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Problem: The license file created by Activator needs to be in the AcuGT\\bin directory because that directory is shared out  to run on other PCs via a mapped drive.  The Activator puts the license somewhere else, then it must be located and moved to that bin directory. Is there a way to create the license directly in the bin directory? Resolution: Beginning in version 9.0 the Activator creates the license in this directory: C:\\ProgramData\\Micro Focus\\extend\\9.0.0\\x86 (or x64 for 64-bit installations) For Windows XP it uses: C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data\\Micro Focus\\extend\\9.0.0\\x86 To select a different destination simply use the Activator command line options: activator /DESTINATION=C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Micro Focus\\Acucbl900\\AcuGT\\bin /PCODE= <code here> /PKEY= <key here> /DIALOG=NO#license#activator

Problem: When running a program via Thin Client a push-button on a non-active window must be clicked twice before the button activates. The first click activates the window and the second click activates the push-button. When running “normally” (not with Thin Client) the push-button activates on the first click. Resolution: In a Thin Client environment the CMD-ACTIVATE events are delayed until after the Windows notification routine receiving the event has completed. To allow the user access to activate push-buttons on non-active windows a configuration variable must be set. In the Runtime configuration file add TC_DELAY_ACTIVATE 0 to turn off the delay.

We used to get this issue but now it came back. I have users that get an Upgrade to IE 5 or higher when they try to print from our Thin Client app. I copied the latest AcuBenchPrint.dll ot the correct directory on their pc but that still doesn't work. Anyone have a fix for this?

Problem: Paged grids may not work correctly anymore with Thin Client 9.1.2.1.Usually, these grids are loaded using the following syntax: MODIFY grid-handle, ACTION = ACTION-FIRST-PAGE Starting with release 9.1.2.1, runtime does not enter automatically in the Event section and the grid is shown as empty. Resolution: Add the following environment variable in the runtime configuration file (cblconfi): ECN_2425 FALSE By default, ECN-2425 is enabled. This ECN refers to an enhancement developed to give a performance improvement to the Paged Grid control.  When you disable this ECN you no longer get the performance improvements (although slightly noticeable with the latest releases of ACU runtime) and the ACTION-FIRST-PAGE event is managed correctly.#9.1.2.1#Pagedgrid#Acuthin

Problem: Invalid or missing parameter to "M$ALLOC" COBOL error at 000021 in XZ_MOP Resolution: XZ_MOP is a module of XZOOM, a third-party tool once provided to ACU customers to open and review Vision files. Since this is a very old tool it is no longer supported. A possible workaround to fix the reported COBOL error is to recompile the whole tool using one of the latest versions of the compiler: 8.1.3.1 or 9.1.2.1. This of course requires the possibility to have the COBOL source code of the tool itself. Since this tool is quite old, it may be that it was originally compiled with old versions and/or with even older retro-compatibility options. I.e.: release 6.2 and "-z52 -Dv=32". The solution usually is to recompile XZOOM with recent compilers, removing the -zNN -cNN compiler options. Another reason that may cause COBOL errors at run time is the bit version of the compiled objects. In the previous example, the compiled objects were compliant with 32-bit servers, but not with 64-bit

Hello all, I'm using a MS Rich Textbox Control 6.0 and trying to handle the exiting from a subwindow with keypress event. All is ok (i detect the esc key and that) but when the subwindow is closed, the parent window turn crazy constantly detecting a event termination (96) and window get freezed.  I try two things: * Ef-Rtf-Ev-KeyPress.   call "C$GETEVENTDATA" using EVENT-CONTROL-HANDLE, 5aux   end-call   cancel "C$GETEVENTDATA"   if 5aux = Tec-Exit      destroy Screen1-Handle       perform Acu-Exit-Rtn    end-if    . In this case, the runtime ends beacuse the program reachs stop run line in the acubench generated prodecure acu-exit-rtn that normally don't get executed, but in this case yes: Acu-Exit-Rtn.   PERFORM Acu-Close-Files   PERFORM After-Program   EXIT PROGRAM   STOP RUN . When i do this:  *Ef-Rtf-Ev-KeyPres

Hello, I would like to be able to use a TextBox/Entry-Field with autocomplete like Google. So when you start typing a list box appears with suggestions. Does anyone know how to get this done. I tried using .NET but cannot get it to work Andre,

