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Hi all,   Our customer Bata facing an issue on Leading zeroes being truncated for packed decimal variable when view tables using Relativity Designer.    For example :   Variable Define in COBOL as :   01 WS-NUM  PICTURE 9(7) COMP-3. When Create Table in Relativity , the column defined as :   WSNUM INTEGER The value from data file is '0001234' but when view using the relativity designer the value shown as '1234'.   The result that customer required is '0001234' when viewing using Designer.   I have try the redefinition option in Relativity Designer but its  not giving me the correct value. Is the any way to define with relativity to avoid the truncation? Can help to provide me steps? Thanks all.  #RELATIVITYGROUPS#Relativity

I am doing a first-time installation of Visual COBOL 3.0 Personal Edition for Visual Studio 2017. This is for Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit. I have Visual Studio 2017 installed and can run that software.  When I installed  Visual COBOL PE for Visual Studio 2017, I ran the standard installation but I apparently didn't get the needed product directories as indicated in the Release Guide that allow me to start/run the software.  The release guide says this for Windows 7: From your desktop, click Start > All Programs > Micro Focus Visual COBOL > Visual COBOL for Visual Studio 2017. When I go to Start > All Programs > Microfocus Visual COBOL there is no subdirectory with that name in the next level down. I have: Samples, Configuration, Data Tools and Tools. But looking under each of those I find nothing that allows me to start Visual COBOL. So what didn't happen correctly that I can't run the software?#visualcobolforvisualstudio2017

We are converting from AIX to Linux using BIS Service Version 12.13 with 64-BIT.  The compiler we are using is Version 12.05 32-bit to compile the programs.  The following is what we receive running our program DDHI.  I  have SET BISX-LOG-XML-OUTPUT TO TRUE.  When I look at my trace in /var/log/bis for the program.  I display my Export-RTN with a display of BISX-XML-Status of zero before the call "XMLExportFile".  I receive the following message after my display Caught signal: SIGSERV BIS Service complete at line ? in program XMLEXPORTFILE (/usr/local/liant/bis/bin/xmlif.so) BIS Service traceback at line 760 in program DDHIXML BIS Service traceback at line 1041 in program BISX (/system1/bin/bisx.cob) compiled 2010/09/30 Service process 17757 cleaning up.  Return code=253. Service process 17757 terminating.   The directory for Apache in mod_xbis.conf is set the following: <Directory /usr/local/liant/bis/xbis>   SetEn

I've just installed v12 on a Windows 10 VM and am attempting to test the debugger.  Each time I start, I receive the following: CodeWatch for Windows - Command line error: Option value must be single character or 0 to 255 for fill character.     I then override it with the correct path, apply and everything is great.  Where do I update this command line to make the path update permanent?#RMCOBOL

Currently the customer are running Relativity Data Server on RedHat Linux and the Relativity Data Server services are not starting up automatically after they reboot the OS. Is there any steps to startup the services automatically at the boot time?#RELATIVITYGROUPS#Relativity

Estimados, Estoy modificando sistemas en RM/COBOL hechos por otras personas, y veo algunas cosas que me gustaría corregir y mejorar. Una de ellas es la definición de un archivo Indexado que tiene un mismo campo 4 veces definido para poder conformar 4 claves alternativas diferentes.   Ej.    03 Clave-1.      05 CentroCostos     Pic 9(06).      05 CuentaContable Pic 9(12). 03  Clave-2      05 CentroCostos2   Pic 9(06).      05 FechaIngreso     Pic 9(08). 03  Clave-3.      05 CentroCostos3   Pic 9(06).      05 SubCentroCostos   Pic 9(06).   Como verán.. en el mismo registro se triplica el mismo campo con el mismo valor 3 veces para poder armar 3 Claves... esto atenta al largo del registro y a tener que mover 3 veces el mismo valor, o moverlo a 3 campos diferentes. No se pueden armar registros donde el dato este 1 so

Hi All, I'm running testing on input ASIAN Unicode Character into Acucobol AcuToWeb 10.1. Currently i'm facing problem to input Myanmar Character in Acucobol AcuToWeb 10.1. I have try set COBOL_CHARACTER_SET UTF8 or UTF16 or 65001 in Configuration file, some character show spaces & some character can be display but font size is very small. I'm also go through the Code Page Identifiers and there are no specific Page Code for Myanmar Character (Burmese).   Any Idea on this? When the Code Page Identifiers available for Myanmar Character?    Thanks  

Hi there, Environment:  MF Dialog system, Visual Cobol V3, .exe deployed on Windows servers/clients   PART 1. I have a pic x field, 'Advert text' on an MF Dialog GUI window.  User types text or pastes into it.  Q1. do I end up with extended ascii presumably converted from whatever a user pastes (could be from an email or wherever).  Q2. if I changed my MF dialog field to pic N, will I end up with UTF-16 - or some other form of extended character set?  PART 2. I send a simple text file from pc to a mac with users text from above.  I convert curly quotes and long dashes from extended to regular ascii and I change CRLF to just x'0d'.  This works ok except for foreign characters which they fix the other end.  Q3. Is there a better way to send a simple text file from pc to mac, preserving the user's extended ascii?  Q4. If i switch to using pic N above allowing a broader range of characters, how might I then sen

Will a COBOL Run Unit started in the subject way continue to run to its conclusion regardless of what happens in IIS; i.e., the app pool cycles or IIS gets stopped/hung/terminated?

