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PROBLEM When using C$JAVA, CJAVA-NEW does not allow for a return status value like CJAVA-CALL does. That means that CJAVA-NEW will not be able to tell you if there were any unhandled exceptions.  RESOLUTION CJAVA-NEW returns a handle. This handle is playing double duty as the status value and the object handle. When treated as a signed int type the object-handle will be negative upon error. The same errors are used as the other status variables. For example the CJAVA-NEW code in the runtime has explicit checks for CJAVA-INVALIDARG (-1) and CJAVA_NOMEMORY (-9). When positive it is the object handle.

Helo guys I want to create one application from scratch where I want  if anybody login to system I want to display the system generated POP up message ( "dont update install any software") .    please suggest in which language should I do this project , I was thinking to do it in ASP.net , if anyone have ideas or reference code please help me out.

if ANYONE KNOW PLEASE I WOULD LIKE SOME INFORMATION MORE ABOUT THE TOPIC.    Ektoras Giorgos Tsiriopoulos skype: giorgos.tsiriopoulos mobile: 30 6971850044 email: giorgos_gts@hotmail.com#UWP#AcuCobol#VisualStudio#acubench

Hi We used TRANSLATE-TO-ANSI and we want to changed to a normal code page His there a way to convert data !!!! Thank you!

I use C$XML to build a file, but when the amount of add siblings or child's is about more than 690.000, suddenly the RETURNCODE shows a ZERO value. One example gives total 695.311 add child's and siblings and the output is 772.899 lines with 25.980.683 bytes(24.7 MB). An other not right ending file has 695.360 add child's and siblings and the output(not compleet) is 773.892 lines with 26.066.944 bytes(24.8 MB). Example last lines:           <sbLine>            <nr>1425</nr>            <jrnID>19</jrnID>            <trNr>5380046</trNr>            <trLineNr>5380046</trLineNr>            <amnt>502.50</amnt>&nbs

Estimados  Disculpas por escribir en Español, pero a veces es dificil explicarse en otro idioma cuando la consulta es complicada. Un cliente tiene la misma FD de Archivo para nnn archivos físicos.. Es decir, por cada día tienen un archivo de Facturación, Items, N.Crédito, etc..  Lo hacen así por el enorme volumen de facturas emitidas diariamente.. El problema es que no se como hacer para crear un ODBC pero que permita ubicaciones dinámicas...   Se debe crear un catálogo o Tabla para cada día del mes ?   Existe alguna forma de que en base a la FD luego en la aplicación .NET uno pueda definir a que archivo físico conectarse ?   Imaginen si la aplicación .NET debe recorrer toda la facturación de 1 mes... debe abrir y cerrar 31 veces la misma tabla.   Espero puedan orientarme..   Muchas Gracias   Pablo Tilotta

Hello Visual COBOL Community, this is a request for your support.  We're looking for developers that can provide us feedback on a new feature introduced into Visual COBOL 3.0, called reversible debugging. This feature is available in Eclipse and for the Red Hat platform only. If you can spare some time to try this feature and provide your feedback directly to me, please do get in touch directly at the email address below. Kind regards, Scot Nielsen COBOL Product Director scot.nielsen@microfocus.com

I have been trying to install Visual COBOL for eclipse for Windows (Personal edition) and am not able to activate the product. I am using the same email I used for registration and I am still getting the Activation Failed when using automatic activation. Manual activation leads to an email with Authorization Process Error. Following the response in similar posts I have emailed at supportline@microfocus.com with all the details. I got a call from them telling me they cannot do anything without a service contract and redirected me here. Can anyone help with this seemingly prevalent issue?#VisualCOBOL#activation#Eclipse#COBOL

 Hello, I have Visual Studio 2017 Community edition installed on my computer and registered on the Micro Focus website to download Visual COBOL. However, I cannot get the license activation to work. I've tried this multiple times and still get the same errors.  

I download the free trial visual cobol for visual studio but it is not possible to activate

Good afternoon, I was wondering if you might have any suggestions regarding an issue where multiple Windows workstations on a network that have a local versions of RMCOBOL (20 user license) installed are getting error 250's even though they have fewer than 20 sessions of RMCobol open.  When a workstation closes out, it is almost as if it is not releasing the license back into the pool for other users.  The issue is resolved by a reboot, but it is cumbersome and is inhibiting productivity.

One of our customers experience problems, with error message complaining about cblacme.dll not existing. This happens when the customer is running on terminalserver, not when it is running directly on the server. When googling cblacme.dll - a lot of links is pointing to AcuCobol /Micro Focus as software producer og this file. What is this file - what does it do? Is Micro Focus the producer of this file? Why is it only necessary when running terminalserver?

I am trying to do the tutorial CREATING WEB FORMS IN COBOL. Everything is fine until I double click on the search button to generate the click event code.  The Class-ID comes up as _Default which gives compile errors when I add code to the Class later on. Have I set up the web site incorrectly?