Hello, I'm relatively new to the world of AcuCOBOL. I'm working on multi-thread programs (on Windows machine) and I was not able to understand the resulting behavior. So I have a couple of questions. Does the runtime really create different system-threads for every COBOL-threads calls ? If I have a cpu-intensive thread, does the runtime give in any case some resources to the other threads or I need to slow-down the first one (i.e. adding explicit sleep instructions) ? Thanks#cobolthread

I have the below in a project: 77 SW-SHOW   USAGE IS UNSIGNED-INT  VALUE IS 5.01 OPEN-COMMAND.     05 FILLER           PIC  X(04)   VALUE IS "OPEN".     05 FILLER           PIC  X(01)   VALUE IS X"00". 01 WS-ADDRESS    PIC X(250) VALUE "http:\\\\www.google.com". -----------------------------------------------------------------------------            CALL "@[DISPLAY]:shell32.dll".           CALL "@[DISPLAY]:ShellExecuteA" USING                BY VALUE 0,                BY REFERENCE OPEN-COMMAND,&

Problem: acurcl 7.2 or 8.1 might not start anymore after extend® suite 9.1.2.1 has been installed on the same Windows server. The acurcl (or acuserver) service is created but it does not start.The Windows Event  Viewer reports the following error: Faulting application name: acurcl.exe, version: 7.2.2.0, time stamp: 0x462fed5bFaulting module name: MSVCR71.dll, version: 7.10.3052.4, time stamp: 0x3e561eacException code: 0xc0000005Fault offset: 0x00011da1Faulting process id: 0x14c8Faulting application start time: 0x01cdb77f8a7acc30Faulting application path: C:\\Acucorp\\Acucbl722\\AcuGT\\bin\\acurcl.exeFaulting module path: C:\\Acucorp\\Acucbl722\\AcuGT\\bin\\MSVCR71.dllReport Id: c90bdb71-2372-11e2-8f5d-005056c00008 Resolution: Starting acurcl 9.1 adds this registry entry: HKLM\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\Eventlog\\Application\\acurcl\\EventMessageFile which points to the 9.1 acme.dll file. Then acurcl of any previous version does not start because it tries

I am trying to fill the variable W-SW-VAR1 but i get 0 (zero). Does anyone know why? MODIFY Sr10-MSC-1 DataGrid::RowLabelCount = 1 DataGrid::ColumnCount = 10 DataGrid::RowCount = 1 ChartType = VtChChartType2dPie MODIFY Sr10-MSC-1 Plot::SeriesCollection::Count() GIVING W-SW-VAR1.

Problem: Acubench 9.1.2.1 crashes opening existing projects or trying to build new ones. Resolution: A correction made to Acubench caused a collateral damage in release 9.1.2.1.This bug is now fixed in ECN-WB915.The fix will be available for the first time in release 9.2.0.  Please contact your local SupportLine engineer for further information. #acubench#compile#9.1.2.1#Crash

Problem: Is Windows Server 2012 supported by ACUCOBOL-GT runtime? Resolution: Version 9.1.2.1 can be run with no issue on Windows Server 2012.Anyway, the first certified release will be 9.2.0, available in next spring 2013.  It is very important to use 9.1.2.1 on this new platform since earlier releases of runtime may have some issues with calls to system functionalities (CALL SYSTEM, CALL C$SYSTEM).#9.1.2.1#AcuRuntime#WinServer2012#Acuthin

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Using Extend 8.0 on Windows OS; most of our apps are thin-client, but we have one which writes to server files across the network.  We use a DECLARATIVES section to handle file errors, and part of the DECLARATIVES writes all file errors to a file on the server. If intermittent network errors result in a file error 35 when opening the ERRORLOG file, then we open the file for output. We have a particular desire to open the file for EXTEND instead; however, because this OPEN EXTEND is done INSIDE the DECLARATIVES paragraph, if the file still cannot be opened (it is not declared as OPTIONAL), then it results in a file error, and that causes the program to exit (presumably because DECLARATIVES cannot be performed iteratively). Is there any way around this? Thanks Tony

Ocassionally while generating a program in Acubench we receive a file sharing violation for the .scr. This occurs after making a change on the screen multiple times. It doesn't happen consistently. Some times if you wait a few minutes the lock is removed, other times getting out and back in to Acubench releases it, sometimes not. GHas anyone else experience this? We didn't have this until we upgraded to 8.1.3.   Thanks#acubench

