Rocket® COBOL

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

We are currently using v10 and are planning to upgrade to v12.14 during the 4th quarter.  Has anyone made such a large jump in versions?  Where there any issues/problems when you did so? Thanks, Linda Praed International Medical Group

we are using Visual Studios 2015 I need Visual COBOL Personal Edition 2.3 with update 2 for class but only seem to find a download for 2017  can someone please help

We just started testing our programs on Centos 7 and are finding indexed file reads to be much much slower than from Ubuntu 12.04.  On our original server and dev server, we would handle about 35,000 records in about a second, and now we only get 1000 records a second (just rough timing estimate).   Other programs reading SQL data and file writing and reading thousands of records are very fast, so its just the acucobol thats going slow.  This cobol program is only reading a local file, no databases.  Wondering if anyone has an idea on the issue? One note, which may be the issue.  For our upgrade we simply copied our runtime to the new server for testing, and looks like verything is working, except performance is bad.  We have version 9.0.1.

Have a datagrid that I built and would like to read thru the entire grid after its populated to print all the data on a report.              <DataGrid x:Name="dataGrid1"                               ItemsSource="{Binding}"                               MouseDoubleClick="DataGrid_MouseDoubleClick"                              SelectionMode="Extended"                <DataGrid.Columns>     

Is there a way to not include all the programs in the actual project, but instead have a program within the project call other executables (GNTs) in a known directory and just run them?

Is there any documentation, methods, or tools to convert Workbench character screens to Visual Cobol or do they need to be recoded from scratch?

Due to requirements of our authorities I have the following  XD definition          XD CATALOGO-XML.        01 Catalogo identified by "catalogocuentas:Catalogo" namespace is            "www.sat.gob.mx/esquemas/ContabilidadE/1_1/CatalogoCuentas".           02 XSI-C PIC X(145) identified by "xsi:schemaLocation" is                attribute count in XSI-C-count.           02 XMLNS-C PIC X(45) identified by "xmlns:xsi" is                 attribute count in XMLNS-C-count.         02 Ctas-c identified by "catalogocuentas:Ctas".      &n

Problem  error undefined symbol _mFsoload  Resolution This simple example demonstrates how well Visual COBOL can integrate with PYTHON. It covers the core subjects of COBOL and C build, BASIC PYTHON scripting and execution. Here is the output Output /home/tonyt/test/tmp >. ./doit.sh COBDIR set to /home/products/vcdevhub22upd2preGA cob64 -C nolist -Zv helloworld.c program1.cbl helloworld.c: program1.cbl: * Micro Focus COBOL V2.2 revision 002 Compiler * Copyright (C) Micro Focus 1984-2014. All rights reserved. * Accepted - verbose * Accepted - nolist * Compiling program1.cbl * Total Messages: 0 * Data: 320 Code: 78 * Micro Focus COBOL Code Generator * Copyright (C) Micro Focus 1984-2014. All rights reserved. * Accepted - verbose * Accepted - pic * Generating program1 * Data: 88 Code: 544 Literals: 32 LD_LIBRARY_PATH </home/products/vcdevhub22upd2preGA/lib> LD_PRELOAD

Hello, has anybody some experience with the C library pdflib (http://www.pdflib.com/), either version 9 or 7 (the previous free one) under RHEL ? I have been trying to use them under Centos (=RHEL) 5.9 or 7.2, either 32 bits or 64 bits but encounter problems with "signal 11". Regards,   Alain

Hello, i've been wondering if someone knows where to get a comprehensive guide or examples on how to use the Debug utility within RM/Cobol. I know there are some indications in the RM/Cobol User Guide but english is not my mother languaje. And for me is easier to understand via some examples.   Thanks in advance.   David L.

this has referance to your query 1. every cobol (mocro focus,Rm cobol, microsoft cobol coms with builtin vary good debugging tools with excellent animation facility    this is the only very strong advantage in coobol 2 . I have tool which will not only generate entire suit of cobol source but excellent debugging tools for animation.  3. for this you need not refer any manual as all the manuals are useless and most complicated to understand even if you know English. 4. I have never read any manual for this and you also need not read any manual which will confuse you more, hence it is best that     you do not know English. 5  if you want i can physically show  you not only animation debugging  but also generating source code even at DOS  or windows operating      system . 6. this is possible by using teamviwer or any other emulation software, 7 I am from india and used various  cobol on multiple platforms for more than 25 y

 I have a form that has input fields and output fields and I can clear the fields when I  click on my reset key. How can i get the cursor to position to the first input field so the user doesn't have to re-position manually by clicking on it? I have VC 3.0 for VS 2017.#cursorpositioning#VisualCOBOL

According to the documentation the phrase background-rgb applies also to grids. So I tried to modify a row but the compiler (v10.0) does not like it: modify my-grid y = 5 row-color background-rgb x#eec300. Am I doing it wrong or does it simply not work ?

Hi, A customer of ours is currently using Visual COBOL under Visual Studio 2012. We are discussing the possibility of upgrading them to VC 3.0. Because of other constraints the customer can potentially use Visual Studio 2012 or 2015. In order to understand better whether an upgrade of Visual Studio from 2012 to 2015 is worthwhile I would like to find out what differences there are in the developer experience on VS 2015 as compared to VS 2012. So my question is: What differences there are in the developer experience on VS 2015 as compared to VS 2012 using VC 3.0? Is this documented in a concise way anywhere? If so where can I find that? Many thanks, Leigh.#VisualStudio#VisualCOBOL

I have the following code working on my work station but when we try it on a terminal server we get the HRESULT error in the subject line.    I am using a web browser property to display output when I am done getting the XML and parsing it out so I can go get an image to view.       * CREATE  - instantiate a NON-GUI CLASS *           CREATE "@System"           NAMESPACE is "System.Net"           CLASS-NAME is "WebClient"           HANDLE is WWebClient-Handle.      *    * Set the Default Credentials *           Modify WWebClient-Handle               UseDefaultCrede

I am starting to self learn Visual Cobol.  I know and understand Cobol (68 & 74).  I am struggling with Classes and methods.  I can find examples of invokes for various situations but can't find any basic straightforward examples that I can follow and use. It would be nice to have a basic introduction to classes and methods for Visual Cobol showing examples and solutions for simple programs. I would then be able to build on this knowledge in more complex situations.  I would have thought that this would have been the place to start so as to encourage newcomers to use Visual Cobol.  There are many people out there that would like to learn programming and Cobol is a good place to start.  Anyway.... I am trying to create 1 Solution with 2 or more Projects using Managed Cobol and WPF windows. Project 1 is a WPF Menu (TBMenu) window from which I want to invoke Project 2 which is a WPF data input (TBOrderInput) window. Each time I build the solution or start