When i use a cobol program as a pre-processor it works;
ccbl32 -pg 'wrun32 nppp.acu' test40.cbl

When i use a binary (.exe) program as a pre-processor;

ccbl32 -v -pg debug test40.cbl

It reports;

Start debug
debug.exe file not found

Even though the .exe is in the current folder

Directory of V:\\vb\\debug\\bin\\Debug

09/06/2021 09:05 AM <DIR> .
09/06/2021 09:05 AM <DIR> ..
09/06/2021 07:49 AM 1,100 connect.sqd
09/06/2021 09:05 AM 10,240 debug.exe
08/06/2021 01:18 PM 189 debug.exe.config
09/06/2021 09:05 AM 40,448 debug.pdb
09/06/2021 09:05 AM 655 debug.xml
09/06/2021 08:52 AM 81,502 out
09/06/2021 08:47 AM 81,502 test40.cbl
7 File(s) 215,636 bytes
2 Dir(s) 1,912,336,302,080 bytes free

Good morning, blinkok

This is probably due to the new security restrictions introduced by the Microsoft OS's.
What Windows system are you working on?

Possible workarounds (and confirmation to this) are:
- try using the full path for debug.exe in your command-line
- try testing the same operation, but having everything installed on C:\\ rather than on V:\\

Solutions and explanations are available on-line.

Regards.

Claudio Contardi
Product Support Engineer, Senior
Micro Focus