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I was wondering if a program that is made resident by including the RESIDENT clause in the PROGRAM-ID paragraph will remain in memory after it exits using an EXIT PROGRAM.  If not, can I exit from the program and remove it from memory?  I need to shield a program from a CANCEL ALL in a called program. I have a BIS service program calling another program that is calling a final program that has a CANCEL ALL in it that is resetting the XML object in the initial service program.  This is pretty highly undesirable as BIS core dumps and dies when trying to do an XML EXPORT FILE.  

Problem: Does WIN$VERSION return client or server information in Thin Client mode? Is it possible to check both information (i.e. with a @[display]: prefix?) Resolution: WIN$VERSION checks the Windows version of the client in Thin Client mode. There is no way to get the server version currently.

Hi All, I need to implement 2PC (Two Phase Commit)  with Micro Focus Server Express. Any one have some experience...??? Many Thanks, PJM

I have Vis CBL P/Edit with VS2012 on Win/8.1 All is well but I want to be able to write a file with simple formatting and colours, e.g. a Word doc I am sure it can be done but I haven't been able to find it in the documentation Can anyone please point me to the documentation to read for this? And/or a sample program? TIA

Problem: A program that is working with ACUCOBOL-GT runtime, using XML EXTENSIONS and RMNET, may return the following message: Error: 39[0] - symbol table not present in COBOL object Resolution: To work correctly with XML EXTENSIONS and RMNet in ACUCOBOL-GT, a COBOL program must be compiled with the following options: -ZeThis option adds XML symbol table information to the COBOL object for use by XML Extensions.Programs using XML Extensions must be compiled with the -Ze option. Add the -Ze compiler option to the compile command to include the XML symbol table information in the compiled COBOL object. -CrThis option sets the compiler to its RM COBOL compatibility mode. In this mode, it accepts features of RM COBOL that are not otherwise accepted. Support Incident number: 2666802#XML

Problem: The Visual COBOL setup aborts while it is installing MS Visual Studio 2012 Shell, and the MSI log file (dd_vs_isoshell_<date/timestamp>.log) reports an issue with the installation of MS .NET Framework 4.5. Resolution: MS .NET Framework 4.5 is a requirement to install MS Visual Studio 2012, and the details of the problem are reported in the MSI log file. According to the  log file, here is the command that it is trying to execute: [...] Applying execute package: netfxfullweb, action: Install, path: C:\\ProgramData\\Package Cache\\C22163DDD7881C5E3B73E3B3CFB926A66ACAC7FE\\packages\\dotNetFramework\\dotNetFx45_Full_setup.exe, arguments: '"C:\\ProgramData\\Package Cache\\C22163DDD7881C5E3B73E3B3CFB926A66ACAC7FE\\packages\\dotNetFramework\\dotNetFx45_Full_setup.exe" /q /norestart /KeepAUPaused /ChainingPackage "" ' And the command fails with the following errors: [...] Error 0x800c0005: Process returned error: 0x800c0005[...] Error 0x800c

I would like to know license expiry date of installed Server Express 5.0. I got output from apptrack as follows Installed Application Server licenses:----------------------------------------------------------00001/apps/ServerExpressVersion        of Server for COBOLLicense users: Unlimited    CPUs: 001Duration: Unlimited         Server As per one article in microfocus community           Duration means  Duration: Unlimited Note: Unlimited rather than an expiration date indicates this is a purchased license, not a temporary evaluation key or an emergency issue from SupportLine.  So how to know actual expiry date of existing license? Thanks in advance

Hi all, I am using the CDO library in order to create and send a mail with an attachment. After mail is sent, program deletes or moves the attachment file to another folder. My program works well (message is sent) except the following: wrun32.exe keeps the attachment file locked and the program can't delete it or move it to another folder. Although I am doing all the necessary DESTROY statements, the attachment file is actualy deleted or moved only when wrun32.exe terminates. Is there any other way for creating and sending e-mail messages (except using an outlook object) ? Thanks  

Problem: Net Express 5.1 installation appears to be completed without any errors, but License Management System does not list any product. For this reason, it is not possible to: generate a Request Key to exchange with a Response Key apply Update (formerly known as WrapPack) Here is the error message when one tries to apply Net Express 5.1 Update 4: This upgrade can only be applied to Net Express 5.1 version 5.100.0157, 5.101.0074, 5.102.0118 or 5.103.0042. Please uninstall your existing version and rerun setup. Resolution: Attempting to install Net Express 5.1 (base version 5.100.0157 that comes with the media) on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 may fail or appear completed without any errors. In either way, a key in the registry became corrupt, and it cannot be removed through the normal uninstallation process. After the above attempt, installing Net Express 5.1 Update 1 or Net Express 5.1 Update 6 (both full product) may appear to be completed successfully, but the Licen

I want to bind each control on my Windows Form to a property in a a class.  Is this possible ? In C#, I can select a TextBox, expand its DataBindings node in the Properties window, click the arrow next to the Text property, then click on the "Add Project Data Source" link.  This link does not appear in Visual COBOL.  Even if the link did appear, I'm not even sure if I can use my class.  On the "Choose data source type" window, you can select "Object" but this doesn't seem to be what I am looking for. I know how to do this in WPF using the download from this link: community.microfocus.com/.../19748.automatically-refresh-a-bound-wpf-control-when-values-of-bound-object-are-updated.aspx Can I do something like this with a Windows Form ? #VisualCOBOL

Problem: Although users with Super Users privileges have no problem to install Net Express 5.1, they are unable to apply any WrapPack and get the following error message:"Windows Install error 1605" Resolution: Installing Net Express and its WrapPacks (or Updates) requires Administrators or Super Users privileges, but a corporation may put a system policy in place to prevent users from installing or applying software update. Windows Install error 1605 actually means "This installation is forbidden by system policy" In the system policy, there is an option to prevent non-administrator accounts from applying software updates. It is called Prohibit non-administrators from applying vendor-signed updates. Since Super Users are non-administrators, they may be able to install software, but not to apply updates. The users will then need to request their IT group to disable the option temporarily or have someone with administrator's privileges to apply the WrapPack on th

A customer wants to migrate a large computer system developed in " ACUCOBOL v7 " to " GeneXus " , what are the arguments for NOT do ? .#GeneXus

Object-oriented (OO) concepts are fundamental to both .NET and the Java Virtual Machine. If you’re considering deploying COBOL applications onto either platform, you’ll need to have a grounding in OO skills to take full advantage of what these platforms can provide. We have produced a guide (available here) that provides an introduction to OO concepts for procedural COBOL developers. We plan to build upon the material, so your feedback on the existing material and the new topics you’d like added is most welcome. Regards, The Micro Focus Documentation Team

Hi, we need a grid with 2 lines of col-headings (no problem with NUM-COL-HEADINGS) but the cells of the first line should span over 3 cols of the second and all other lines of the grid. Is this possible ? If so, please tell us how. If not, how would you solve this problem ?

I am creating a Line Sequential File, for the State of Illinois, and they are saying my file contains "an extra line".  My program opens the file as output, writes the records, and then closes the file. When I look at the file, it looks to me as if the program is adding an extra carriage return at the end of the file.  How do I get rid of that, OR not write it at all? Anyone have any suggestions?

Hello, I am new to the Visual (Cobol) / WPF World (coming from ACU-Cobol). I tried to find a Sample that demonstrates how to fill a WPF DataGrid (NOT DataGridView!!) from a file. I tested 2 different ways to populate the DG but None of them worked - here are them: 1. - read a file called "VER01" (employees)- filling a list with the Name, shortname and the number- read next entry of file - filling list ...- set the list (LISTBOX) to ItemsSource of Datagrid (LB1)- DataGrid is empty although the List is filled correctly Code 2. - read file called "VER01" (employees) - fill a Single-line-Array (LB1X) with entries from VER01 and - directly try to add this line to the DataGrit (Invoke LB1::Items::Add(LB1X)- The DataGrid is populatetd with the correct number of rows (concerning to the entries in the file) but the DataGrid has no content Code I really tried to find samles/help in the documentation, Forums, wikis, Google but could not find something that helps ... can a

