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[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 06 November 2006]I need to know if there is a simple way to get the run time to read/write the VLI in reverse order. We have several systems that we interface to that we need to create variable length data files for and they require the VLI to be in the opposite order that ACU puts them in.I have already contacted Tech support with this question and they say there is no way of doing that.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 January 2007]Has anyone ever found a way to correctly handle paged list box with a DUPLICATE KEY. The code examples work fine when the key is unique (primary key, etc). However, if the secondary key is a duplicate and there are indeed duplicate records in the file (many of them), the recommended code acts erratically.I am beginning to think the best solution is to remake the file and eliminate the duplicate key by appending the primary key. That, of course, will require a file conversion, which postpones the fix to our next general release.Thanks,Larry

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 08 February 2007]Has anyone been able to successfully embed a Bulk Collect PL/SQL statement into an AcuCobol-GT program? This code generates a precompiler error:Working Storage: EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION END-EXEC. 01 ARRAY-GROUP-LEVEL-NAME. 02 ACCT-NO-ROW OCCURS 10. 03 ACCT-NO PIC X(10). EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION END-EXEC.Procedure: exec sql execute BEGIN SELECT ACCT_NO BULK COLLECT INTO :ARRAY-GROUP-LEVEL-NAME FROM ABC-TABLE WHERE AR_APN = :DB-SEARCH-ITEM END; end-exec;Error: PCB-S-00204, Group item ARRAY-GROUP-LEVEL-NAME cannot be used except in INTO or VALUES clauseIf I use the item level variable ACCT-NO it gives me a different error saying to use a GROUP item.I've written and rewritten this a hundred times trying everything.Anyo

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 20 January 2007]I want to change the shape of the mouse while I am dragging whithin a grid.I tried using "W$MOUSE USING SET-MOUSE-SHAPE, WAIT POINTER" at the start (MSG-BEGIN-DRAG) and also while dragging (MSG-GOTO-CELL-DRAG) but it doesn't change (of it changes and gets reset immediately after).I also added ALLOW-LEFT-DOWN and ALLOW-MOUSE-MOVE to MOUSE-FLAGS but nothing seems to work.Is there a way around this because I think this is controlled at low level.Andre

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 03 November 2006]Has anyone used or tested this setting, and if so would you share any thoughts or guidance?Years ago we evaluated a system for a huge number of users and identified a performance bottleneck regarding locks performed when a data file is read. This enhancement would address that issue, but we are not on hardware/operating system that has the system tools to monitor the information that we identified at that time, so we have never moved forward with this. Just curious if others have, and how much benefit they have receivied.brad

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 06 November 2006]:confused: Hello, everyoneThis question is about the Open-Save dialog box "c$opensave".Is it possible to select more than one file in the open function?Thanks!

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 07 November 2006]I've been keep reading about V8.0. Does anyone have any idea what are the major enhancements in the release?Chin

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 12 February 2007]Can someone please help me translate the next macro to create 2 lines in excel.Thanks. ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddLine(275.25, 124.5, 275.25, 282.75).Select Selection.ShapeRange.Line.EndArrowheadStyle = msoArrowheadTriangle Selection.ShapeRange.Line.EndArrowheadLength = msoArrowheadLengthMedium Selection.ShapeRange.Line.EndArrowheadWidth = msoArrowheadWidthMedium Selection.ShapeRange.Flip msoFlipVertical ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddLine(275.25, 281.25, 375#, 281.25).Select Selection.ShapeRange.Line.EndArrowheadStyle = msoArrowheadTriangle Selection.ShapeRange.Line.EndArrowheadLength = msoArrowheadLengthMedium Selection.ShapeRange.Line.EndArrowheadWidth = msoArrowheadWidthMedium

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 17 January 2007]I'm just curious, has anyone else noticed that the exit status of the runtime no longer reflects the state of the runtime at the time it exits? In the latest version it reports as the exit status the result of itself or the last internal exit status, such as to a file rename or other call.Brad

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 04 December 2006]In thin client is there a way to allow a user to login only one time.We have a problem where most users we want to restrict them from loging into thin client more than one time and 1 or 2 users at each location to be able to log in 2 times to have 2 screens up.Does anyone know how to control this.Thanks

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 27 October 2006]Has anyone been able to get AcuODBC to work on a machine running Windows Server 2003 64 bit edition?I have a customer that purchased a new server with Windows Server 2003 64 bit edition on it and they are trying to load AcuODBC 7.0 on it and it will not install correctly. All of the AcuODBC files get installed, but the AcuODBC Driver does not appear in the ODBC Data Source Administrator.I manually went into the Windows registry and created an AcuODBC Driver key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\ODBC\\ODBCINST.INI. I created all of the values that should be under the AcuODBC Driver key as well. I also created an ACUODBC DRIVER value under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\ODBC\\ODBCINST.INI\\ODBC Drivers with the value of "Installed". Manually creating these keys and values made the AcuODBC Driver available in the ODBC Data Source Administrator. However, when I try to create a DSN, I get this error: "The se

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 19 October 2006]We are running THIN Client (release 6.2.0) on LINUX. Our application allows multiple sessions to be accessed of the same application program that has 2 major screens that the user can use ALT/xx keys to switch back and forth between. One of our screens is executed as an event of a button of the other. Our users have been complaining that they see the 2nd screen from one thread in the other thread. While trying to investigate this problem, I noticed that when I click on the windows tasbar icons of one screen, it will, after some clicking back and forth, begin to show the wrong associated threads. Yet when I use ALT/TAB to move between the taskbar icons, it consistantly works fine.(1) Is this a known problem with AcuCobol thin client?(2) Is there any code anyone knows of where i can ensure that the taskbar click is ALWAYS associated with the thread it is supposed to be associated with?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 25 January 2007]I want to retrieve the name of the default email client (just the name, I don't want to actually launch it) found in the registry at:HKLM\\Software\\Clients\\MailSo I have the following call:CALL "REG_QUERY_VALUE" USING HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Q-RESULT, Q-RESULT-SIZE, Q-SUBKEY GIVING Q-STATUS.But I think it's trying to bring back every entry under that subkey, because I get a status of 234 which means that the result is too large for Q-RESULT. Is there a way to only get the (Default) data value (i.e. "Outlook Express" in this case)? Or do I have to somehow enumerate the results?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 30 November 2006]Windows Application Development with AcuBench? and ACUCOBOL?-GTHands-On TrainingAcucorp's Office, Twickenham, UK February 5-8, 2007 Led by our team of experienced Systems Engineers, Acucorp's training course provides intensive instruction on a wide variety of extend?7 development and deployment solutions. Held at our Acucorp office in Twickenham, the four-day workshop includes practical tutorials and exercises on Acucorp's ACUCOBOL-GT development system and AcuBench integrated development environment. This hands-on course includes detailed information on AcuBench and ACUCOBOL-GT, the best tools for COBOL Windows development. As an attendee, you will: ? Become productive using AcuBench for all phases of the application development cycle (design, coding, and testing)? Receive an overview of the extend7 components? Receive introductions to project management and configuration, graphical designers, the integrated d

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 09 November 2006]Hi,OK, we have a program in our application which has the ability to allow a user to click a button using an event procedure, it uses event because I don't want the after procedure to trigger etc.Now, because we make use of multi threading, this button pushing has the potential to allow the user to be in another program, but get back to the start and press the same button again.If upon pressing the button I modify the screen's VISIBLE control to FALSE, then when he eventually realizes that he has to close something down to get back modify it back to TRUE is it likely to cause me any grief.It seems to work a treat, but does the modifying cause lots of network traffic etc?I also do it in another place in the same program which does indeed tidy things up greatly from the users graphical view of what they can see.Thanks,Shaun

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 16 June 2006]We have found a strange issue and were wondering if anyone else has seen this. When we have a Web-Browser on a screen the Alt keys begin to work strangly. In our normal screens you press and hold the ALT key and then the selected option (ex. ALT-X to exit). We have a screen that shows a web-browser that has info passed to it with two addresses showing the driving directions between the two. When the user is on this screen they have to press ALT then X to exit (as two seperate strokes), holding the ALT and pressing the X will do nothing.Thanks for any info.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 August 2006]After 25 years I have decided to sell my software business and retire. I don't want to take up a lot of room in the forum so will give only a brief description here. You may call me for more info. The software is written in ACOCOBOL and aimed at the Property Management market (Timeshare Resorts, Member and Private Campgrounds, Hotels/Motels, Condos, Land sales and Bread and Breakfasts). The entire package is made up of seven modules - Sales/Marketing/Tour Tracking, Reservations/Rentals, Fees/Taxes Receivable, Contracts/Notes Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger and Payroll. I believe I have the only package that offers all of these.Please contact me, Keith Wetzel, at 850-230-0909 for more information. Thanks.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 01 September 2006]:confused: They have the copybook of the openoffice for windows They have another drag-drog example, I have the one that you/they have in it paginates it of acucorp thank you

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 24 July 2006]We are currently converting old acucobol text version software to ACU GUI and I have been seeing alot about Tab programs. Using tabs to access open threads. I wanted to know if someone had an example of a tab system that I can look at to see what it looks like. If someone has something running online or a test program that I can look at.Thanks

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 17 June 2006]I'm having a problem related with the "c$socket" routine. I'm trying to comunicate with a Weighing aplication.The connection is no problem and the write and flush to the socket works because the weighing starts.But when I want to READ the socket it hangs.I also tried to read byte by byte but even reading 1 byte makes the program hang.Can somebody please help me with this problem.ThxAndre

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 24 July 2006]We have a system that has multiple windows for users to enter data. We have a menu item on one of those windows that allows the user to pass value from the screen to a page that has a browser on it to do address verification. Our issue is that some of the sites require logins & passwords. Is there a way to have a window be active at all times and not have control? This would keep the user from having to enter login & passwords when they need the same page over and over again. We would still like to have the ability to pass values to it and refress the info on the screen also, if the user selects a different page than the one listed.Thanks for ANY help.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 August 2006]Hello, AllJust an idle question. What is the job market like for Cobol Programmers/Developers in your neck of the woods?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 29 August 2006]Hi there!Does anyone know of a way to change the position of the little search box that comes up when you type characters in a Paged List box?In the character version of the paged list box this search box appears immediately below the first line of the list box and takes up 3 lines of the display.However, in the Windows version it appears in the middle of the paged list box and takes up only one line.One of our customers has complained that they would like to be able to see at least the first 3 lines of the paged list box on a character display.Any way to change this position?Cheers,Duncan.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 25 May 2006]Hi all. I need to write a unix script which will run conversion programs without user intereaction.I'm planning on creating one routine which will handle file size/available disk space checking, run the conversion, then check for errors. This will allow me to use it generically by calling it from other functions that would tell it the file, program, and whether it is a vision file or not.1. What is the best way to tell if a file is a vision file or not. I'd like to be able to log/fail gracefully if a file is supposed to be a vision file and it's not.2. What is the best way to get the full disk space requirements (data index segments)? The best thing I've been able to come up with is redirecting the output of the vutil command and striping it out of there.All of this is going to be done from a ksh shell script.Thanks for any thoughts,brad

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 23 August 2006]After writing a report program with AcuBench I moved the object to our test area and find AcuBenchPrint.dll is missing. I moved AcuBenchPrint.dll across and it works OK.I sent both of these to a client and they now get AcuBenchPrintExecWBPreview.dll missing.What do I need to deploy with report programs created in AcuBench ? I thought AcuBenchPrintExecWBPreview.dll was included in AcuBenchPrint.dllThanks in advance.