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[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 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 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 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 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 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.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 28 July 2006]I'm having trouble accessing a second MSSQL server. I have the A_MSSQL_DEFAULT_CONNECTION configuration file variable set to the first server.A_MSSQL_DEFAULT_CONNECTION EDCMSDE\\SupportCAThe database in each server is the same name so the A_MSSQL_DATABASE configuration variable has been set to it.A_MSSQL_DATABASE CAMPUSANYWARELater in the configuration file I have reassigned the name of the table in the second database.tblacct-3.dat EDCCA\\MainCA.CAMPUSANYWARE..tblacct_3Within my program I am setting the A_MSSQL_LOGIN and A_MSSQL_PASSWD for each before opening the files for each. SET CONFIGURATION "A_MSSQL_LOGIN" TO CA-LOGIN. SET CONFIGURATION "A_MSSQL_PASSWD" TO CA-PASSWD. OPEN INPUT NAME-FILE. ...... SET CONFIGURATION "A_MSSQL_LOGIN" TO MIP-LOGIN. SET CONFIGURATION "A_MSSQL_PASSWD" TO MIP-PASSWD. OPEN INPUT ACCO

[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 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 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 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 15 May 2006]Hey there,Are there any Acucorp users that use LL11 for reporting ?We have some problems when trying to integrate the Active-X control of L&L in our code. Stand alone , we get the program's to work , but when we call them from our menu program , or if we integrate it , it doesn't work.All help is welcome.ThanksDanny Dilissen

[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 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 20 February 2006]Can anyone give me information or documentation to look at on parsing XML data through a secure (htps/https/ssl) connection.What I need to do is: send xml format data through a secure connection recieve a transmition id number back through connection poll the connection every few seconds to see if data is ready to be sent back to me recieve the data if it is there or time out after a min if no data is recieved.Any information or documentation would be greatly appreciated.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 01 March 2006]hi,I'm having a problem with a pretty old application. It is written in HPCOBOL and I'm trying to convert it to acu.The application uses a central program to show the UI, so all Information, which is in Entry-Fields or labels, is passed using one huge variable, which is defined alphanumerical.Now when I declare my Entry-Fields to use those alphanumerical variables and set the format picture to let's say Z9,9, the runtime deforms the variable.Is there any way to go that way and still use a format picture, as that is needed to validate the entered data?Thanks for any infoBest regardsDennis K?rnerExample:There is a file attached which shows the problem I have. All, in my eyes, interesting parts of the source are marked by the comment *BB

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 March 2006]Is there any way in which I can know which line the pointer was on when the right hand mouse click occurs and pops up a menu? What I would like to do is to select that line before the popup menu appears so that it is pertinent to that line rather than the one that is cuurrently selected.Keith

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 27 April 2006]I am looking for information about the tools and practices others are using to allow HIPAA secure access to data via the Internet.We are trying a demo AcuConnect Thin Client and have tried Cisco VPN options but I am looking for something that requires little to now end user configuration.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 06 April 2006]With two grids on a screen how can you switch the focus from grid1 to grid2 while in a message event on grid1? Need to have the "begin entry" event executing on grid2.Vins Nash

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 19 April 2006]If I've associated hidden data with a cell on a row and subsequently drag and drop that row to another position does the hidden data travel with it or is the hidden data still associated with the original row/cell?Vins Nash

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 23 March 2006]Hello Everyone, one simple question:I know Windows Mobile (Pocket PC 2003 & Windows Mobile 5)support ActiveX technologies, so: those OS can operate on an Acu Application using Browser via WebThin (that is an ActiveX) technology?Excluding the idea of rewrite most of applications interfaces in VB/C#/Java and use COM Object to build up a "data provider", hase someone other ideas on it?TIA Giovanni.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 19 April 2006]I have an odd problem on one system out of many. This simple file update process returns an error 30 on my inventory master, which in this process is opened input. I have run file trace with flush, have rigged up the declarative for this file with C$RERR, and there seems to be no secondary code coming back from the OS (Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Active Directory disabled). In the trace error log immedialtely prior to the error 30 the system states (*** System Error Value = 0 ***). If I take the declarative out in an effort to see the extended error code, the process freezes and must be killed. I should point out that I run this simple process on several other systems with no problem. Any ideas?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 02 March 2006]I have a program that sends mail using the msmapi32.ocx, including attachments and it works fine through Outlook Express. I have tested this on various operating systems and it seems to work fine. My problem is with Outlook. The program that I am using does not set the UserName and Password properties before doing the SignOn. When I do attempt to set these properties, Outlook Express seems to ignore them and use the default email account anyway. If I do not set these fields for Outlook, the email goes into the outbox and it tries to send it, but it bounces back. I have noticed that the from field is blank and it does not appear to have the user friendly display name and the email address both in the "to" field. So, I set the "to" fields so that the email address was in the RecipDisplayName and the RecipAddress, but the "from" fields are still blank. If I change my program to use the Outl

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 10 March 2006]Has anyone found a way of highlighting or changing the color of a line in a list box? Seems to be something one would want to do in many instances like multiple selections, tagging etc.Grids of course can do this, but the list box for small amounts of data is so much more elegant and easy to use.Any thoughts ?Keith