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I tried to install the downloaded Version of MF Cobol on a Notebook. The Installation process cancels with the message: Install of Oracle Java 32-Bit Version 1.6 or higher required.  Now, I have installed the last Version of Oracle Jave 32-Bit. But the MF Cobol Installation cancels again with the same error-message.  The MF License-Program was installed. Then the Installation cancels with the error-message above.  #Win7#Eclipse#MF-Cobol#Oracle64-Bit

Problem: AcuServer is being implemented to resolve issues with multiple users accessing the same COBOL files.  The data lives on the server in J:\\data; that J: drive is a network drive, not an internal drive on the server.  When configured to use AcuServer a permission error is encountered as noted in the AcuServer trace file: "Failed: 15,103".  When the file-prefix is configured to access the files directly, not through AcuServer, all of the file access succeeds.  So the permissions allow the access, but it fails through AcuServer. Resolution: The AcuServer service runs as the system account and cannot access a mapped drive; the network disk is seen as a mapped drive and so AcuServer fails.  The way to enable AcuServer to access the network disk is to create a symbolic link.  You can leave the J: drive mapped for the users to be able to navigate there; but AcuServer will use the symbolic link.  Here's how to do it: 1. Log on to the ser

Chris, when it will be available the Micro Focus Data File Tools 2.3.1.012? The test version I have does not generate the structure. She does not recognize the IDY File generated by the Micro Focus COBOL Visual 2.3 Version 2.3.01098. Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015.

When we originally installed VC 2.2 for VS 2012 about a year ago we noticed that COBOL colorization under Tools>Options>Environment>Fonts and Colors was non-existent, but we were busy with other issues converting from Net Express 5.1. As of today we are at VC 2.3.1 for VS 2013 by the following route: 1. Uninstalled VC 2.2, upgraded VS to 2013 and installed VC 2.3. 2. Installed Hotfix 1 for VC 2.3 for VS 2013. 3. Installed Update 1 for VC 2.3 for VS 2013. At stages 1 and 2 we checked and still no COBOL colorization. Now today on VC 2.3.1 we have exactly two COBOL colorization options; "COBOL Code Coverage - Covered" and "COBOL Code Coverage - Not Covered". What are we missing or what have we done wrong? Anybody? The "tripping issue" for this is we are now doing maintenance on the converted applications which contain Copybooks with REPLACING clauses, and when you "show with replaced values" the expanded source is displayed black-on-dar

Hi, I have a button with two functions.When you open the window has a symbol (symbol1). When I pressed want you to have another symbol (symbol2). Is it possible to do that? What is education? You can also function in a MenuItem? Regards Alberto Ferraz

I am looking for a way to validate email domains from COBOL in a interactive data entry environment.  In my application users will enter email addresses provided by our customers.  The domain of the email address provided is not always valid.  I am running Server Express on top of HPUX 11.32.  I am familiar with the nslookup command and have written a test program to execute this command calling the SYSTEM subroutine.  I can't seem to get the command to pass back to COBOL a return code and anything for that matter to designate whether the command was successful or not.  Anyone have any ideas how to validate email domain names from COBOL?  Thanks in advance.

We have converted NX based dialog system to Visual cobol dialogs and generated the application dll’s using Visual studio 2013 and it works good as expected in my development environment. I have deployed these dll’s to the box where we have cobol server 2012 installed in windows server 2012 R2, which works good as expected. I am able to run the application installed in server from my development environment. FYI, by creating a shortcut (in dev machine) pointing to the application hosted in the server. But I get error when I try to run the application in server from a machine with no visual cobol/cobol server license. “Execution error; error code 245; There are no valid product licenses”

Problem: In Visual COBOL 2.0 and earlier product versions, there was an option in the license system to revoke a license, but with newer product versions there is only a remove option - Why? Resolution: Visual COBOL version 2.0 onwards uses Pre-Authorised license technology and will be received in form of a license file. These are pre-authorised meaning revoking a license is not necessary. When Licencing Visual COBOL version 2.0 and later versions, use the aforementioned license file when, for example reinstalling the product.

Problem: How to configure CTF to capture events for RunUnits in COBOL. This article assumes an understanding of CTF (Consolidated Tracing Facility), but requires additional tracing enabled for code executing within Run Units. CTF (Consolidated Tracing Facility) can capture events for Run Units but it is not clearly stated which emitters are needed to enable this. Resolution: The CTF Configuration file should have the the following emitters: mftrace.emitter.textfile#Format = $(RUNUNIT) $(TIME) $(THREAD) $(COMPONENT) $(EVENT) $(LEVEL) $(DATA)mftrace.emitter.textfile#RununitID=True mftrace.emitter.textfile#MultiProc=True

Hi!In this new version of VC, it's possible to use linq or lambda expressions, like, "myList.ForEach(x => Console.WriteLine(x));" ?#VisualCOBOL#Linq#lambda

RE: Error 173 called program file not found in drive / directory SQLADR with Oracle 11g I have a solution and multiple projects under it.  Some of the projects(they have one program) call  another one that has with multiple programs within it. Say there is A with program a, B with program b, and C with program c and they are separate projects with only one program.  Then, there is  Project Z with programs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in it. A is an older project and it calls programs from Z.  When I animate through it and through them, there is no problem with the SQL B is a new project with the same (presumably) properties as A.  However, when I animate B, the first SQL stmts in program b work (connect to database), but then when I try to do a ROLLBACK, I get this message that SQLADR can't be found.  If I comment that out and call programs in Z, when I get to an SQL statement, I get the same error. These are the stmts at the start of program a of project B and t