Ich möchte gerne auf diesem Weg die Meinungen von anderen Teilnehmern über obiges Webinar erfahren. Persönlich bin ich sehr überrascht, dass nur kurz am Schluss auf den „managed Code“ und .NET eingegangen wurde. Für mich ist Visual Studio fest mit .NET verbunden. Vor mehr als 10 Jahren habe ich die erste Applikation (SOAP-Webservice) mit Visual Studio und Net Express with .NET erstellt. Heute kann man klar sagen, dass Cobol (auch) eine .NET-Sprache ist. Trotzdem findet man in Stelleninseraten immer wieder Texte wie „Für die Umstellung von Cobol auf .NET suchen wir …“. Hier ist Micro Focus gefordert, mit guten und umfassenden Informationen Klarheit zu schaffen, was mit diesem Webinar kaum erreicht wurde. Cobol als .NET-Sprache bedeutet auch, dass man damit Zugriff auf die vielen Funktionen des .NET Frameworks hat. Auch gemischtsprachige Applikationen sind kein Problem, da die Parameterformate über die verschiedenen Sprachen geprüft werden. Unter diesem Titel des Webinars wäre als Beispi

Hi, Is there a way to capture the actual finish reason when leaving an entry field? I mean, besides of getting EVENT-TYPE = MSG-FINISH-ENTRY (16393), I would like to know which was the key used to leave the entry field (e.g. TAB, Shift TAB, ENTER, mouse action...).  Thanks.

Hi everyone, Is there a way to capture function keys (F1, F2, etc.) while being in a grid's cell in entry mode? I can only get EVENT-TYPE = MSG-FINISH-ENTRY (16393) and KEY-STATUS = W-EVENT (96) everytime I click F2, which are the same values I get when I hit Enter, so I don't have any means to recognize a function key within a cell.   Thanks.

A LONG time ago we used the GLOBAL clause in the FD's of native .exes so that the .exe controlled the OPEN and CLOSE of files and called .dlls just read and wrote them. UNFORTUNATELY, that code was lost to the mists of time. Today we want to resurrect that functionality, but in Managed COBOL. I've put together an .exe that has FD LOG-FILE IS GLOBAL and does OPEN, WRITE, invokes a .dll, WRITEs again, and CLOSEs. The .dll (class) has FD LOG-FILE and does a write, no OPEN or CLOSE. Everything works in VS Debug mode until the WRITE in the .dll, which gets a 4/8 File Status and "148 Wrong open mode or access mode for write". Does anybody know what I forgot?

In case of Migration from Mainframe Cobol using MF Enterprise Server, if the user want to migrate from CICS screen to JSP for example,  does the call action from Cobol need to be change to Visual Cobol  provided by MicroFocus syntax or can remain the same syntax as in legacy Mainframe.

We experienced the following unter AcuConnect 9.2: Our Call C$SYSTEM with CSYS-ASYNC = 0 doesn't wait anymore for the Call to finish and the program runs independently. How can we re-establish this functionality ?

Hi Chris, Thank you for all the help above. We are going for an end user license for our development environment. For UAT and Production we are going only for the run time compiler. Here wanted to ask a question.I would be having the .o file which are object files and needs to linked to create executable. Since UAT and PROD will have only run time compiler, will the command like below run fine to link the files and create executable pgm1.out cob  -xv  -o   pgm1.out   pgm1.o  subpgm1.o  subpgm2.o

After updating Windows Eclipse Visual COBOL 2.3 to 3.0 plus patch 1 all compiles fail with the following error:   -------------------------------BUILD STARTED-------------------------------Problem: failed to create task or type mfdirlistCause: The name is undefined.Action: Check the spelling.Action: Check that any custom tasks/types have been declared.Action: Check that any <presetdef>/<macrodef> declarations have taken place.   The .cobolBuild XML file contains the following relating to mfdirlist: <!-- ***************************** --> <!-- * COBOL compiler directives * --> <!-- ***************************** --> <!-- cobol_directive_set_1 --> <mfdirlist id="cobol_directive_set_1"> <directive name="DIALECT" id="dialect" value="MF"/> <directive name="WARNING" id="warning" value="3"/> <directive name="CHARSET" id="charset&quo

Using the old WOWDataGrid.  Would like to use one that is a little more current.  We would like to move columns, sort columns, mouse wheel works in grid to scroll, and copy cell data to an Excel.  Does anyone have any suggestions on what control to look at.

I just want to know that can we use Server Express 5.1 on SuSe Linux 11 or Linux 12. Is it supported on the latest version of SUSE.

 I have been programing for 30 years in COBOL and need to move to Visual COBOL.  Was wondering if anyone have any good suggestions on material to help in this transition since I have very little coding in anything but older COBOLS.  I started with Cobol way back and have done most of my coding in COBOL 85.  

good day Someone has some example, or tutorial or explanation of how I can create a web service in native cobol, where also explain how I generate the wsdl file for a SOAP platform, beforehand a thousand thanks, since I only find information on how to do this process in Eclipse and I can not replicate it in visual#wsdl#Webservices#CobolNative#SOAP#VisualStudio