When I install Visual COBOL (both the Eclipse and the Visual Studio 2017 versions), I end up with Java 8 on my computer. I've had two different Java update levels get installed and both of them cause problems for Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit. In both cases Java 8 prevents parts of Windows itself from working. For example, the Windows/File Browser hangs up and the Update Manager and Device Manager can't be populated so they don't work - which probably accounts for the other problems that occur. Office products like Word will launch but then they go to "not responding" as soon as you try to work with them. I have some software that won't launch at all. I've had to uninstall Visual COBOL (both flavors) and then uninstall Java 8. After a reboot, everything is fine again.  I'm not planning to do any Java app development. Installing Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 does not install any Java so it's not needed for that software. 1. Do I even ne

I am trying to post a JSON body to a RESTful API. Im having issue with post, the request isnt happening. I just recently discoved RMNet and have HttpGet requests working with my own parsing. Everything i can find is on xml and SOAP usage with post.  IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. EXECNODE. DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 WSOK PIC X. 01 DESTINATION-URL PIC X(200) VALUE "localhost:5001/.../cobol". 01 content-type PIC X(45) value "application/json; charset=utf-8". 01 ws-request-len PIC 9(5). 01 request-pointer USAGE POINTER. 01 response-pointer USAGE POINTER. 01 http-return-code PIC 9(03). 01 http-return-code-text PIC X(40). 01 ws-status-code PIC S9(03) VALUE 0. 01 ws-error-pointer USAGE POINTER. 01 ws-error-len PIC 9(04). LINKAGE SECTION. 01 lk-error-message PIC X(1000). 01 lk-response-payload PIC X(1000000). 01 lk-request-body PIC X(20) value '{"test":"value"}'. PROCEDURE DIVISION. 000-BEGIN-PROGRAM SECTION. 100-EXEC

My organization is running an old COBOL based program from a company called Unicare (no longer around or supported) that is used to submit medical claims to insurers. The program has failed - we are getting data I/O errors and have no resources available to fix this problem, although we have been trying many things to do so. I am positive we are dealing with a data issue (not a software issue) but we are so far unable to fix this although we have tried many things. If anyone can provide some help or knows of someone who can I would be most appreciative. We will compensate anyone who helps of course. I can provide more details to someone who believes they can help but the environment is   The UniCare system is running inside an AccuServer & AccuCOBOL-GT v6.2.0 environment on a 32-bit Windows 2003 SP2 Server      Thanks Marc Slovak mslovak@renfrewcenter.com

I have installed both of above and downloaded an ebook A Developers Guide to Modern Cobol (Paul Kelly). Two things I cannot figure out: 1. Can I start Visual Cobol on its own. If so how?. I get to it via Visual Studio (open a Cobol Project). 2. I cannot find the Rental Agency example files for the ebook. The book points at microfocus.com/visualcookbook but that address is to the pdf no sign of the sample files. Anyone know where the files can be downloaded?. I am a former batch Cobol programmer who wants to learn the Visual side of things and the worked examples would be a great aid.

I have Visual COBOL 3.0 personal edition installed on RedHat Enterprise 7.4 to learn COBOL language. I use COBOLClass_Eclipse to start. When I run the sample project, it starts xterm windows for result output. but I want to change it to gnome-shell. I did not find how to switch it in Preference. I hope someone might encounter the same issue and have a solution. Really appreciated.#VisualCOBOL#COBOL#Linux

Greetings, I would like to welcome everyone to the Micro Focus Visual COBOL forum. My name is Chris Glazier and I am a Principal Support Engineer for Micro Focus handling the Visual COBOL, Net Express and Server Express products. I will be your main point of contact for any topics posted within the Visual COBOL forum. Please feel free to ask questions about any of the Visual COBOL products including Visual COBOL for Visual Studio, Visual COBOL for Eclipse and Visual COBOL Development Hub for Linux/Unix. If you are currently using one of the Visual COBOL products and are reporting a problem then please also include information about the actual product name and version that you are using and also the operating system on which you are running. If you are having urgent technical problems with one of these products, I ask you to please go through normal Support channels by opening up an incident with Customer Care. I will do my very best to provide you with an answer to your question or at

