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Hi, Recently i have noticed a issue with debug option in VC 2.3. I am able to debug code line by line in winform (code behind) but visual studio just skips the debug pointer to next statement during call to unmanaged cobol program. Unmanaged code was executed just that visual studio do not debug line by line. This happened after i have upgraded Visual cobol 2.2 to 2.3 update 2. VC 2.2 use to debug called programs as well, i mean line by line execution.   I have verified my debug setting and everything looks good.#VisualCOBOL

Hi, in our company we are testing conversion our Net Express project to Visual Cobol. We success in project conversion, we can compile our programs, produce .gnt and .idy file. But when I try to run it (we are developing module for Infor SunSystem) program crashes, I think we don't have our new Visual Cobol project setup correctly. In Net Express 5.1 we have this project directives: %FILENAME COBIDY(%TARGETDIR) WB3 WB CSI ANIM EDITOR(MF2) ENSUITE(3) SQL(DBMAN=ODBC) SQL(NOAUTOCOMMIT) SQL(NOCHECK) SQL(NOINIT) SPZERO; And we have info from Infor that we need to use wrap pack 10. Is there even possibility to setup Visual Cobol in this way? We are using it thru Visual Studio 2015 Thanks.#netexpress#VisualCOBOL

I do not like the standard Micro Focus template for ASP.net as it contains stuff that I don't want and can't seem to get rid of.   Is there a standard basic clear template that I can use instead? 

I can't seem to find any concrete answers on this. Can I print in RAW mode and send PCL in RM COBOL (Microfocus) ? 

We recently held a product launch webinar for COBOL Analyzer – a new and complementary offering to the Micro Focus COBOL portfolio. The webinar was heavily attended and lots of good questions were submitted. We’ve compiled that list of questions below along with the answers from our subject matter experts. For more information on COBOL Analyzer and to watch the product launch video, visit: microfocus.com/cobolanalyzer Webinar Questions: 1. I already use Enterprise Analyzer (EA). Is this the same product?Micro Focus Answer: COBOL Analyzer and Enterprise Analyzer are related, but different products. Enterprise Analyzer is designed for Mainframe COBOL applications, where COBOL Analyzer is designed for distributed COBOL applications. COBOL Analyzer offers a simpler setup and installation process, so for distributed COBOL shops, it’s the right tool. 2. What level of support is there for other COBOL dialects, specifically ACUCOBOL?Micro Focus Answer: The level of support for ACUCOBOL-GT appl

I can't get PuTTY to use the function keys in Linux. I'm sure it's something simple, but I'm missing something. Any help would be appreciated!

Hi, please yesterday I registered for trial licence of Visual Cobol. Message on final page said, that within 15 minutes email with download link arrive, but nothing happens. What should I do? Is there possibility, that our company spam filter block this message? Should I try registration with another email? Some public, gmail, or such? Thanks.#Trial#VisualCOBOL

Hi there, I am a student and I'm trying to activate the Visual COBOL PE for Eclipse (Windows) software and i cannot seem to activate it. I have registered my email and received the download link. I installed the software with no problems. When i open the software i get the "activate product" dialog box. I have selected the free license and tried the automatic activation. This works and i get a "Success" message. after i close the message i get an error stating: "The license was applied, however is does not seem to be correct for the installed product." after this i cannot get to the COBOL perspective in eclipse. I then tried the manual email activation. I sent the email and received the activation email in return. i copied and pasted this into the correct box and clicked activate. Again, I get the success dialog box then the same error. i have reinstalled the software about four times now. I have called the customer care line and they walked me through

In our environment, we have two separate folders for copybooks. We are trying to specify these two copybook paths in the MsBuild .RSP file with some variation of the following statement: /p:MFDependencyPaths=L:\\URISYS\\COMPCOPY The above only shows one of the paths.  When we try this (folder paths separarted by a semi-colon): /p:MFDependencyPaths=L:\\URISYS\\COMPCOPY; L:\\URISYS\\STATECPY  or when we try this (two statements): /p:MFDependencyPaths=L:\\URISYS\\COMPCOPY; L:\\URISYS\\STATECPY  /p:MFDependencyPaths=L:\\URISYS\\STATECPY  ... we get various errors. How do you specify multiple copybook paths in the .RSP file for MsBuild ??? Thanks 

Hi, How can I get the MF Dialog push-button object-reference so that i can disable the button from a Visual COBOL program? e.g. in the program: INVOKE my-button-objref "disable"  Dialog lets me define objref fields in the datablock but only has functions, MOVE-OBJECT-ID and MOVE-OBJECT-HANDLE which are different things? The invoke disable itself works - i tested it by changing the code in a listview prog where it sets focus to the next object in a callback after tab key is pressed. I changed 'setFocus' to 'disable' and it worked fine. Thanks, Linden 

Cobol Personal Edition Download Thread created by GueLi Made my registration got confirmation per mail with following link  https://www.microfocus.com/de-de/product-downloads/vcpe/vcpe23/vcpe-23-download.aspx?ld=rC3Yzxgb6dE=&sn=WYrsMryEk7o= and following message  Page Not Found The page you are looking for has not been found on www.microfocus.com. Have no chance to download Cobol Personal Edition

Very often I've been using code construction like declare x as type <some_type> = self::GetSomething That's really cool. But what makes me upset that in this inline declaration the editor doesn't offer possibilitites when the cursor is just behind the self:: I must remember what I want to write. Or - and that's the key problem - when I even don't know the method or property name and I'm just looking for its name, then first of all I must declare the "x" item separately in local-storage and then I can start finding name of the requested method or name. It looks like the editor doesn't work correctly in that case.#declareinline

Dear Friends, Is it possible to focus on the first item in a listview without using the mouse? Regards Rogerio Barbosa

In one version of RM cobol accept statements do not display the contents of the identifier. In Microfocus RM cobol accepts statement display the contents of the identifier. Has anyone found a way to turn this off, or do I need to move spaces to the identifier before?

Hi, please is there any possibility to connect Net Express 3.1.11 or Net Express 5.1 with Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS), for source code versioning? Thanks#COBOL#netexpress

As I am transitioning to Visual Cobol can I install Cobol Server on AIX without removing the current Server Express install?

I was following the prompts to download Visual Cobol and came to a screen where they asked me for details, said thankyou and told me I'd get an email with a link and then could download... nothing happened... Is there another avenue or something I can do?

Hi, I'm using MF Dialog ListView control in windows 10 visual cobol 2.3.2. Through intelligent guesswork I've added: INVOKE my-listview-item-objref  "centered"  to the MF generated listview prog i.e. to centre a col rather than justify R/L. I'm enjoying getting to grips with objects and have some questions...  1. Does MF invoke literally pass the message, "centered" to the object, or is some kind of translation going on? 2. Is there a list somewhere of other listview attributes I can change? And is this list somehow restricted/controlled by MF or do I have direct access to all aspects of the Window's objects?  3. (Someone else asked this recently)... Is there a good summary somewhere of how windows objects work and how MF programmers can interact with them? My background is strong COBOL but not object oriented programming. I do though have some javascript experience.  Many thanks, Linden       

HI, Winform application developed using visual cobol crashes with below exception when run from windows 7 machine, but works good when run from windows 2012 server. Only programs with ODBC connection are having this issue, rest of the other programs are working as expected in win 7 box. See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text **************System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'OdbcWrapper.Class1' threw an exception. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.Parameter name: path1 at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2) at MicroFocus.COBOL.Runtime.Win32.PlatformAbstraction.LoadLibrary(String nativeLibrary) at MicroFocus.COBOL.Program.ExportedSymbols.Check(MethodInfo[] globalMethods) at MicroFocus.COBOL.Runtime.Common.ClassInfo..ctor(Type programClass) at MicroFocus.COBOL.Runtime.Common.Global.AddProgramClass(Type programClass)

After I reinstalled my notebook I need to reinstall my copy of Visual Cobol PE. When I try to download I received the error Page Not Found The page you are looking for has not been found on www.microfocus.com. Have anyone a correct download link???

Hi there, Are there any simple demo programs/screensets available still for dialog listview programmed controls that will work in VISUAL COBOL? Many thanks, Linden

Hi, Just wanted to clarify something. I have, $SQL( INIT) statement in my first prog with no parameters. I immediately issue an EXEC SQL select... from table.... Works fine even though i never specify db name or user/pw. Is this because I only have a single odbc source defined on my pc? Thanks, Linden 

I am wondering if there is anyone on this forum that knows how to start an AcuCobol program automatically in the 2nd or 3rd monitor, I have customers asking for this ability?#AcuCobolruntime

We have an automated process which runs in the background processing files (using Extend 9.1 on Windows).  As each file is processed, many Vision version 5 files are accessed, and many Cobol programs called from an object library (called OMICS7). After approximately 6500 files are processed, the runtime crashes with a file error 94,10 - which indicates the session is out of file handles.  The customer is running on Windows Server 2008, but the same behaviour exists on Windows 10 Pro. We use a config file for the runtime, and the exact same behaviour occurs when MAX-FILES is set to 256, and when set to 16000. Using a Process Manager to monitor file handles, when the file error 94 is raised, we see many (approx 2000) file handles open for the object library (OMICS7).  Curiously, we do not see these file handles earlier in the process, when only 3000 files have been processed, for example. We've examined the Cobol code in depth and are satisifed that programs are being

Is Cobol server s/w compatible with other versions of visual cobol ? Do we need to deploy executables generated from visual cobol 2.3 only to cobol server 2.3, do they work on cobol server 2.2 ?#cobolserver#VisualCOBOL