For Visual Cobol, I've been trying to figure out which XML Method is the more "current" one. I've seen one that uses XML as a Stream and defines it in the File Section. and I've also seen one that uses Working Storage and EXPORTS or GENERATES the XML from there. Which is the more current method? So I don't waste my time learning an older/outdated method. Thanks Eric Boatman#generate#visual#COBOL#Export#Stream#XML

HI, I have this error on Net Express 5.1 running run.exe\\mfsort.exe : "The procedure entry point CBL_MBCS_CHAR_LEN could not be located in the dynamic link library ...." what is it? bye

Hello, i'm trying to migrate from NetExpress 5.1 to Visual Cobol.Our program uses Dialog System Screens. In NetExpress runtime and delevopment environment everything is working fine. Bur when I run the migrated program under Visual Cobol development or runtime environment I get an error message. The error message which shows up is from the dsrunner. "Sub-program call failles. Continuing without. Sub-program name is .\\BFSSMAIN" The error happens on the first call of the dsrunner. The code of call looks like: Working Storage: 01      MAIN-PARAMETERS.            03    main-param-version-no           pic    9(2)    value zero.            03    main-initial-screenset              pic    x(2

We are an Infor/Lawson customer working on an upgrade to their version 10 application suite. We are seeing significant delays in our batch job processing. When only one job is running with no users in our new environment we see process time 4 - 5 times longer than when they are run in version 9. We are running in a VM environment with the application and DB servers on separate servers running under Windows 2012 and SQL Server 2012 R2. After verifying and increasing resources on the servers we noted three things when the jobs are running. 1. There is a FINDBEGRNG being used against the indexes, The increased times are associated with this call. The programs have been recompiled, with no change in the timing. 2. While monitoring and capturing processing on the PID associated with the job there were messages indicating that that _ MFREDIR that the name not found or no such file. It attempted to locate the file multiple times with different file extensions - dll, gnt, int, 390, and lbr. Th

Problem: During the Visual COBOL or Enterprise Developer installation on SUSE 12 SP1 installation, the Visual COBOL product will be installed, but the MFLicenseServerInstall.sh call made during the installation will fail to extract the binaries necessary to install the licensing system. During debug, a pax: Bad Option: -O. error message will be noted.   Resolution: At line 1989 in MFLicenseServerInstall.sh Change the following line and remove ! from the if statment.  if [ "$platform.x" != "Linux_ppc.x" ]  to  if [ "$platform.x" ="Linux_ppc.x" ]  Then the installer should work and extract the binaries and complete successfully. This issue will be resolved in Visual COBOL and Enterprise Developer 2.3 Update 1 Hotfix1.

Hi! My Customer have Accu 9.1. He will call a program from me with a Big Linkage data. The Problem is that the Linkage data is to big? What is the Maximum size for a  01 My-Data Construct? Is there are more limitations about the size by accu 9.1?  #ACUCOBOL9.2.1#ACU#acubench9.1.2Windows10#AcuCobolPrinting

Hello, A client of mine has to migrate Cobol from AIX 5.2 to AIX 6.1 but the sources are not well versioned. Is there any possibility to decompile the executable in order to compile them again in the new platform? Is there any other way to migrate the executables to AIX 6.1 without the source code? Thanks in advance.#COBOL#migrate#cobolserverexpress

Hi, It is great that the new RM/COBOL Runtime version 12.12 comes also in 64bit for Windows, but most Windows Runtime installations down here are for RM/COBOL Runtime Plus, including the Cobol-WOW Runtime, and that product is still only available in 32bit. It would be great to also have the Runtime Plus available in 64bit. Regards, Juan Urraburu

Is there a GUI program that allows you to browse data files  from a desktop in Windows or SUSE ? Thanks in advance. Peter

The last thing I heard about the Courseware for Eclipse was a tentative date of April 8th. Is there  a new date for it's release? Warren Mundy#CobolEclipse

Problem: How to generate and debug core dump with Visual COBOL. Resolution:  Restriction: The following information applies to NATIVE code only.   When an application crashes, its state can be saved to disk in a core dump file. Once a core dump is generated, it can be loaded into the development environment where it can be examined. The dump file can be used to help debug problems, as it indicates where in the source code the error occurred, along with the values of variables, expressions, and the contents of memory as they were at the moment the error occurred. This is most useful in a production environment where it is unlikely that a debugger can be dynamically attached: the core dump can be obtained and then analyzed on another system. The source files and .IDY file(s) must be available for the program(s) that fail, as this allows the core dump to show as much information as possible regarding the state of the program at failure time. Run-time Tunables Some run-tim

I noticed an issue with the level numbers in DataRep2.cbl referenced in the "04 Data Representation" section of the Academic COBOL Course Book for Visual Studio. The way it is coded, EMPLOYEE-GENDER and the fields following would be grouped in EMPLOYEE-NAME.#AcademicCobolCoursebook

Hello,Can anyone please provide a simple example to use the onItemDataBound event in asp:Repeater using Visual Cobol. Thanks in advance.#VisualCOBOL#extend9.2.5VisualCOBOL#ASP.Net#COBOL

When reporting an error or bad behavior in an ACUCOBOL-GT application the Customer Care engineer may request a test case in order to troubleshoot the issue.  Should a small stand-alone program not demonstrate the behavior, the application itself may need to be submitted.  However DO NOT send the entire application, instead send only the programs and data files that are actually used in demonstrating the issue.   Here's how to do that:  1. Start the application with a Runtime trace as described here: http://community.microfocus.com/microfocus/cobol/extend_and_acucobol/w/knowledge_base/27977.acucobol-gt-trace-files-for-troubleshooting.aspx#Runtime  2. Exercise only the steps necessary to demonstrate the bad behavior, and then exit (if the Runtime hasn't already terminated from the bad behavior).  3. Parse the runtime log file for the programs loaded and for the files opened.  Linux has grep and related commands which will do nicely, and are