How do I set the number of columns per line?  On the AIX we could define page width in number of characters with this option -w#. My issue is the report is wrapping making the report look double spaced. I turned the option to show non printing characters (pr --show-nonprinting). The report printed correctly with the notation of \\15 on each line. The report did not look double spaced. In the Devices file for C-SHELL I have the following: setenv LPU1C "|pr --length=65 --pages=2 |lp -d LPX1 -o cpi=17 -o lpi=10 -o page-right=24 "    When I type it in the command line it prints correct: pr --length=65 --pages=2|lp -d LPX1 -o cpi=17 -o lpi=10 -o page-right=24 /PRT/WORM/Filename    #RMCOBOL#print#linuxcobol

PROBLEM When trying to install *.rpm file - it exits without installing properly with the message: echo $? outputs 0 and product has not been installed. RESOLUTION rpm -ivv     will provide more information on what is going wrong. If it shows openjdk which outputs "openjdk version" instead of "java version", it means it has not detected the correct java installation. You will need the official Oracle java package for the *.rpm package to install properly.

Problem: Data for the application is in more than one SQL Server Named Instance.  How can Acu4GL access tables in multiple named instances? Solution: There are four things you must do to enable Acu4GL to successfully access multiple SQL Server named Instances: Set MSSQL as the default in the Runtime configuration file:      DEFAULT_HOST MSSQL Set the default connection in the Runtime configuration file to one of the named instances:      A_MSSQL_DEFAULT_CONNECTION SERVERNAME\\INSTANCE1 Set file aliases in the Runtime configuration file for accessing tables in the other instances, using the Named Instance port number in the fully qualified table name. Something like:      MYTABLE SERVERNAME,nnnn.DATABASENAME.DBO.MYTABLE      (that is servername comma port number with no spaces) Note that if you are using version 9.2.5 or later you can use the Named Instance name in this format ‘SERVERNAME\\I

Problem Visual COBOL or Enterprise 2.3.x can fail when installing on a Windows Operating Systems that use different locale to English. Reviewing the installation log file, typically located in path:e.g.%temp%\\Micro_Focus_Enterprise_Developer_for_Visual_Studio_2012_20170515140705_0_vs2012intshell.log Entries such as the following are seen:[1290:0F18][2017-05-16T11:21:13]: MUX:  Stop Block: IsoShellLPBlock : A matching Microsoft Visual Studio Shell (Isolated) language pack is required, but it is not installed on this computer. Please install the Microsoft Visual Studio Shell (Isolated) language pack for this language and retry.  Resolution: To resolve the issue the relevant language pack should be installed, see Microsoft’s download website e.g. URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30671.

Problem How to run a COBOL program with the profiler enabled in the Eclipse IDE  Resolution To enable this open the Run Configuration used with the project, locate the dynamic analysis tab, locate the enable Profiler option “Enable Profiling”, Click OK/Run. The .ipf file is then generated in a ..\\Profiler folder in the project directory for analysis.

Problem Using the Eclipse IDE  how can only certain sources within a project with target “all gnt/int files” be compiled? Resolution: This can be achieved by clicking on the relevant source files in the cobol explorer view and holding down the ctrl key to multi select the ones that should be compiled. Once the source files are selected, then right click on one of the selected source files and click the compile option. Only those selected source files will be compiled.

Problem When running a Visual COBOL compiled application on Windows XP, it fails to start. Various errors can be shown, for example a "not a valid image" dialog. Resolution Ensure that the application is compiled using the command: cbllink –y Option y specifies that the application is to be built so that it can also run on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. If working within Visual Studio or the Eclipse IDE this option can be added to the Additional Directives area.

Problem  Visual COBOL Project contains .gs screenset files but these need to be packaged to one .lbr file. When building the project the following error may be encountered: File obj\\x86\\Debug\\<Filename> could not be copied, as the file was not found.  Resolution All the screenset files present in the project , by default, would be marked as Build Action "none" in all the screenset file's properties. Change this property to Build Action "content", at the next build attempt the .lbr file will be generated without no error.

Problem An Enterprise Server deployed Java Web Service Interface calls COBOL program in UPPER case, resulting in RTS 173 errors as the COBOL program is compiled to lower case. What needs to be done to set the Java Interface to call the COBOL program in lower case? Resolution Use the directive FOLD-CALL-NAME "LOWER" in the project that deploys the Java Web Service Interface to resolve this issue.

Good day, I just setup and run developed application on server side running AcuConnet and pointed via an application server running the AcuToWeb gateway with the active alias setup in server side. Well, the display inside the browser is different from the AcuThin shows up. I had notice that the fonts isn't same, entry fields, buttons and etc is not display properly as shown in AcuThin. What's the recommended steps to improvise the display of AcuToWeb content with proper style or alignment that's had been set as the AcuThin.#acutoweb#Acuthin#Display