Hello!   I have a HTML text string that I would like to show to the user. As far as I have found, I cannot use the Browser control. This shows a given URL,  not a simple HTML text string. Can anyone give me a tip for showing a simple HTML text string?   Regards Dagl

       77 excel-app       handle of application.        77 excel-doc       handle of workbook.        77 excel-sheets    handle of sheets.        77 excel-worksheet handle of worksheet.        PROCEDURE DIVISION.        Main Section.            create @Application of @Excel handle in excel-app.            modify excel-app              @Workbooks::Add() giving excel-doc.             inquire excel-doc sheets() in excel-sheets.             inquire excel-sheets item

Problem: After installing AcuCobol V9.1.2.1 on Windows 8 and using AcuBench within the project you cannot change values in the Property Window. Every entry (Values/Items/Events) is grey. Resolution: This is fixed in V9.2 and cannot be patched into previous products. A simple workaround is to right-click AcuBench.exe, select Properties, select the Compatibility tab, and check the “Run this program in compatibility mode for:” checkbox. Once checked, the dropdown is enabled, and you can select Windows 7. Once you do that, AcuBench runs just fine. #acubenchWindows89.1.2.1

I am trying to use a cursor to read a stored procedure, but get "parse error at :ret-code" on the following declare: EXEC SQL DECLARE FpReportIdCursor CURSOR FOR :ret-code = exec CBM.dbo.FileProcessingReportDetail_SelectByReportID (:ws-report-id) END-EXEC I assume I am missing something on the exec line but the syntax above is just like the example in the manual.I use cursors in AcuSQL to read tables with no problem but this is my first attempt at a stored procedure. The manuals example gets the same parse error when I try to compile it. There are several similar questions on this forum but no answers. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,Steve

Is anyone able to access the knowledge base?  When I go to that page I cannot see anything.  The only way that we can see any of the knowledge base information is to click on the RSS feed button and that only shows the last 30.

Hi all,I have a file called dsts0001 that contains data on the stock of my store. When I go to add it to the system dsn did not appear in the database catalog of WinSql why? where am I wrong? all other files are read correctly, but this file was not, maybe I'm wrong to set the logical name? thanks

Problem: In Version 8.0.0 of the ACUCOBOL-GT runtime a log file is created each time the runtime is executed. This may result in a large number of empty log files in the format of wrun32.process_id.log Resolution: The A_REMOVE_EMPTY_ERROR_FILE configuration variable can be used to remove these empty files. Use this variable to prevent the accumulation of 0 byte files when using format specifiers such as "%p" (to include the process id) in the error file name.  When this variable is set to "1" (on, true, yes), the runtime deletes its error file if the runtime has never written to that file. Note that on some operating systems, if your error file is shared by multiple processes (i.e., the file name does not include the process id or some other unique session information), setting A_REMOVE_EMPTY_ERROR_FILE to "1" may cause error messages to be lost. For example, on UNIX if the error file is empty wh

Created On:  04 February 2013 Problem: In late versions (9.0 though 9.1.2.1) querying a set of files you noticed a hit performance, either using asql or from a desktop software like Excel or Crystal Reports, compared with 8.1.2 or previous the performance decreased dramatically. Resolution: This is due to an enhancement introduced in version 9.0.0 that can be avoid by doing the following:   If the query is executed from asql:   Go int asql and type this command:             SQL (/? for help) ==> set option mkeyop off; and then run your query again,   If the query is executed from a desktop software   Right click on the "Computer" icon and select properties. Click "Advanced system settings" Click "Environment Variables..." User "System variables" (just to be safe) click "New" Add a variable "GENESIS_INITSQL" and set it to point to a

Created On:  31 January 2013 Problem: AcuRuntime 9.1.2.1 is the first release certified for Windows 8.  A CALL "C$SYSTEM" is executed always in asyncronous mode when run on this platform. Resolution: A possible workaround is to add the flag CSYS-SHELL to the CALL "C$SYSTEM".In future release 9.2.0, this behavior will be fixed in ECN-4210.This is the description of the fix:SUBJECT: On Windows 8, C$SYSTEM fails to wait for a console-mode programChange Number:  ECN-4210Status:         CompleteType of Change: CorrectionPriority:       MediumIncidents:      2608782RPI Number: 1087447 Date:        2013-01-28Product:     ACUCOBOL-GTModule:      runtimeNew Version: 9.2.0 Machines Affected: Windows 8Known Versions Affected: All DESCRIPTION of problem or enhancement: When running on Windows 8