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[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 28 March 2012]Hi all:I downloaded a trial copy of Visual COBOL 2010 R4 for Eclipse update 2.When I try to install in my CentOS 6.2 server the installer shows the message below:--begin-- -=-==================================================================-=- Micro Focus Visual COBOL R4 - Installer www.microfocus.com ./setup_viscobolr4_deveclipse_update2: - WARNING - The installer is being run on an unsupported platform. See System Requirements on product support site for platform details. You platform has been detected as :- Linuxx86_64--end--I already read the System Requirements and CentOS is NOT a supported platform.Is there any option in installer to skip the platform test?ThanksHudson

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 21 March 2012]Hi all, just a reminder that the next Visual COBOL webinar will be held tomorrow.More details and how to register here, Hope to see you there.Thursday March 22 20128:00 PST/11:00 EST/16:00 GMT/17:00 CET

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 06 December 2011]I'm having some difficulty creating my application library under Windows 7. Prior to upgrading to Win7 I was using an old 16-bit version of the RM/Cobol runtime to create our application libraries (all development was performed using v10.01). However now I'm forced to use a 32-bit or greater version since the 16-bit is not supported on Win7.So here's what I've got: I have a batch file that we execute to create an application library and a text file that, up until now, would handle all inputs.Batch file:ECHO ONerase mstradd.lstSET PRINTER=mstradd.LSTerase MyLib.ADD%rm_program_dir%\\RUNCOBOL %rm_program_dir%\\RMPGMCOM pauseMyLib.txtYNMyLib.ADDApp1App2It appears that the input redirect is being ignored and I'm forced to enter thru the prompts. I tried using the A command line parameter and this works, however I'm limited to 100 characters:%rm_program_dir%\\RUNCOBOL RMPGMCOM A='PRINTER, MyLib.ADD

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 16 December 2011]File: index-filename - Bad record overhead after block/record block number/record label.recover2 has encountered a data record with inconsistent overhead structures. Anyrecords in the block subsequent to the indicated record are not written to the unloadfile. Processing continues with the next block.I'm trying to run 'recover2' on some files in RM/COBOL. The runtime version: RM/COBOL Runtime - Version 7.10.00 for Linux (Intel).I get the error above on EVERY block in the file - the output file contains zero records.Some of the other files in the same database will 'recover2' just fine - all records are output.I have no idea why this process would work with some files - and not with other files in the same project.Any ideas? More importantly, anyway I can get past this and recover these files?I have already completed a 'recover1' on the files - that didn't help. Also, it didn't report that

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 March 2012]hello,We updated to extend 9.1 last week on WIN7 64bit system. The key we used is for "ACUCOBOL-GT Dev Sys Version: 9.1 Release: 0 For: x64 running Win XP, Vista, Windows 7, Server 2003, Server 2008 64 bit". The compiler program is in 32 bit directory - C:\\Program Files (X86)\\Micro Focus\\Acucbl910\\AcuGT\\bin which is all right. But we got the error "License file 'C:\\Program Files (X86)\\Micro Focus\\Acucbl910\\AcuGT\\bin\\ccbl32.alc' inaccessible".We also found the key file ccbl32.alc in C:\\ProgramData\\Micro Focus\\extend\\9.1.0\\x64 instead of C:\\ProgramData\\Micro Focus\\extend\\9.1.0\\x86.Does this mean the licece key created a key file for 64bit compiler program?Please help,thanks!

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 08 March 2012]Hi,sorry my english.To i use winforms or WPF or others ins Visual Cobol for Visual Studioi need to learn about C# .Net ?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 28 March 2012]I need some pretty quit help. I'm using Net express 4.0.38 and I'm creating a tab delimited file. The data looks ok in animator, but when I review the file in textpad or a hex viewer, there has been a x'00' character inserted before each tab x'09' character. I've tried with a string command and building the record character by character and have the same resilts. The file is defined as a line sequential file. sample of the string below. SELECT FILE-IN ASSIGN TO 'C:\\FILE.SAV\\01027137\\ONTARIO\\TEST.DAT' ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL FILE STATUS IS BM-STATUS. FD FILE-IN. 01 FI-RECORD pic x(80). OPEN output FILE-IN. string '500' tab 'mark' tab 'help' delimited by size into fi-record. write fi-record. CLOSE F

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 28 March 2012]We'd like to trial the Visual COBOL 2010 R4 and understand that this version contains support for Gui Dialog screen conversion from Net Express. Having downloaded the Visual COBOL EXE I now need a link for the AdPack containing the Dialog support modules. Can you provide a link for me please for this download?Many thanks.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 28 March 2012] I need to be able to print directly to a printer so that a test page can be sent out and redone until the print is aligned. This works under Micro Focus COBOL (Unix) by the file-id being '/dev/lp1' or /dev/lp0/ where these were parallel printers but now we are moving to Windows 7 and all of the new printers are USB. There is also a restart in the program so that all of the pages printed correctly do not have to be reprinted.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 27 March 2012]When opening forms or html files, the message bellow appears:"Form Designer requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or greater to be installed on this system. See Installation Notes for more details. Form Designer cannot continue."Followed by:"Execution error: file 'formdctl'error code: 240, pc=0 call=1, seg=0240 Object reference not valid"Windows XP SP3 with Internet Explorer 8Browser defined as standard.This problem occurs on Net Express 5.0 and 5.1.Problem occurs when creating new files or opening existing ones.I have downloaded Wrap pack 6 for Net 5.1, and tried to install it, however installation does not complete.Is it wise to reinstall Net 5.1 and then update?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 March 2012] Hello, I have a solution running ok with website Cobol and RmCobol dll, I want to know How to deploy the application in order to install in IIS, this IIS is in a computer without visual studio and How to do for install rmfiles in the server and How to install RM files in other computer in the web in order to access them.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 March 2012] Hello, I have a solution running ok with windows form and RmCobol dll, I want to know How to deploy the application in order to install in other computer for normal running using windows only.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 20 March 2012]I use a CALL THREAD statement (on a main processing program) to execute another program solely to accept a Cancel button so that one can terminate the main processing program at anytime by pressing the Cancel button! The above programs run on the following environments:Server: HP-UX 11iv3 AcuConnect 7.2Client: Win XP/2003/2008/Vista/7 AcuThinClient 7.2Test 1: Install & run the processing program on HP-UX 11.31 BOE - it took 7seconds to complete the processing!Test 2: Install & run the same processing program on HP-UX 11.31 MCOE - it took 0.2 seconds to complete the same processing!Test 3: Remove the Call Thread from the processing program & run it on HP-UX 11.31 BOE - it took 0.2 seconds to complete the processingTest 4: Remove the Call Thread from the processing program & run it on HP-UX 11.31 MCOE - it took 0.2 seconds to complete the processingFrom the above test results, it shows that Call Thread doesn

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 26 March 2012]Hello!We have an integration going on with another system, a C#-written program. This calls a COBOL program using acugt.exe and the AcuGt class for this.When this was written, we used AcuCobol 8.1.0. When I look at the reference list in C# project, the references name is "AcuGT.Interop" and it uses a file AcuGT.Interop.dll. This is also copied to the lib folder in the C# project.After this, I have installed AcuCobol 9.1.0.If I now tries to add an reference, the reference name is "AcuGTObjects", using a file Interop.AcuGTObjects.dll. It seems that this two files is slightly different, and has slightly different classes. When i look at them, they are both of version 8.1.0.I have registered the COM interface for acugt.exe both in version 8.1.0, and in 9.1.0. The latest version uses the latest dll, that the C# code is not written for.So I just wonder, what is the difference between this two dll`s ?And, leading

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 21 March 2012]From the documentation I didn't find a hint to preload cobol objects in a procedural cobol program and calling the entry. Similar like java cobload. I could call the program itself, which is then loaded and immediate returned by goback and call the entry afterwards.program-id. subprog.procedure division. goback.entry "entry1" using input. --- program-id. mainprog.call "subprog"call "entry1" usingAs a background. Using Java CobolBean with a static block with cobload to load a Cobol program. The business methods call entry points. The entries themselves call Cobol subprograms, preferable entries.An option is to cobload the subprograms in Cobol but i like to have a dependency separation.What are my options, how can I preload a subprogram from Cobol ?SimonBookshelf > COBOL Language &> Procedure Division &> Statements > ENTRY StatementNote that program files con

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 22 March 2012]Hi All,We are planning to upgrade our system from server express 4.0 to 5.1 for that we would like to know how we can find out all the currently available licenses with respect to development, run-time etc. for the below mentioned software versions, in 64 bit environemnt in detail.1) Server Express 4.02) Net Express 4.03) Tuxedo 8.1The above details are to determine how we can decide the number of licenses to be purchased for the new system based on the current utlisation.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 29 November 2010]Good day,I'm trying to install an xdbc in a windows 2007 server 64 bits and when it's done, i see that in my system i have two ODBC administrator panels, one in "c:\\system32\\odbcad32.exe" (default panel accesible from windows control panel with default odbc drivers) and another in "c:\\windows\\sysWOW64\\odbcad32.exe" (where is installed XDBC driver and this panel can only be accesible from acucorp xdbc group of links).The real problem is some applications dont recognize the dns registered in this second ODBC panel created after install the XDBC driver.?Someone with the same problem? Thanks afterwards

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 07 March 2012]In the event page og a screen ( in screen designer, AcuBench), there is two linjes;Before RoutineAfter RoutineHow is this used, and when are they triggered?I have tried to add a reference to a paragraph here, but it is never hit.Regards Dagl

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 14 March 2012]Hello!We have for a time used AcuGTClass to call one of our Cobol program from C#. This is working, and is in use at customers place. I have also had it up and running earlier.Since last time, I have reformatted my machine, from Windows Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit.We have also changed AcuCobol, now we run on version 9.1.0. Earlier I ran on 8.1.3.Creating the class (m_acuCobol = new AcuGTClass();) runs correct. No error, and it reflects the path to the runtime / AcuGt.exe from GENESIS_HOME (I guess).But when executing the initialization (int result = m_acuCobol.Initialize(ref initParamsObject); ) it returns the error code -2147023170.initParamsObject holds the parameters to the start, and is:"-c C:\\temp\\POS\\acuconfPOS.txt -y PosToVc"I have checked that AcuGt.exe is in fact in the folder that is reflected in the class. I have checked that the config file really is in the folder specified in "initParamsObj

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 14 March 2012]Hi all,i would to create a web-site application with cobol (runtime acucobol) is it possible?if yes, what do application I use?thkEnrico

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 15 March 2012]Hi, i want to select just the date element of a timestamp columm. Does anyone knowwhat the common syntax / odbc escape sequence is (if there is any) that would enable me to use a single statementthat would work for both Sqlserver & Oracle without having to resort to the type of statement shown below ? Does anyone know if there is a webpage/document anywhere that lists techniques for making embedded sql more database agnostic ?:- IF SQLSERVER EXEC SQL SELECT CONVERT(CHAR(8),NAMEDATE,112) INTO :H-DATETIME FROM NCHARDATA WHERE NAMEVAL = :H0286-NAME END-EXECELSE EXEC SQL SELECT TO_CHAR(NAMEDATE,'YYYYMMDD') INTO :H-DATETIME FROM NCHARDATA WHERE NAMEVAL = :H0286-NAME END-EXECEND-IFAny advice would be much appreciated, thanks (i'm using Netexpress 5.104.0083)

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 15 March 2012]Hi,I'm having trouble with a simple sql select statement and the where clause is anNCHAR(20) column.EXEC SQL SELECT 'x' FROM TABLE WHERE NCHAR20_COL = :WS-VARIABLE END-EXECIf WS-VARIABLE is > or for Oracle.We are using Netexpress 5.104.0083, I have directive NSYMBOL "NATIONAL" set and we're using Oracle 11gAny advice would be much appreciated, Thanks

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 16 March 2012]Has anyone got any pointers as to how OO cobol can read/write to a ISAM file? The documentation for OO just skips over this, and the only 'example' file that I found in the knowledge base no longer exists for download! There is one passing reference to creating a factory object, but nothing more than that. I don't really want to write procedural call just to facilitate reading/updating a file.I'm using Server Express 5.1, but any help is much appreciated.Thanks very much. Mike.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 05 March 2012] Program:000010 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.000020 PROGRAM-ID. TESTE1.000030000040 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.000050000060 DATA DIVISION.000070000080 PROCEDURE DIVISION.000090 PARA-1.000100 DISPLAY "Content-Type: text/html ".000110 DISPLAY "".000120 DISPLAY "".000130 DISPLAY "<html><body><h3>Teste Cobol-CGI</h3></body></html>".000140 STOP RUN.This program when called via CGI generates the following error:Erro interno do Servidor!O servidor encontrou um erro interno e não pode completar sua requisição.Mensagem de Erro:Premature end of script headers: TESTE1.EXESe você acredita ter encontrado um problema no servidor, por favor entre em contato com o webmaster.Error 500localhost03/05/12 15:52:51Apache/2.2.21 (Win32) PHP/5.3.9 As I compiled the program:The same program compiled with openCobol does not generate the error.Can anyone help me

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 16 March 2012]I have 2 packages that were developed under MicroFocus (SCO Unix) that now need to be brought over to either windows or Linux. How do I compile these using the Visual Studio 2010 and also run these programs. All screens were developed under the old character type screens and this is fine to continue to use. Also, would anyone know if I can simply copy over the data files. Thanks,