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Any suggestions for an address scrubbing company.  Must support Uppercase only data, handle a CURL command, change history, and the elephant in the room: "be low priced".   Geo coding would be a plus.   Looking forward to your replies and can be done directly: daleh@hightouchinc.com

I was curious what version of IBM Enterprise COBOL is supported in Visual Cobol. I see in the documentation a couple of references to Enterprise Cobol v4 but I know some companies are upgrading the mainframe Cobol to v5 or v6.#EnterpriseCobol#COBOL

 I tried to activate Visual CObol PE under Visual studio 2017 and i received this messages I tried antoher time (with a second download) and my strudents too but nobody can't activate the licence.Can you give me some hint. Thank you :)

I asked this question a couple of months ago and was told that the PE edition would be available for VS 2017 Community Edition 'real soon now'. Unless I have missed a forum entry I haven't seen any further news. When will this combination be avaolable?

I have a wpf datagrid that and am trying to cast a datagrid.SelectedItem to a custom object. Getting the error "Unable to cast object of type 'System.Data.DataRowView' to type 'CarrierRecord'." when this line "set carrierRecord to DG_CellCarriers::SelectedItem as type CarrierRecord" is executed. Works just fine in c#.  Am I missing something basic here? My datagrid is bound to a datatable.

Hi Chris.. I know you knew this. I'm using NetExpress V3.10 and now I'm having problem with my program.GS where sizes of my GUI windows varies according to the size of the monitor. When I MAXIMIZE the window, it places my buttons (and fields) in different places with adjusted sizes. Do we have a "default" dynamic resizing for .GS files? So that it won't resize (or it will resize in perfect sizes)... depending of the size of the monitors.#dialogsystem#netexpress3.10

In native COBOL we used a "CALL progname" statement in processing through a set of programs by looping through and setting the variable progname, a PIC X(n), to each program name in turn. How do we implement the same functionality in managed COBOL? "INVOKE progname"? What would be the content of progname?

I'm trying to debug using v12.14.  I've gotten everything to compile without errors; I can step through the code with Code Watch but when I get to my first IO call the actual SQL doesn't work: ,  ,  , , , , , Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.#InstantSQL#RMCOBOL

Hello,   Since runtime 7.03 i've been evaluating the field RM-UseCountInUse to know how many concurrent users are working on my applications under a network. But then we have some clients that have been upgrading their runtime to 12.13 and superior. The RM-UseCountInUse is not returning anything under RM 12.13. Is this a known bug? or perhaps an installation problem? Do i need to evaluate a different fiield? has something changed? If anyone can bring some light to this subject, many thanks in advance.   David L.#rminfo#RMCOBOL

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