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When using Micro Focus 2.2 to compile a .NET 2013 application's INTERFACE that references a COBOL copybook which contains an 88 level, the error  "COBCH1747: Only properties and events allowed in interface data division" surfaces.  The copybooks are old, legacy system copybooks so we can't easily remove all 88 levels.  To temporarily bypass this compile error, changed interface to no longer reference copybook but instead use an 01 level with a PIC clause but this is not the desired solution.  NOTE: This was not an issue when same application compiled with .NET 2010 under previous version of Micro Focus.#2.2VS2013COBCH174788

This WPF application first loads data into a ADO.NET DataSet from a SQL Server database and binds the WPF DataGrid to the ADO.NET DataSet. Then you can do editing on the DataGrid. Finally you can click the Update button to update all the changes you've made on the DataGrid to the database.  There are different ways to do this. This example illustrates the use of OpenESQL dataset cursor and the neccessary connected model EXEC ADO statements to load/update data from/to the datasource. The complete project is attached and the code is below: class-id KBWPFBindingADO.Window1 is partial inherits type System.Windows.Window. ****************************************************************** * WPFBINDINGADO Example * *This program demonstrates WPF Data Binding to ADO.NET DataSet * *and the OpenESQL connected model EXEC ADO statements to * *load/update

In the program I am working on, there is an ActiveX control that calls the CommonDialog in Windows to allow the user to find a file out in their computer directories.  That is all working great. The issue I am encountering is after the file is found, the COBOL program looses the RUNPATH, and can no longer find any of the other files that are used in the program. Is there a way to find the RUNPATH again? 

Micro Focus is currently looking for a qualified individual to join our North American Customer Care team. Ideal candidates would have 3 years using the Micro Focus Server Express or Visual COBOL products and strong expertise in Linux and Unix based systems. Posted opportunity is for Senior Product Support Engineer based out of the Troy Michigan offices but qualified remote candidates (within USA or Canada) will also be considered.   Please see other skill requirements and apply on the microfocus.com web site at the following link:   Senior Product Engineer NA posting

Micro Focus is currently looking for a qualified individual to join our North American Customer Care team. Ideal candidates would have 3 years using the Micro Focus Server Express or Visual COBOL products and strong expertise in Linux and Unix based systems. Posted opportunity is for Senior Product Support Engineer based out of the Troy Michigan offices but qualified remote candidates (within USA or Canada) will also be considered.   Please see other skill requirements and apply on the microfocus.com web site at the following link:   Senior Product Engineer NA posting    

When will VC 2.3 be released? Thanks.

Background info:  Visual Studio 2013, Visual COBOL 2.2 Update 2, COBOL Managed, Windows Forms Application 1. Create a new project called Test as described above (a new project with a Form1 will be created) 2. In Solution Explorer, right click on Form1.cbl & use the Rename function to rename it to TestForm1.cbl (we are just changing the name of the form) 3.  In the designer, select a label from the toolbox and drag to the form - and in the properties, Text, put a very long/large amount of text into the label as its contents (I used about 300 characters). (My understanding:  this encourages VS to make use of a "resource" file to store the label's lengthy text). 4.  Try to debug the project.  Most likely you will get this exception:  MissingManifestResourceException was unhandled on this line in TestForm1.Designer.cbl: set label1::Text to resources::GetString("label1.Text") 5. ... so try to fix th

SupportLine engineers frequently require a log file in order to troubleshoot an issue; therefore it is expedient to include these files when reporting a problem.  Following are instructions for obtaining commonly required logs to attach to your support incident.  There are alternatives for some of these instructions, such as setting configuration variables.  Use those ways if they are more familiar to you.  General Information Runtime Compiler AcuServer Thin Client AcuXDBC   Note: The log files described here are a helpful starting place; additional tracing may be requested by Customer Care to further troubleshoot.   General Information:  [back to top] Log Name: All of the log and list files described below may be assigned any name which can include the path.  The Runtime log in recent versions may use wildcards to include unique information in the name:               &nbs

In Visual Cobol 2.2, I have a GNT where I'm trying to replace a call to a COM object with a call to WCF Web Service written in C#.  I have the service installed on the server, but I'm not sure how to code the call.  I've created a WSDL for the service, but when I run "Generate Client From WSDL", I get "error generating console client." So, my questions are: 1.  Why is my attempt to generate the client from the WSDL failing, and 2.  Is there an example of how to call the WCF service from a GNT? Thanks!

Hello! I try to install VisualCOBOL for Eclipse PE and every time get error related to missing Java. At first I try to install in Windows 10 (x64) and receive error, that I must install Oracle Java 32bit not older than 1.6. I have installed Oracle JDK v.1.8 for x32 and x64. I found recommendation to install not so new version of JRE. Ok, I download and install v.1.7 and v.1.6 successively. and each time I receive the same error. [2CC0:1004][2015-09-04T09:22:18]i301: Applying execute package: visualcoboleclipse22x86, action: Install, path: C:\\ProgramData\\Package Cache\\{7BFAAF39-DCCF-4E2C-BF3C-B9101A9EA26A}v2.2.00244\\Visual COBOL\\visualcoboleclipse22x86.msi, arguments: ' ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT="1" MSIFASTINSTALL="7" INSTALLDIR="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Micro Focus\\Visual COBOL" ECLIPSEINSTALLDIR="D:\\eclipse\\"'[2CC0:211C][2015-09-04T09:22:18]i304: Verified existing payload: visualcoboleclipse22x64 at path: C:\\ProgramData\\Package Cache\\{36FF2B25-510F-445E-B310-88D31C4E0858}v2.2.00

