Rocket® COBOL

Hi! I am currently testing Visual COBOL 11 against my software, and when I run a program that has Database Connectors in them, I get a 9D,25 error on all the SQL tables that are in the program.Copilot tells me that the 9D,25 means the XFD is corrupt, but I re-created the XFDs and I am still getting the error. I re-created the Aculock DB, and made sure that my ACUFH file is pointing to the correct folder, and I have a valid license.  Is there anything else I can look at? 

I installed the latest Personal Edition of Visual COBOL.I'm trying to create a class that inherits from base and I'm getting the message "Inherited class 'Type base' not found".How do I fix this?

Visual COBOL 11, COBOL .NET, .NET Core -  using methods.When using namespaces why use:       $set ilusing "System.Collections.Generic"Over right clicking on the project, properties ~Namespaces or visa versa?The $set places it in the code vs properties~Namespaces setting it in the project.I think the $set is more visible personally at a developer level, But properies~Namespaces might be better for Pipelines. (Easier to pick up dependencies)What is the benefit of either method?Neil

I have MF Netexpress 5.1 installed on my laptop runing Win7 Ultimate. I want to move To Win11 with fresh installation not upgrade installation.before doing this I want to keep my Netexpress license,, this requires me to Revoke it, is it possible to get a response key after revoke?the name of the installer executable I have:  nxp3251060079 Bel ShattyIT managerManara Inforamtions Tecgnology

I am trying to call the direct ODBC API from a Visual COBOL program using Visual Studio 2022. I want to know if there are any specific configuration changes required in Visual studio 2022 to make ODBC calls work correctly, especially when linking DLLs that are not part of the same solution. Also, if anyone has a small sample COBOL program that demonstrates how to call ODBC APIs directly (for example: SQLConnect, SQLExecDirect, SQLDisconnect), it would be very helpful. Could you please guide me on the correct setup and share any sample code?

Visual Studio 2022, Visual COBOL 11 Update 1. When migrating old native COBOL code to COBOL .NET which has lots of reference modification code you have to sometimes work out something simple as the length of a string.In OO COBOL you had character arrays and you could get “size” or “sizeinbytes”. Due to my very poor understanding of what a character array was many years ago I got unstuck when using simplified Chinese to do reference modification as getting the “size” means how many simplified Chinese characters are in the array and doing reference modification would truncate the data because I didn’t use “sizeinbytes”.So now moving to COBOL .NET I’d better check the behaviour of this and see how it works.I have a simple C# winform Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("zh-CN");Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo("zh-CN");  This is passed into a C# class and and the RunUnit started.The data is then passed from the class into 2 working storage fields, 1

Hi,I have found that the EXIT PARAGRAPH doesn’t work in .NET COBOL. Is this an error or is it deliberate, and if it is deliberate then is there an alternative?Thanks in advance

Does anyone know if there is documentation on the “*** System error value = # *** errors? I see them pop up in my logs from time to time, but I’m not able to find what they mean in the AcuCOBOL documentation. I’m using 10.5.1 on RHEL if that matters.Thanks for your help!

Hi,Is there any documentation around that cross references the OO COBOL objects to help me identify what I need to use in .NET COBOL as replacements? For example: characterarray = stringAt this point I have no specifics but any help would be gratefully received.Thanks in advance 

Hello, we are migrating our Visual COBOL development for Eclipse from a AIX server to a Linux server. We have a utility to convert text from ASCII to UTF-8, but it has stopped working because the NATIONAL-OF function does not recognize UTF-8 characters in linux. the locale data are ----AIX LANG=CLC_COLLATE="C"LC_CTYPE="C"LC_MONETARY="C"LC_NUMERIC="C"LC_TIME="C"LC_MESSAGES="C"LC_ALL=-----LinuxLANG=CLC_CTYPE="C"LC_NUMERIC="C"LC_TIME="C"LC_COLLATE="C"LC_MONETARY="C"LC_MESSAGES="C"LC_PAPER="C"LC_NAME="C"LC_ADDRESS="C"LC_TELEPHONE="C"LC_MEASUREMENT="C"LC_IDENTIFICATION="C"LC_ALL=And the code of the utility is :       PROGRAM-ID. anook2       ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.       CONFIGURATION SECTION.       INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.       file-control.           select futf8 assign to f-utf8                  organization line sequential                  status is io-estado.           select fascii assign to f-ascii                  organization line sequential                  status is io-estado.       

