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Hey. I am struggeling with what I suspect to be a XFD-definition problem. The "sql" data format of text columns is somehow wrong. It cannot display Norwegian characters, which is a problem for me. The format is now varchar(30) which is a non-Unicode format. I am not sure if changing to e.g. nvarchar wil help me, but its the first thing I can think of. Have any of you got any ideas of how to extract text-fields with international(Norwegian) characters?#Extend9#extend#fd#XFD#AcuXDBC#linkedserver#encoding

Hi All, Is any one interesting in sharing what 3rd Party .NET apps they have used in Visual Cobol i.e. PDF Printers, Document Viewers etc? We could share App Name a bit of Cobol code showing how we integrated it. If you are interested then pls reply to this post. Thanks Neil.

Is there a way in dialog to make a screen object (radial button, check box etc.) appear and disappear, depending on the value of a variable?

Problem Is there a limit to how many source files can be stored in a Visual COBOL for Eclipse project?  Resolution: There is no limit apart from that the Eclipse IDE shipped with Visual COBOL for Eclipse is a 32bit process and has a 2GB process limit. For a baseline comparison, the Visual COBOL product's source code consists of over 6500 source files in about 40 projects and the Eclipse IDE can handle this without problem. It’s a matter of how things are organised rather than an absolute number.

Problem Error 2738 shown during installation of Visual COBOL. Full text shown in the Visual COBOL Installer is : The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2738. Resolution: This is a Windows installer error, caused due to the Windows VBscript component not being enabled on the machine correctly. The Visual COBOL Product installer requires VBScript to be enabled.To resolve, ensure that the vbscript.dll is registered into the Windows Global Assembly Cache (GAC) of the Windows Operating system, using command regsvr32. This Microsoft dll file is usually located in path %windir%\\system32\\).  See also the Microsoft MSDN webpage: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372835(v=vs.85).aspx This explains that error code 2738 means:  Could not access VBScript run time for custom action [2].  This usually means the vbscript.sll is not present or installed correct

Hello, I have a problem I need to fill a ComboBox in various programs, I was thinking about making a routine which would read the file and fills the ComboBox of the program that called this routine is to do this, thank you

Hi, can anyone help me? I have MicroFocus Visual Cobol 2.2 (Eclipse) installed. The software now closing alone!!  It does not show any message. We have a license server for manage it. Anyone seen this problem ?  Thank's!#VisualCOBOL#CobolEclipse#MicroFocusVisualCobol#COBOL

Problem: Do you have an example of how to convert a PIC X to a HEX value? Resolution: See the attached source code example. Attachments: hexcnvt.cbl Old KB# 4680

I am currently using the RmNet library and calling the "HttpPost" routine to invoke a web service from a RM/COBOL application running on the AIX operating system.  We would like to modify this to go over a more secure protocol SSL.  I am not sure where to begin.  Can I just change the request URL from http:// to https:// or are there more steps involved?  It would be nice if it were that simple, but I doubt it!  Has anyone done this?  Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. #SSL#RMCOBOL#RMNet#BIS

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: