface take of the login from Sentinel: determining which RMS server is the leader. This may help to reduce this delay significantly.The LM_TIMEOUT license option has been introduced. You can use it to set the Sentinel network timeout to the number of seconds that suits your needs. Sentinel has a default timeout of 30 seconds before it stops trying to reach an RMS server that can not be found, this can be too long. Also, when the LM_REDUNDANT license option is used in combination with a redundant RMS server pool, Uniface sets this timeout to t

Have you upgraded to either 11.4 or 12.2?  A while back I went from 11.3 to 12.1.  (In our case, we were motivated to jump because we were running on an old version of Windows server  that our system admins wanted to upgrade &, iirc, our version of 11.3 wasn't authorized for where they wanted to go.) We've had some I/O problems with 12.1 & it looks like Rocket is not really maintaining 12.1 with hot-fixes or enhancements & instead encouraged us to go to 12.2.    But now I see there is an 11.4.  And rumor has it there may be at least 1 more 12.1 I/O bug that hasn't been fixed yet in 12.2. We aren't really using any new 12.x functionality, & other than having to tweak some admin utilities that rely on things like LIST.READU which has changed,  I think we could go 'back' to 11.4 if that is a more stable release. The general question for people who are still on 11.3 is whether/why they should jump to 12.2 or 11.4?  TIA Chuck Stevenson ------------------------------Chuck S

Hi all I have a particularly disturbing situation that's just come about.I have BASIC code (source) which I compile in which I purposely place a DEBUG statement.Whereas before the DEBUGGER would provide me with the source code lines - I now am presented with the response:no source and sometimes get : * remote file system error Remote file has been moved or deleted The D3 account is in the FSI portion and the code is simply: 1< >debug <2 >crt 'hello' Any ideas (please)? p.s. Yes I bounced the D3 machine and the Linux machine and redid and got the same results.

What I am trying to achieve is the ability to transfer files from the PC to the mainframe as well as then deleting those files after the transfer. I have a solution, but would appreciate someone saying either "Yepp, that's roughly the way to go" or "No, MUCH simpler to do it this way instead" I started by creating a DOS BAT file containing the following echo on "C:\\Program Files\\BlueZone\\bin\\BZFTP.EXE" /Fmichael.zft /A"C:\\Users\\userid\\OneDrive - xxx\\BlueZone\\Transfer\\PCTOTSO.BTL" del "E:\\xxx\\userid.TEST.CLIST\\Beyond_compare_PC_and_TSO_files\\Merged_TSO_scripts\\BACKUP*" Michael is my standard configuration connnect file.PCTOTSO.BTL contains this scenario STOR "E:\\xxx\\userid.TEST.CLIST\\Beyond_compare_PC_and_TSO_files\\Merged_TSO_scripts\\BACKUP" TEST.CLIST(BACKUP) When I run this from a DOS window, I get prompted for my mainframe pw (as expected). The file is transferred as expected, and then Rocket waits for me to close the connection (I like the fact that I can see

i was able to find the correct syntax for many functions giving in msexcel.cpy But not to set the topmargin, bottommargin, leftmargin, right margin in VB the syntax found is Worksheets("Sheet1").PageSetup.LeftMargin = _ Application.CentimetersToPoints(2)The function for this in msexcel.cpy are: *> Method: "getMarginBottom". *> 01 MarginBottom comp-1. *> invoke returning MarginBottom. *> ---------------- *> Method: "setMarginBottom". *> 01 MarginBottom comp-1. *> invoke using *> by value MarginBottom *> [IN]. *> ---------------- *> Method: "getMarginLeft". *> 01 MarginLeft comp-1. *> invoke returning MarginLeft. *> ---------------- *> Method: "setMarginLeft". *> 01 MarginLeft comp-1. *> invoke using *> by value MarginLeft *> [IN]. *> ---------------- *> Method: "getMarginRight". *> 01 MarginRight comp-1. *> invoke returning MarginRight. *> ---------------

Problem: How can one determine  how many parameters a COBOL program has been called with, for example "CALL 'A' USING A, B, C"? On the mainframe it is possible to use an Assembler program to search the save area chain  to find the previous save area and retrieve reg 1 from that save area.   How can this be done in COBOL? Resolution: This can be acheived by using the routine CBL_GET_PROGRAM_INFO() to walk back up the call stack.  This will determine how many parameters each program was called with.   See attached demo programs for an example of using this function.  These programs need to be compiled using the Non-Mainframe dialect in Mainframe Express 'proga' calls 'progb' with two parameters. 'progb' calls 'progc' to do the stack walking. cobol proga gnt; cobol progb gnt; cobol progc gnt; run proga Attachments: proga.cbl Old KB# 2555#MFDS#EnterpriseDeveloper

Hi - I have a question regarding RM/Cobol compatibility with Dockers.  If compatible, steps need to be followed. Can you please help to gather info?  I raised support Ticket and emailed to our contact.#docker#RM/COBOL

Hi I'm in process of upgrade applications from RM version 11 to RM ver 12 and for testing I'm using version 12.17 with WOW Extensions same version. The thing is that in version 11 I've used the form property WSDefinition in order to develop more complicated and large programs and also faster compilig. But when I use the test version 12.17, I got an error compiling when WSDefinition is enabled.  Is there something am I missing?. Thanks for any help. Humberto Betancur. 101 +1+ 02 SOCKETTOOLSENCODE-CONTROL-HANDLES-ARRAY OCCURS 3 TIMES 102 +1+ REDEFINES SOCKETTOOLSENCODE-CTL-HS. 103 +1+ 03 FILLER. 104 +1+ 04 STANDARD-CONTROL-H PIC 9(10) BINARY(8). 105 +1+ 04 STANDARD-CONTROL PIC 9(10) BINARY(8) 106 +1+ REDEFINES STANDARD-CONTROL-H. 107 +1+ 04 ACTIVEX-CONTROL-H PIC X(8) 108 +1+ REDEFINES STANDARD-CONTROL-H. 109 +1+ 04 ACTIVEX-CONTROL PIC X(8) 110 +1+ REDEFINES ACTIVEX-CONTROL-H. 111 +1+ 04 CONTROL-TYPE PIC XX. 112 +1+ 88 CONTROL-TYPE-MAIN-MENU VALUE "MM"

Hi  Customer wants to use " GPS ,NTP( Network Time Protocol) equipment. They want to know what impact is there in visibroker. Or let me know if there are any consideration. Please give us good information. Best regards#VisiBroker

Dear sirs, when I run the command: call cc74 'FindFirstFileA' using by reference findFileName *> lpFileName by reference WIN32-FIND-DATA *> lpFindFileData returning fileSearchHandle I'm getting an error 173 Called program file not found in directory/drive FindFirstFileA How do I solve this Att Rogerio Barbosa

Is there any way to disable the whole-screen copy when there is no active selection? When pressing Ctrl-C (or Ctrl-Ins if that's what's defined in settings) with no active selection, the entire screen gets copied. If you then hit Ctrl-V it pastes the entire contents of the screen. This is a big problem because it you accidentally hit Ctrl-C then Ctrl-V when editing, you end up with garbage in your file, and if there was a "fi" on the screen it becomes permanent, requiring restoring from backup. Example - after the first "12", I intended to hit Ctrl-V to paste in "r/7/9" and instead managed to hit both Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V at the same time, which ended up pasting the contents of the screen and filing some records I had intended to edit that are now in a questionable state. Thankfully this is a tame example and I will be able to correct them without restoring from backup, but it's still frustrating have to do cleanup. INV01517970 TOP .12 012 20537 .012 20539 Command ? ..fi Command ? .Rec

Hi all I know I posted this (somewhere) before but it got "lost"I'm experiencing "hanging" after I issue a shutdown command with the new 10.4x on Linux. Follow me through with this. The shutdown command executes the odbc-setup command with a 'close' option (line 412) The odbc-setup option expects a confirmation of this option (line 167) which it never receives (from the original shutdown command)This results in the process "hanging" until a CR is issued. Please confirm - because that's what I'm experiencing. Thanks Stefano