Hi, we are working with MF visualcobol 8.0 and we want to read a big binary file. Asking for the use of the CBL_OPEN_FILE to the IA it say that we have to use this format, baut in te MF documentation don´t presents parameter Organization!--scriptorstartfragment-->CALL "CBL_OPEN_FILE"    USING BY VALUE 0              *> File handle (returned)          BY REFERENCE FILE-NAME  *> Nombre del fichero          BY VALUE 1              *> Mode: input          BY VALUE 4              *> Organization: binary          BY VALUE 0              *> Options    RETURNING STATUS-CODE. how must  we usei it!--scriptorendfragment-->

In native COBOL I make heavy use of the compile directive:CALLFH"ABCDEF"Where “ABCDEF” is  ABCDEF.GNT.Moving to COBOL .NET  and .NET Core, “ABCDEF” becomes a DLL but should it be a class or program?What is the benefit of either, if that’s an option?Neil

We love that you can use OCCURS in the screen section and we use it quite frequently.Now - for the first time - we need a radio-button that gets its options from a table and we don’t know how to get the value.This is what we would like to use:78 T01-MAX VALUE 10.78 T01-GROUP VALUE 03.01 T01-RESULT PIC 9(02).01 T01-TABLE. 02 T01-RECORD OCCURS T01-MAX INDEXED BY T01. 03 T01-VI PIC 9(01). 03 T01-ID PIC 9(05). 03 T01-TITLE PIC X(40). 03 T01-VALUE PIC 9(02).01 SCRPP10-BILD. 02 LABEL LINE 10 VISIBLE 0. 02 OCCURS T01-MAX. 03 RADIO-BUTTON LINE + 1 COL 50 VISIBLE T01-VI ID T01-ID TITLE T01-TITLE GROUP T01-GROUP GROUP-VALUE

Hi, we are working with MF visualcobol 8.0 for Eclipse in linux  and we want to read a big binary file (.pdf , .-jpg,...) from the linux server and insert it into a sqlserver bbdd in a windows server.The program is compilede whit openesqlAsking for the use of the CBL_OPEN_FILE to the IA it say that we have to use this sintaxis, but in te MF documentation don´t presents parameter Organization CALL "CBL_OPEN_FILE"    USING BY VALUE 0              *> File handle (returned)          BY REFERENCE FILE-NAME  *> Nombre del fichero          BY VALUE 1              *> Mode: input          BY VALUE 4              *> Organization: binary          BY VALUE 0              *> Options    RETURNING STATUS-CODE. how must  we usei it ? 

I am converting code from native COBOL to .NET and am looking for suggestions whereby in native COBOL I am using a dictionary that is set as an external item so that it can be referenced by a number of programs (DLL’s) but as this is not supported in .NET so I am trying to figure out a viable alternative.Any thoughts or suggestions?

I’ve got to be missing something simple here: msbuild ACME.cblproj --property:Version=8.0.0.2 --property:FileVersion=8.0.0.2This will build a .NET Core 8.0 COBOL dll and pass in the properties for File Version and Product Version as if it where set on the project properties tab, under Application~Assembly Information.But how does one set Product Name and File Description, setting “Product” on the project property~Application~Assembly Information doesn’t build it into the DLL.I need to pass these properties in via command line, I don’t seem to find any documentation for all the StringFileInfo via msbuild.I require these, I have some.   CompanyName=Company  FileDescription  InternalName  FileVersion =FileVersion            LegalCopyright = Copyright  LegalTrademarks = Trademark  OriginalFilename  ProductName  ProductVersion = VesrionAnyone?Neil

Hi everyone,I’m currently working on a LinuxONE machine running RHEL 8, and I’d like to try out Visual COBOL (preferably the trial version) to compile and run COBOL programs directly on this environment.I’ve checked Rocket Software’s website, but I couldn’t find a clear link or step-by-step guide for downloading and installing Rocket Visual COBOL for RHEL 8 on s390x (LinuxONE).Could anyone please share: Where I can download the trial installer for Visual COBOL (s390x version if available), and The installation steps or prerequisites for setting it up on RHEL 8 running on LinuxONE? Any official documentation link or personal setup experience would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance!

Does anyone have some experience using WSpell Check with Flexus SP2 screens.WinterTree WSpellLooking for an Rich Text or document field that also works with Flexus SP2. 

When will be Visual Cobol 11.0 PE available for download?by trying to download VC10 is coming….Thanks for answer