Problem: When setting up a Remote Connection on Visual COBOL DevHub using SSH, the Visual COBOL Eclipse Client is unable to set up a project on the remote server with DevHub Installed. Solution: 1. Ensure that remote desktop option daemon has been started on the remote server.     To check for this log on to the remote server and  run ps -ef | grep 4075 from the remote server's shell. If the server has been started, the output will display something like:      "/usr/bin/perl  -w .........remotedev/rseserver/rseserver-3.5/daemon.pl 4075"  If the daemon has not been started, then start the daemon in the foillowing manner as root:         Run "cobsetenv" to set your environment such as  ".  /opt/microfocus/devhub221/bin/cobsetenv"         Then run "$COBDIR/remotedev/startrdodaemon & " to start the server

We're compiling all our COBOL as 64 bit for the next release of our system, and one of the programs won't link.  It gets the error message 'cbllds00003DFC.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _mFxxxx' (where xxxx is a 4 digit hex number).  It gets this message many, many times.  This program has calls to the 'CBL_' routines as well as access to the windows registry.  I probably missed something in the documentation about 64 bit 'CBL_', so if anyone has some wisdom on this, I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks in advance for your help!

Problem: Need to Activate the free one year License for Visual COBOL for Eclipse Personal Edition. Solution: 1. Start Visual COBOL. If you have not installed a license for Visual COBOL, starting the IDE for the first time after  you install the product opens the Micro Focus Visual COBOL Product Licensing dialog box. If you cancel this dialog box, you can invoke it again from Help > Micro Focus > Product Licensing. 2. Click I want to activate the free product. 3. Ensure that the email address used to register the product is in the Email address text entry field. If you haven't registered your email address yet, click registration page and follow the instructions onthat page. 4. Select one of the following options: Automatic Use this if you have Internet access.4.1. Click Finish to activate your copy of Visual COBOL Personal Edition. Manual Use this if you are not connected to the Internet.4.1. Click Next and then click Send email. This opens your default email client and

Hello, I received the licence string in a Micro Focus Visual COBOL Activation Request mail When I paste it in the licence textbox and click on the install license button, an error message appear : "Invalid license string"

Runtime error in VC (latest version of personal edition) ? App runs without error on other compiler.  Looked at a similar  error posted in the community but in this case: -          Standard cobol commands are used -          Programm doesn’t call any sub-programms -          No pointers are used

I have MF VC P/Edit and the 'free licence' will run out early next year What happens then?

Hi, We are trying to upgrade our application from NET EXPRESS 4.0 to 5.1 and Windows Server 2003 to 2008 and Visual Studio 2003 to 2008. While compiling the code, I am getting "System error - failure during ILASM phase". I am not sure what this issue is. I also referred previous posts and made settings but still it dint help. Could someone help on this?  Thank You

Please watch our video demo here: https://bcove.video/2slPQhN   Micro Focus License Administration: Setting up a License Server If you have received an authorisation code for a concurrent license, you will need to install this on a license server. For further information on how to activate your license, please view the activating your license video. Once the authorisation code has been activated on the License server, you will need to point your client machines to the license server. Please ensure that the Micro Focus License Administration tool is installed on each of your client machines. -          On the client machine, start the License Administration tool. -          Click on Options| Advanced Configuration -          The License Server field will be showing the IP Address: 127.0.0.1 which is the local host. -     &nb

I'm using Visual Cobol for Eclipse with the RM Dialect. Using a RM Window Call, when the Window Closes the program displays a Terminate Window message, and doesn't redraw the background. Is there an easy way to get this working? I use CONTROL "WINDOW-CREATE" AND CONTROL "WINDOW-REMOVE" ... to start and stop the window in RM. But with RM in Visual Cobol, the main screen doesn't redraw, which is behavior that normally happens in RM. #window#COBOL#rm#VisualCOBOL