Windows Server 2012 comes in 4 "flavours", including Essentials, Foundation, and Standard.  My question is whether AcuXBIS, using Extend 9.1.1 or 9.2.0, will run on Server2012 Essentials with no issue, or is 2012 Standard required? Thanks Tony

Is  there an example of a COBOL program that uses the Screen Section available.Thanks,#Eclipse#COBOLserver

Output of RECOVER2 in RM/COBOL, is it a BINARY SEQUENTIAL file ? Does anyone have COBOL code to make BINARY SEQUENTIAL to LINE SEQUENTIAL.  Thanks in Advance.#rm

ISSUE:  When you try to activate a product using an .mflic license file or an Authorization Code you get the following error: SOLUTION: This error occurs because of a misconfiguration in the License Administration tool.  The "License Server" list that informs the License Administration tool which license servers to connec to needs the following in the list: You local machine hostname or loopback IP: 127.0.0.1 A license server hostname connected to your network You need to add your local machine to this list in order for you to be able to activate licenses locally.  1. Navigate to the License Administration tool > Options > Advance Configuration 2. Click on the "change" button next to the "License Sarver" field. 3. Add your local machine to the "License Server" list (Seperate each machine with a colon) You should now be able to activate your product. 

ISSUE: When you try to activate a product using an .mflic license file or an Authorization Code you get the following error:  SOLUTION: This error is due to a misconfiguration on your License Administration Tool.  The "License Server" list which informs the License Administration tool where to look for license should include: Your local machine (hostname or loopback IP: 127.0.0.1) Where you can apply named user licenses A license server on your network Where you can check out/in concurrrent licenses To resolve this issue you will need to add your local machine to the "License Server" list.  Open the License Administration tool> Option > Advance Configuration Click on "change" next to License Server field Add your local machine IP address or hostname (SEPERATE EACH MACHINE WITH A COLON) You should now be able to activate your product. 

Problem: When running an ASP.NET application the following error occurs: BC30009: Reference required to assembly 'MicroFocus.COBOL.Runtime, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=0412c5e0b2aaa8f0' containing the implemented interface 'MicroFocus.COBOL.Program.IObjectControl'. Add one to your project.This occurs whenever a COBOL data item is added to the global.asax.cbl file. A .NET type such as string can be added successfully but a data item using the COBOL PIC clause cannot. This error occurs even when a project reference to the MicroFocus.COBOL.Runtime assembly is added. Resolution: To allow COBOL data items to be used in the global.asax.cbl file you must add a reference to the assembly directly in the web.config file under the compilation section. It should look something like the following:

I am a developer in Cobol (ACUCOBOL-GT), now I want to develop an application on computer tablets: Micro Focus What tool can I use?#Mobiledeveloper

  Hi,   i did follow the instructions mentioned in below article "community.microfocus.com/.../4311.9220-attempt-to-execute-more-than-one-sort-or-merge-simultaneously.aspx" I did add the SECTION keyword for both the input and output procedure but still I am getting the same error. I am using VS 2013 with Visual cobol 2.2 on windows 7. Thank you.

This demo is designed for Visual COBOL for Visual Studio and shows an ASP.NET Web application with a .NET COBOL back-end that runs in IIS. When you’ve completed the steps below, you can open the solution file in Visual Studio and run the airport demo yourself. Instructions: Download a free copy of Visual COBOL for Visual Studio Watch the video to see how it's done Follow the step-by-step guide to build your own Airport Project For more information visit: www.microfocus.com/mobile AirportDemo-VisualStudio.zip#Mobile#VisualCOBOL

I'm getting an "invalid operand" as well as a couple of other errors on the following statement: display ctr in-emp-record upon console    on exception        display "Wow!"    not on exception        add 1 to ctrend-display. I thought that adding "upon console" would have satisfied the syntax rule 7 for format 1 on the following documentation page: http://documentation.microfocus.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.microfocus.eclipse.infocenter.visualcobol.vs2013/GUID-CBF8DCDC-1F63-4C02-AC0C-7FABBE6A04AD.html Any other suggestions on using the "on exception" clause?#Display#OnException

I open a connection in my VB.Net Client and then i use exec ado bind connection statement in order to share the open connection with my Visual Cobol class and perform some exec sql statements. I close the connection in VB and Cobol and when i try to use the same connection again i get an sql error "Duplicate connection name". I'm sure that both connections (VB and Cobol) are closed and set to null before any attemp to reopen. Can you help please?  Thanx

Hi, I wrote a HelloWorld program :         identification division.        program-id. HelloWorld.        environment division.        configuration section.        data division.        working-storage section.        01  ANSWER-AREA.           05  GET-ANS                         PIC X.                   procedure division.        DISPLAY 'HELLO WORLD'.           DISPLAY 'THIS IS THE FIRST COBOL PROGR

Would anyone be willing to share an example of C# program built into a DLL (the documentation suggests this is the best method) and called from an AcuCobol program. I need to be able to pass in various variables and return various types of data to my AcuCobol program.  I am having trouble finding good examples included in AcuCobols samples.  Thanks.

Hi I am trying to read an RRN (Relative Record Number File) in Visual COBOL, The file was created in Micro Focus and Now we will be using this in Visual COBOL as part of Migration/Up-gradation to Visual COBOL. when i open this file in program it is successful but when trying to read it with RRN number, i am getting an error code "23" that is record not found. Let me know how can i handle/correct this in Visual COBOL.

Hoping someone can point me in a direction on the web browser control.  We have started to use the web browser control to retrieve and display document images on our AcuGT screens, the results are promising.  But I have run into something new that I expect someone else has previously dealt with.  In some instances we are receiving XML data streams instead of document images - the XML is simply displayed within the browser control.  What is the easiest way to capture that XML stream so that we can parse it and act upon it?  Any direction would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks