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[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 28 June 2005]Just as users became 'bored' with the character-based 'green screens', so they are also becoming quite scathing of the 'grey' screens that are forced by not being able to use different colours on buttons.Also, our application runs on industrial workstations and coloured push buttons would greatly help with user input errors (and speed) and well as helping with safety issues.Please note, this would have to be achieved without ActiveX.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 April 2005]Is it possible to use the SQL command TRUNCATE TABLE tableX in Acusql? When I compile my program I get the error message: "parse error at truncate"Thanks

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 13 June 2005]Management here would like some US companies that have successfully transitioned to ACU-COBOL on an HP3000, or off of an HP3000 to something else... Closer to Ohio is better-we'd like to speak to you...Thanx!Todd MattesonSuperior Dental CareDayton OH937-438-0283 (office)

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 29 April 2005]We are developing under the defaults for Acu-Bench. When running a small portion of the older code, the file status for a good read on a sequential file returns spaces instead of 00's. The documentation insists the status returned is 00's. The format of the 2-byte status is defined as X(02). Is there something else we need to do?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 15 June 2005]I apologize if this isn't the right place but I couldn't find an SQL/ODBC forum. We are using Acucobol 6.1 ODBC for this through Excel We are trying to do a select from two tables using ODBC. We have two tables (Files, Student Info and Award Info). The relationship between the two files is not a one key field but is actually three fields (First name, Last Name, student ID). We want to select * from the student info table where student_info.flag1 = Y and student_info.flag2 = Y and there isn't a match in the Award info. We tried to build the key by using the AS option:rtrim(student_info.STU_LAST_NM) rtrim(student_info.STU_FIRST_NM) rtrim(student_info.STU_ID) as student_keyand create the key for the award the same way:rtrim(award_info.STU_LAST_NM) rtrim(award_info.STU_FIRST_NM) rtrim(award_info.STU_ID) as award_keyThe statement would look like:SELECT * from student_info rtrim(student_info.STU_LAST_NM) rtrim

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 21 March 2005]Folks,I need to know if any of you have anything more to offer regarding the comments I've enclosed here regarding SCO Unix & Multiprocessors.What I asked them was when our application is running on SCO Unix would there be any real benefit from the server having dual processors.The server will be running our application via AcuConnect etc and reasonable hit via AcuODBC.Comments from SCO"Hi ShaunI don?t have all the answers but I hope this helps.You?ll need an SMP license for the extra CPU, but I?m not sure about the additional package.Once installed all applications that spawn multiple processes should be able to take advantage of the extra CPU as the O/S will balance the load across the two CPU?s. In unix land this would mean that almost any application would see some sort of benefit, but it?s hard to say without knowledge of the application.It would be fairly safe to say that a database serving ODBC queries wo

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 13 December 2004]We have a list box with many entries. We allow users to delete items from the box using the Item-To-Delete command. We do this by allowing the user to select a line and answer yes to a message box.Our issue is after the Item-To-Delete command is used the items in the list after the deleted line are not re-numberd. So if the user selects a line item past where they deleted, it will not give the correct result. How do I go about re-sequencing the lines after the delete?Thanks

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 01 December 2004]There are a few issues I'd like to address involving Acucorp's help/doc files:1.) In the past, up to version 6.0, a windows help file(.hlp) was provided, which allowed other text editors(like multi-edit) to use context help. Similiar to VB, this meant I could have my cursor on a cobol verb, press control-F1 and see the acucobol help index listings related to that cobol verb. Very useful. Starting with version 6.1 the .hlp is no longer provided, or at least it wasn't there when I installed 6.1 a while ago. Has anyone else seen it?2.) I figured i'd take a look at how Acubench calls context help, assuming it uses the html doc files. But, it doesn't seem to do this. Am I missing something? Is my Acubench misconfigured?:confused:

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 04 February 2005]Hi,What other External Sorts can be used on a Microsoft Windows Platform?We have tried using the Microsoft Sort, but is doesn't seem to handle variable length records very well.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 03 February 2005]His there a way to rebuild a file that has a error 98 in a program cobol and asking the peoble that want to open the file wirh error 98 to wait until the rebuild has finish!:(

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 17 February 2005]I'm just wondering if my code is a good way to handle threads.The routines are working great, but I know one has to be carefull with threads.PROGRAM-1 fills a grid with data after it has been sorted. The user can click another heading of the grid wich calls the sort-routine again on other data.It's my intention to give the user a message when the sort is taking too long (> 3 Secs). If it's a good way of programming threads, maybe some other users can use the source as well.Kind regards ;-)PROGRAM-1 does the sort and fills the grid.       FILL-GRID.          PERFORM FILL00 THRU FILL99.       FILL00.          PERFORM THREAD "TIMING" HANDLE IN TIMING-HANDLE.       * DO THE SORT AND FILL THE GRID       * END OF SORT AND FILLING GRID.       FILL88.  &

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 10 February 2005]Can anyone help me out? I'm getting this message using ACU4GL with Oracle 9i 64-bits. This thosen't happen all the time, but it's quite usual in some longer processes.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 14 March 2005]I want to write data in XML format using AcuXML. The data I want to write is an order with orderheader and orderlines. The order has to appear in one XML file so i made a file description that looks like:FD ORDER.01 ORDER-RECORD.03 CUSTOMER-NUMBER.03 ORDER-NUMBER.03 ORDER-LINE OCCURS 1 TO 99 TIMES DEPENDING ONNO-OF-ORDERLINES.05 ITEM-ID.05 DESCRIPTION.05 QUANTITY.In the XFD the OCCURS is set to 99. In my XML file the group ORDER-LINE occurs 99 times althoug NO-OF-ORDERLINES is 2 for example. I want the group ORDER-LINE to occur 2 times in my XML files. How can this be done?Can anyone help me with this problem?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 27 January 2005]Eureka ... it works with the folowing codeCREATE APPLICATION OF EXCEL HANDLE IN olExcel.MODIFY olExcel @Visible = 1.MODIFY olExcel Workbooks::@_Open(BY NAME FILENAME "filename",BY NAME Format xlCSV,BY NAME Delimiter ";",)GIVING olWrkBk.Txs anyway .. I will post this code in forumSee you later at one of the courses in the Netherlands.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 02 August 2004]I know many others have given good reviews on the Advanced Windows API / Active-X class that AcuCorp has sometimes. I attended this class this summer and I wanted to recommend it to those of you who seem to hit roadblocks with standard AcuCorp technology and need to work with Windows more.I am able to do even more with AcuCorp products after attending this class! I went in to the class expecting to learn enough to handle future Windows platform issues. Instead, I came out of the class solving current Windows platform issues!Gisle is the instructor and does a wonderful job. Of course, everyone else at AcuCorp makes you feel at home and are helpful as well. I would encourage people to go to this class. It's not for everyone, but if your company is developing in Windows, someone in your organization needs to learn how to do some of this stuff!Rob

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 09 September 2004]Has anyone had any experience with apache 2 running Linuxusing Cobol CGI, I have got everything installed and workingusing a shell script to call the cobol program, This seems to work fine except sometimes, you have to refresh a page 2 or 3 times before the program is called, this is a sporadic problem and is not always on the same program call, Please is there a specific setting in the apache config file that needs to be set to stop this ?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 08 October 2004]Attached is a sample acucobol program for getting info on available memory in windows. It gets system memory information by calling the windows API. This can be useful in memory usage measurement. For instance, it may be useful to know how much free memory is available before running a program that would require a certain minimum amount of free memory.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 15 July 2004]Hello!Is there any way screens can be set to cascade so at least part of all of them can be seen and not fully covered up by subsequent screens?Thanks

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 30 July 2004]I would like to be able to add, delete, and move items in a treeview in an application as it is done in the screen developer treeview "editor".Any suggestions or samples out there?ThanksVins Nash

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 19 August 2004]Nice review for Acucorp here: http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/03/26/13TCcobol_1.htmlShows that they are right up there with Microfocus, although the two development tools have differing strengths. Near future Extend versions will close the gap by tightning integration with component adapters and allow use of .NET components.It's nice to see more press for Acucorp. :)

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 16 November 2004]we are testing our software with ACUCONNECT/THINCLIENT and we have a slide problem with enviroment variables.And we want to have the MAC ADRESS so we can get a unique number.So how can I get the MAC adress ?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 24 November 2004]For those who work with or want to work with Microsoft Office:Microsoft has jus released a new set of documentation of the VBA Language references for Microsoft Office. These may be accessed online or even as a download.If you are interested, you will find both downloadable and online versions at this link:http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/downloads/vba/default.aspxGisle

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 12 October 2004]We are getting "sharing violation" messages on some projects when attempting to generate code. We are using 6.1, Windows 98 and a Vision SF set up on a Unix server.Anyone else experiencing this problem.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 02 September 2004]I am about to begin a project to integrate the Volcollect Talkman T2 voice terminals to our Warehouse Management software. These terminals are network clients that will connect to the unix server using sockets. They have no screen or keyboard. The operator will 'wear' a headset and microphone. Rather than displaying instructions the WMS will instruct the T2 terminals to 'say' instructions, to which the operator will respond with simple voiced responses.I am hoping to use the C$Socket library to manage the communication sessions.If anyone has any experience of using the Vocollect terminals then I will be grateful for any advice/ guidance or otherwise that is offered.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 25 February 2004]Our company is evaulating replacing file specific declaratives with the general open mode declaratives.So,USE AFTER STANDARD ERROR on FILE-XYZbecomesUSE AFTER STANDARD ERROR ON INPUTThere is one problem, though. The generic declaratives do not catch I/O statements for files that have not yet been opened. Is there a way to do this without making a file-specific declarative?example:* following line is commented by mistake* open input TEST-FILE * is there a way to catch the following statement with a generic declarative (one that does not explictly name TEST-FILE)?read TEST-FILE key is TEST-KEYIf this is not possible, the generic declaratives are fairly useless, becuase they only catch a subset of errors that occur in normal operation.Thanks in advance...Merlin