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If an XML Service call fails for any reason the calling routine will generally receive both a return code and a reason code to indicate the cause of the failure. The common ones are documented in the ChangeMan ZMF XML Services User’s Guide, the 8.3 version of which can be found here. However, sometimes an unexpected reason code may be returned. For example, a PARMS.APL.LIST service call may receive return code 4 with a <statusReasonCode/> value of 6504. Or the same call could also receive a return code 8 with a 6105 <statusReasonCode/>. In this type of situation it is worth checking the ChangeMan ZMF Messages Guide to see if a matching CMNnnnnl or SERnnnnl (where nnnn = reason code and l = severity level (I -Information, E – Error, etc.)) message can be found. Although the full message will often be returned in the <statusMessage/> field, it can sometimes be overwritten or custom-written routines may not always display this field. Hence the frequent confusion around t

I have a client that runs a 24/7 application on UniVerse (11.3.2).  They are conscientious about keeping their files well sized.  Several years ago they tried the CONCURRENT option on RESIZE and got badly burned when they ended up with corrupted files and lost data.  They have been very gun shy about using CONCURRENT since then.  Has anyone resized UniVerse files with the CONCURRENT option recently?  Is it stable now or is it still a crap shoot on the end result?  If you use it, what is the performance impact?------------------------------Steve Murray-WolfOwnerRocket Forum Shared AccountFirestone CO US------------------------------

Is Open Source Kubernetes available on Power10?  ------------------------------Pradip BhattIBM Principal Sales SpecialistRocket Forum Shared Account------------------------------

Hi all,  We are having some issues with carriage returns (CR) on a text that is later sent via HL7 through an integration engine. The issue is that the HL7 understands the CR as something that breaks the segment and then the message fails. So, we want to get rid of those CRs replacing them with something more appropriate that can be managed by HL7. The problem we are having is how to identify those CR? We already have some code that replaces some 'dangerous' characters with other more appropriate ones, for example, (&, ^, \\, |,….) are replaced with (\\T\\, \\S\\, \\E\\, \\F\\,….). For that, we go through the text using the function 'scan' to find the character to replace, but we don't know how finding these CRs. The application we have is built on Uniface 9.7.05 The field where the CRs are is a Text type field with: Widget type --> MessageBox, DataType --> String, Interface --> C500 Syntax --> MUL Any ideas will be welcome! Thanks and regards! ----------------------

by Anastasios Chatziioannou Accessibility is a topic that is often overlooked, as it affects a small percentage of an average product's users. There are, however, numerous benefits to improving an application's accessibility. Easily accessible applications can reach a wider range of users, enhancing the application's inclusivity and reach. Visual ability, something that can change as we age, drives us to accommodate all users. Aside from the ethical side of accessibility, there are also compliance issues on the legal side, as both European and US digital accessibility standards become stricter. The Uniface lab has been working extensively on improving accessibility for all Uniface desktop applications. The lab has two primary areas of focus: assisting users with compliance with the WCAG 2.0 web standards (as in DSPs) and exposing the desktop applications to screen readers. In this blog, we will focus on the latter. Uniface exposes the UI (User Interface) of generated Windows desktop

Micro Focus Visual COBOL version has recently been upgraded from version 6.0 to version 7.0 for our product. In version 6.0, we had the patch 18 changes. We need to confirm if we need to add patch 18 after upgrading to Cobol version 7.0. Will Micro Focus COBOL version 7.0 include the patch 18 changes?#Microfocus#MicroFocusVisualCobol#VisualCOBOL

Hello! what is the procedures to open a ticket on stand by?  We are upgrading Unidata AIX from a server to the cloud  for a critical software over a weekend and want to be assured that there will be support incase we have issues.  Thanks------------------------------Peter GonzalezSt. Louis, MO US------------------------------

Rocket MV BASIC for VS Code 2.2.0 features highly stable and performance debugging Yunpu Zhao September 26, 2026 We're excited to introduce everyone to v 2.2.0 of Rocket MV BASIC for Visual Studio Code. We've added a new debugging feature that significantly improves performance and stability using gRPC and related technologies. (Currently compatible only with UniVerse 11.4.1's Windows / Linux versions.) Implementation of Previous Debugging In v1.6.0, we initially introduced debugging. This feature communicated with the MV Server using UOJ+UniRpc. We sent debugging command-line instructions (CLI) to the MV Server and retrieved the results as strings, which represented the execution outcome of the CLI instructions. Decoding these strings was necessary to obtain the required debugging data but process had a lot of room for improvement. Introducing gRPC gRPC is a modern open-source remote procedure call (RPC) framework that efficiently connects services within and outside data centers, o

We have a number of PHP pages that access QM on another server.   Our response time is slow by my standards. we have added some pretty significant logging to our process. We know the pageload time in PHP, we know the time for the function call to QM, and we know the QM response time. We getting some variability in response time as well with no patter that we can see. Our OpenQM server is in Azure and running on W2019. Our web server is on a private server running Apach and linux. we are using our url name and port 8280 as normal http://web.xyz.com:8280/api/ we are seeing times of 1.723 seconds to get the function and pageload in PHP. The QM side takes 8ms . we have been looking that the flush time on MVCONNECT, this seems to make no appreciable difference. we are off checking to make sure nothing on the windows server is grabbing this, such as virus checker or something. we down to internet time. Looking for suggestions on best practices.  Should we make a private tunnel from linux to

Hi Again, I am trying to change the background color of an ITEM , it has FORGROUND and BACKGROUND options in its PROPERTIES when looked at in ACCUTERM. So I am assuming that they can be changed on the "fly" durring use of the form. Here is what I have tried so far           CALL ATGUISETPROP(GUIAPP,GUIFRM,'COMBCUST',GPITEMS,0,0,CUST.LIST,GUIERRORS,GUISTATE)*         RGBCOLOR = 102 + 255*256 + 102*65536*         RGBCOLOR = "Green"*         RGBCOLOR = 102:@SVM:255:@SVM:102         RGBCOLOR = "102,255,102"         CALL ATGUISETITEMPROP(GUIAPP,GUIFRM,'COMBCUST',GPBACKCOLOR,0,0,RGBCOLOR,GUIERRORS,GUISTATE)         IF GUIERRORS<1> >=2 THEN GOTO GUI.ERROR         CALL ATGUISHOW(GUIAPP,GUIFRM,"COMBCUST","",GUIERRORS,GUISTATE)         CALL ATGUIACTIVATE(GUIAPP,GUIFRM,'COMBCUST',GUIERRORS,GUISTATE)         IF GUIERRORS<1> >=2 THEN GOTO GUI.ERROR         It always aborts , as you can see I have tried the RGB raw number, a generic name as used in the Properties drop down, the num

New versions of :ZMF Explorer for ChangeMan ZMF V2.0.4 is now available on the VSCode MarketPlace.This version should be installed before the end of September 2023 due to a breaking change that is being introduced by Microsoft in their October release. A new version of ChangeMan ZMF plugin for zowe cli V2.0.4 is also available on the OpenText MarketPlaceBoth the above new versions will require Rest Services to be at a minimum level of ZMF 8.2 Patch 7.#Announcement#ChangeManZMF

I am getting the following error when attempting to display a screen in Visual COBOL: 114 attempt to access item beyond bounds of memory (signal 11). I read the article at the following link:   https://community.rocketsoftware.com/discussion/causes-of-114-attempt-to-access-item-beyond-bounds-of-memory-error#bm5f1a6939-d93a-4e25-8a5a-bef747adc13d   The article suggests a possible solution by allocating memory. However, I do not understand their description of how to do this.   I am using Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 with Visual COBOL version 9 on Windows 10. This problem does not occur with my previous version of Visual Studio and Visual COBOL. These versions are, respectively, Visual Studio 2019 and Visual COBOL version 5. Thanks in advance for your help. 

Hi,  am now using Accuterm well but am stumped by the the resulting functionality of the  Combo Box. Lets say the combo Box is waiting for a request and the user enters a Name (as requested)   BAXTER  I then search the Customers file and find 21. When I have created a list and loaded it, how do I make the list shown on the screen so that the user knows that their search request has a result. I realise that the user could simply press the "down arrow" but I would prefer to show them the first 8 items to indicate that the selection is ready for picking  I hope this makes sense. Blessings Chris Baxter------------------------------Chris BAXTERMDCB SoftIPSWICH GB------------------------------

Any U2 Basic program utility available to import JSON object into a dynamic array or Name-Value pair? I expect the U2 program to accept a JSON object as an input, and a list of Variable names to parsed from the JSON object. The output could be a name-value pair.------------------------------suresh anbilOwnerOHM Systems IncCincinnati OH US------------------------------

Is VectorDB available on IBM Power10 server?  VectorDB Vectordb remove preview VectorDB VectorDB is a lightweight Python package for storing and retrieving text using chunking, embedding, and vector search techniques. It provides an easy-to-use interface for saving, searching, and managing textual data with associated metadata and is designed for use cases where low latency is essential. VectorDB is open-source. View this on Vectordb > ------------------------------Pradip BhattIBM Principal Sales SpecialistRocket Forum Shared Account------------------------------

Hello, i try to read user information from the ActiveDirectory with OleDB. Most work already. But currently i have problems to get the Data when the User Password will expire. The Data is saved in an integer8 field but i don't get the expected value in my code here. in  @fields::@item("msDS-UserPasswordExpiryTimeComputed")::valuein hlp-test4I should receive for my user for example the value: 133494369554492556But i get only 7624I tried several things.Cause it is an integer8 value it should be declared as s9(18) comp-5 but here is also the value 7624.Has anyone an idea how to get here the correct value? Or what 7624 is, that i can work with this value?Regards David Neidinger #AcuCobol

We are under instruction to change our professional email addresses. To do this, I need to change my sign on details here.  I can't do this in the profile, but I wondered if there were a manager function to change an email address for an account, and they could do it for me?  Regards,  Iain

