Rocket® COBOL

Problem: Wie finde ich die Postion meines Cursors beim Animieren wieder nachdem ich im Quellcode geblaetter habe? Resolution: ueber View->Where im Menue oder die Tastenkombination strg w. Old KB# 1365

Problem: What steps needs to be taken to obtain a hard copy of the Net Express manuals Resolution: Manuals can be printed from the online help. For example, if you would like to get the File Handling manual printed you can do so within the online help by going to Contents\\Programming\\File Handling\\ and highlight the File Handling Manual.   Then from the menu bar at the top you can select Print or Options/Print and make sure that you select the radio button "Print selected heading and all subtopics".  That will print you the entire manual. Old KB# 1251

Problem: Does Oracle OCI Data access via the SQL(TARGETDB=ORACLEOCI) support the PREFETCH directive ? Resolution: This is not currently supported. Old KB# 1298

Problem: If you want to read an XSD file programatically you may want a Schema for the Scheme so that you can generate the COBOL data structures using the cbl2xml wizard. Resolution: The schema for the XML Schemas is a available at:- Schema is http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.xsd Full details on schemas and a DTD for a schema is available at:- http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema Old KB# 1356

Problem: Error Edit134 appears when attempting to save an edited source member to a SAMBA drive. Resolution: Incorrect permissions prevented the deletion of temporary file mfeditor.sav. Change permissions to allow deletion from the directory. Old KB# 1342

Problem: Sometimes when executing a Cobol program under a deployment environment you may encounter an Application Server for Net Express Semaphore error. Resolution: One way that this can be accomplished would be to use a BAT file to drive the execution of the program. An example would be as follows; @echo off rem 0001 The license database for Net Express Application Server does not exist rem 0002 ASLM: No license database header rem 0003 The license database for Net Express Application Server cannot be opened rem 0004 The license database for Net Express Application Server has been moved from its original location or removed and recreated rem 0005 A checksum has failed in the license database for Net Express Application Server rem 0026 No App Server License available for CGI rem 0027 No license is installed for Net Express Application Server rem 0028 All number Application Server Licenses are in use rem 0044 ASLM: Semaphore failure.

Problem: Release 5.0: After installing very new this Net Express 5.0 developing environment: (1) How to start an user application developed with NetExpress 5.0 not using the Net Express 5.0 IDE? (2) Is there a need to install a Micro Focus Server (Application Server) on the same machine? Resolution: (1) This can be done starting a Net Express 5.0 command prompt: Start -> All programs ->  Micro Focus Net Express 5.0 -> Net Express command prompt (on Vista 64 bit machines there are both Net Express 32-Bit Command Prompt, also Net Express 64-Bit Command Prompt available) and to go to this own .exe to start the user application, it could be necessary to adjust Windows PATH environment variable first if the .exe calls dll's needed for this application. (2) It is not possible and there is no need to install a Micro Focus Server (Application Server) on the same machine having this Net Express 5.0 product already instal

Problem: Is it possible to access MicroFocus ISAM files on a Windows XP 64-bit platform from a NetExpress application running on a Windows 32-bit platform? Resolution: Yes, it is possible to access Micro Focus ISAM files on a 64-bit platform from a Net Express application on a 32-bit machine. Old KB# 1256#netexpress#COBOL#RMCOBOL#AcuCobol#ServerExpress

Problem: The COBOL intrinsic function random generates after each program start the same sequence of numbers again - it is a pseudo-random number. How can a better random number be generated? Resolution: The WinApi UuidCreate computes a unique random number. The probability to get the same number twice on different computers is very low, because UuidCreate uses the Ethernet or token-ring hardware address for this computer to be unique between different computers. Please check, if the UUID computed with the attached demo resolves your requirements. Attachments: UUID.zip Old KB# 1295

Problem: When running an EXE outside the netexpress ide received the error about cbl_ctf_tracer_get entry point not found in dyamically linked cblrtss.dll Resolution: The program has been compiled with a higher version of cobol and is finding a cblrtss.dll that is a lower version. Search machine for all cblrtss.dll s - and delete them or change environment so newer EXE does not find the older cblrtss.dll. Old KB# 1384

Problem: CBL_DELETE_DIR only deletes empty directory by design. How to delete a directory with the files within then? Resolution: You always may delete file by file using CBL_DELETE_FILE or any other methods before using CBL_DELETE_DIR. A quick way to do this is to execute RMDIR or RD command in a x'91' function 35 (or in a WinAPI function CreateProcess). RMDIR and RD stand for Remove Directory. Here is a code using the RD command (RMDIR = RD):       $set defaultbyte(00)        identification division.        program-id.     x91fn35.        working-storage section.        1 x             pic x.        1 result        pi

Problem: A 'Read' on a Fujitsu data file will cause a 039 RTS error. Is it possible to access and read a Fujitsu data file with MF COBOL? Resolution: It is not possible to access a Fujitsu data file as the format will not be recognised. It is recommended to convert first to a Sequential file using Fujitsu tools. Old KB# 1348

Problem: Using the PC_PRINTER routines in Net Express, how to set the margins of the output? Resolution: (1) To control the margins of reports generated then there is an advice that instead of using the PC_PRINT_FILE call to "manually" control the printing of the reports by using a combination of the PC_PRINTER_OPEN, PC_PRINTER_CONTROL, PC_PRINTER_WRITE and PC_PRINTER_CLOSE calls.  This would mean that the program would have control over each line of the reports. (2) Another way to control this and still to use the PC_PRINT_FILE call would be to create the report file with the appropriate leading spaces that would fulfill the needs. Old KB# 1299

Problem: Can a computer be identified by a program? Resolution: The WinApi GetCurrentHwProfile retrieves information about the current hardware profile for the local computers producing a GUID. On every call, GetCurrentHwProfile computes the same GUID on the same hardware but a different GUID on a different hardware. This GUID should be unambiguous between different computers. Attachments: GUID.zip Old KB# 1294

Problem: Trying to do a positioned delete for mysql table and it isn't working. Resolution: For MYSQL to work you need to compile with the sql directive SQL(USECURLIB=YES) and need to set SCROLLOPTION to STATIC and CONCURRENCY to OPTCCVAL (these can either be specified through the EXEC SQL SET statement or specified in the DECLARE CURSOR statement). From on-line docs: Positioned Update ODBC supports positioned update, which updates the row most recently fetched by using a cursor. However, not all drivers provide support for positioned update. With some ODBC drivers, the select statement used by the cursor must contain a FOR UPDATE clause to enable positioned update. Most data sources require specific combinations of SCROLLOPTION and CONCURRENCY to be specified either by SET statements or in the DECLARE CURSOR statement. If this fails to work, the ODBC Cursor Library provides a restricted implementation of positioned update which can be enabled by compi

Problem: When using the CallUnManagedDll Sample which can be found on the supportline website an COBOLRuntimeException Error appeared. 174 file not in directory. Resolution: As described in the readme in the demo itself (and also in the source code *text* part) you need to add the cobcdll.dll and the cobcalldll.dll in the references. Also the kernel32.dll in windows/System32 needs to be added. Old KB# 1254

Problem: Unix Options: Setup disabled Resolution: Ensure that the Unix options are installed and a project is opened or create a new project. Old KB# 1297

Problem: When using the Examine feature of the Net Express Animator by clicking on the "Change" button a grayed out window will appear that will not permitting to change the value of the data item. Resolution: One possible cause is that one of the Micro Focus OCX was not registered properly during installation or that the version registered is too old. The OCX is valueedit.ocx. That file can be found in c:\\program files\\common files\\Micro Focus, where the last part of the directory structure could also be Merant, depending on the product installation. Go to a command prompt and then do a directory change to go to the above mentioned location and register the OCX, i.e. regsvr32 valueedit.ocx Still experiencing this problem? Please contact your local SupportLine office to pursue. Old KB# 1311

Problem: The RaisePostBackEvent receives every event from an ASPX page. In contrast to other events like Button1_clicked, the RaisePostBackEvent routine isn't automatically generated from the COBOL wizard. How can the RaisePostBackEvent routine be implemented in COBOL. Resolution: Add the following code to the generated class:        method-id. "RaisePostBackEvent" protected override.        procedure division using by value a-source as System-PostBack                                          eventArgument as string.            invoke super "RaisePostBackEvent" using value a-source eventArgument  &

Problem: What is the meaning of the codes -->01 and -->08? For example: 16/11/2006 14:34:19 RECEIVEALL Error: HPLEVENSRV_P00084     -->08 CCITC32-0008E A response failure has been detected on the given connection. 16/11/2006 14:34:20 RECEIVEALL Error: HPLEVENSRV_P00083     -->08 CCITC32-0008E A response failure has been detected on the given connection. 16/11/2006 14:36:22 RECEIVEALL Error: HPLEVENSRV_P00082     -->08 CCITC32-0008E A response failure has been detected on the given connection. 16/11/2006 14:42:47 TRANSACT Error: HPLEVENSRV_P00036       -->01 CCITC32-0001I A CCITCP call has timed-out. - Processing Continued 16/11/2006 14:43:54 RECEIVEALL Error: HPLEVENSRV_P00081     -->08 CCITC32-0008E A response failure has been detected on the given connection. 16/11/2006 14:45:08 RECEIVEALL Error: HPLE

Problem: getting an ILLOGIC (Eibresp=21, 110) when trying to read a RRDS file.   The CFLE program (DFHZDFDM) reads it fine.    It is a standard CICS READ.                   EXEC CICS READ                   DATASET (WS-DATASET)               RIDFLD (WS-RECORDKEY)                INTO (WS-RECORDAREA)                LENGTH (WS-RECORDLEN)                EQUAL                NOHANDLE   &nb

Problem: Running ES MTO - an abend occurred and the CICS was creating a dump. It hung the whole system and took like 2 hours. Resolution: In this case - the faultfind utility had been turned on Faultfind should NOT be used with  ES MTO This is a feature for debugging regular pc and cgi applications. ES MTO has its own dumping facility and the two conflict with each other for resources.   Old KB# 1290

Problem: My SQL Server stored procedure  takes a list of parameters and returns a result set what is the required syntax to call this stored procedure? Resolution: from docs: If a stored procedure call returns a result set, it must be used in a cursor declaration, thus:     EXEC SQL         DECLARE cursorName CURSOR FOR storedProcecureCall The stored procedure is then called by OPENing the cursor and FETCHing result set rows, like any other type of cursor. Currently OpenESQL supports only a single result set. The code for calling a stored procedure that has two input parameters and returns a result set containing 3 output values for each fetched row would be something like the follows:           exec sql               declare c1 cursor for    &n

Problem: When using client-side cursors with SQL Server 2000 or earlier, there is a limitation of only allowing one active cursor per connection. Attempting to open a second client-side cursor will issue an error "connection is busy processing another hstmt". It is not possible to use separate connections for each cursor as this could lead to locking issues. Resolution: SQL Server 2005 has implemented support Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS). MARS removes this constraint/limitation and allows multiple queries or stored procedures to be performed on a single connection. In order to take advantage of MARS with Net Express, the program must be compiled with the following directives : SQL(DBMAN=ODBC, TARGETDB=MSSQLSERVER, MARS) or, if using a DSN-less connection, specify MARS_Connection=YES within the Connection String. This capablility is provided with Net Express 4.0 all06n40 wrappack (and later). Note that the ODBC DSN used must be the SQL Native Client driver,

Problem: File Handling; for indexed files under exclusive access mode, the maximum size is 4 GB by default using MF format (IDXFORMAT 3) and default FILEMAXSIZE at 4. Because fileshare open file in exclusive mode, does it mean that the maximum is also 4GB even multiple processes are using fileshare to gain access to a file concurrently.  As the documentation does not mention fileshare, please confirm. Resolution: Fileshare opens the files exclusively and maintains the locks. Even if two separate process are accessing the records thgrough fileshare the locks are still being maintained under the control of fileshare. Therefore as the file is opened exclusively the limits are the same as any other process opening the file exclusively. Old KB# 1376#COBOL#ServerExpress#AcuCobol#netexpress#RMCOBOL