Hi all:Let's start with "known"<1> *a9999 provides the size of an item<2> Similarly the u7000 user exit returns the size of an item. <3> LEN(My_Variable) returns the length of  My_VariableI need to prevent overflow so I need to defensively check for a certain "overflow" value (to be determined). ByteSize = function{variable}If ByteSize > {a predetermined value} then {defensive code}Else {variable := {continue to build variable } I searched for some function to do this but alas.Does anyone out there have an elegant solution?ThanksStefano

Hi allThis time it's OpenDB.I have a spreadsheet, which I can read in D3 and swap the LF to @Am - we know this. It's a CSV file so I know that the columns are delineated by a semicolon (did this on purpose when I spreadsheet was created (SEP=;)Now, when I create an Oracle table with the column headings I always find myself offset by 1 because the item (that D3 writes) writes the KEY in the first attribute :(Now even if I add this (as a first column) in Oracle - I still seem to not be able to line up the rank (of the D3 attributes) and the columns.Has anyone experienced this?  Let me know if you require the example of the D3 Q pointer but I believe I have this correct. Also, if I write the record with a NUL key - I seem to get inconsistent results.@Robert Burke - any solutions that you may have?ThanksStefano

We are getting this error with our application running on RHEL 8 linux.  ?  Any idea?

Hi Sir, Your help is very much appreciated. I was struggling from week. I have sample VB script code that have created bzwhll object that will open session & login into bluezone mainframe. The sample code is working from command line system32>cscript filename.vbs. (It create object, opensession,login to bluezone) Same script will fail from below run command syswow64>csript filenam.vbs The same script I added to .hta file and ran it from win10 OS. I’m receiving “ActiveX component can’t create object bzwhll.whllobj”. It fails at second line in code give below. Dim Host Set Host = CreateObject( “BZWhll.WhllObj” ) Retval=Host.OpenSession(0,1,"",5,1) FYI: I have done below process: Window10 64-bit Bluezone v7.1 - Installed 32-bit, 64-bit (Initially installed 64-bit and it not worked. So 32-bit also installed) I registered the bzwhll.dll with 32-bit & 64-bit version using System32>regsvr32 filename.dll The same code will work in windows7 (v5.2) with .hta/.vbs. problem with

Back in June 2023 we published the following Support Tip that contained maintenance which we recommend customers install prior to upgrading to the ZMF 8.3 release:  Support Tip: Recommended maintenance for customers running or upgrading to ChangeMan ZMF 8.3   Since then a couple of further, potentially troublesome issues have also been identified for which hotfixes have been produced. The first is: ZMF8.3.0.022/OCTCR46A325001 ‘CMN8856I - Package is promote locked.’ approving unplanned package  For customers that use ZMF instances configured with an ALL environment type, i.e. those with ‘ChangeMan ZMF environment’ = ‘A’ specified in A.G.1 Part 1 of 8/ISPF panel CMNGGP01, we also recommend installing the fix for the following issue: ZMF8.3.0.021/OCTCR46A325003 Variable &PRSNOD is blank in ChangeMan ZMF 8.3 'ALL' task  The same notes, caveats, etc., as last time apply to the above recommendations. Namely: a. All of the issues listed above, and their associated

Has anyone else experienced this?   Since the move to UniData 8.2.4 Build 3003, I cannot use the "BL"  (Break at Line) in the UniBASIC Debugger without getting a mini dump for my troubles. I am unclear if I've just gotten really unlucky, or if something is not working as expected in this build. I have the team I work with opening a case, but wanted to see if this is something that is just my miserable luck, or if something is not quite right. It pretty consistently tells me I have an 'Access violation.  Attempted to 'read from address 0xFFFFFFFF'  ------------------------------David WolvertonIndependentSunset Programming IncWaltham MA US------------------------------

Hi All I''ve just started working with AccuTerm 8. x and as a developer, we sometimes need to break out of code that is processing to debug.Yes, I could place a conditional debug statement in the code but het guess what "Real men don't do that"  :)Anyway - pressing all key sequences (that I know) bears no fruit so I've stopped guessing and put this fwd to this group.I'm running Windows (10 and 11) and set my emulation to Viewpoint onto a Linux installed D3 10. xDoes anyone have the correct key sequence, please?Thanks Stefano

Patch 10.4.02-032 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 [userkeys] section in your .ini file now allows you to define also combinations with PgUp and PgDn keys, like e.g. Ctrl+PgDn. Assignment files can now be simplified by using logical and environment variables in your asn settings.See the Uniface documentation for more information on how to use assignment file expressions. Keyboard shortcut Alt+D sets focus to the main U-Bar allowing you to open another object without the need for mouse clicks.Note:Installation using the edist will add a [userkeys] section to your usys.ini file. If you overlay using the patch zip file, you need to manually add to your usys.ini:[userkeys]nav.ubar=Alt+D Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Tab shows the next open Editor tab in the IDE without the need for mouse clicks, whereas Ctrl+Shift+Tab shows the previo