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The Visual COBOL 8.0 release provides the following enhancement: You can create, build and run COBOL projects targeting .NET 6 in Visual Studio 2022. In all other supported environments, you can use the .NET 6 SDK or Visual Studio code to build .NET 6 COBOL projects. Support for .NET Core 3.1 has been discontinued. #VisualStudio2022#VisualCOBOL#.NETCore#NewRelease-Feature#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#VisualCOBOL8.0#VisualStudio#.net6#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

I am trying to install microfocus visual cobol version 7. on New Dell Laptop. when executing the installer program opens and closes without any error. I was able to produce a log report, Here is the log it produced: [0AF4:3B6C][2022-08-04T20:48:40]i001: Burn v3.14.0.1703, Windows v10.0 (Build 22000: Service Pack 0), path: C:\\Users\\miren\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\{CADDB339-6BA8-4FAE-A450-6647ADA0198B}\\.cr\\vcvs2019_70.exe[0AF4:3B6C][2022-08-04T20:48:40]i000: Initializing string variable 'ProductRevision' to value '7.0.00248'[0AF4:3B6C][2022-08-04T20:48:40]i000: Initializing string variable 'InstallFolder' to value '[ProgramFilesFolder]Micro Focus\\Visual COBOL'[0AF4:3B6C][2022-08-04T20:48:40]i000: Initializing numeric variable 'RumbaCheckbox' to value '0'[0AF4:3B6C][2022-08-04T20:48:40]i000: Initializing string variable 'RumbaCheckboxState' to value 'disable'[0AF4:3B6C][2022-08-04T20:48:40]i000: Initializing string variable 'RumbaLabelState' to value 'disable'[0AF4:3B6C][2022-08-04T20

Hi, While compiling a Native COBOL file i am getting following error. Using Visual Studio 2019 and MF COBOL 7.0 1>COBOL : Object Code error : file 'odbcecm'1>COBOL : error code: 153, pc=0, call=1, seg=01> 153 Subscript out of range (in d:\\Packages\\pkg_300025\\bln_748\\ESQL\\oecm\\odbcecm\\src\\oecmexc.cbl, line 2450)1> Regards Renu#subscriptoutofrange#153

* CSQL-I-018: Invoking Oracle Precompiler/Translator [cobol] [cobol] 86 [cobol] System default option values taken from: C:\\app\\va27\\product\\11.2.0\\client_1\\precomp\\admin\\pcbcfg.cfg [cobol] [cobol] Error at line 86, column 7 in file C:\\VisualCobolWorkspace\\source_project\\GIFPWD [cobol] 98.pco [cobol] [cobol] ......1 [cobol] PCB-S-00106, Unable to open INCLUDE file "COPYCOM1"

Problem: How to create files that use UTF-8 or Unicode (UTF-16) character encodings? The strings are initially ANSI based so need to be converted to UTF-8 and UTF-16. Resolution: Attached is an example that shows how you can do this. Converting to Unicode uses standard COBOL syntax for dealing with Unicode strings. UTF-8 is slightly more complex. The Windows API that performs the conversion to UTF-8 is "WideCharToMultiByte". This however requires a Unicode input string to perform the conversion on. A 2 stage conversion approach is required to first convert to Unicode and then to UTF-8 using "WideCharToMultiByte". Attachments: utf8.zip Old KB# 1309

Is it possible to install "setup_visualcobol_devhub_8.0_suse_x64" on a WSL2 instance ?

I was just wondering in your all experiences do customers usually modify an existing legacy cobol program to take advantages of the visual cobol capabilities not available in  traditional cobol, like OOP and classes, or do they simply recompile the existing legacy cobol with no modifications so it can run in a managed environment, basically a straight lift and shift?

Problem: How can I read and write using a serial port with RM/COBOL in Windows? Resolution: COM port communication uses the normal file access method as demonstrated by the attached sample programs. The COMTEST sample program writes via an open output; COMREAD is used to get input. You must check the equipment on the other end to make sure it is configured to accept both input and output  from the COM port. Make sure to check any cabling requirements the device may have. This is essential, as there are many types of cables and different pin configurations. There are straight through cables and Null Modem cables, and no doubt many others. You need to be sure that the cable pin-outs are correct for the device. This is not Liant's area of expertise, and we can't advise better on this, but the equipment being used should have a manual that explains how the cable must be configured. In addition, you must set the port properties on the PC to what is required b

I used the VC7 installer to uninstall VC 7 for Visual Studio 2019 and then installed Visual Studio 2019. I then installed Visual Studio 2022 and when I tried to install VC 8 I still get an error message#installationMFVC#VisualStudio#VisualCOBOL

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Hello, I'm trying to reproduce the spteps in this tutorial: https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/visual-cobol/vc80/VS2022/GUID-B2C3EDF6-A5E7-403C-AC9D-9413000E2139.html But I'm recieving CORs error on trying to test the aplication. Error on Inspector: bookAJAXtest.html:1 Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'localhost:9003/.../Read' from origin 'null' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. I already make the changes on the last section of tutorial, and checking the services properties on the ES Adiministration, I have the following header configurations: [response headers]Access-Control-Allow-Credentials=falseAccess-Control-Allow-Origin=*  #REST#CORS#API

HI, I am required to have the XML files I generate in ANSI format with NetExpress  select xml-tbai assign NFXML organisation is xml file status is file-status-spec. must be in UTF-8 format without BOM. Is this possible?

hi team, am facing challenge to get request names and title of the request in approval view. and also adding other information apart for default field. I tried to add rule on task plan but not working

I need to generate an xml of invoices, which the XSD specifies that the detail of each invoice can have up to a maximum of 1000 lines.If I generate with the CBL2XML the XD record file, it generates the following 04 tbf-InvoiceDetails identified by "InvoiceDetails" count in tbf-InvoiceDetails-count. 05 tbf-IDInvoiceDetail occurs 1000 times identified by "IDInvoiceDetail". 06 tbf-DescriptionDetail PIC X(250) identified by "DescriptionDetail". 06 tbf-Quantity PIC X(80) identified by "Quantity". 06 tbf-UnitAmount PIC X(80) identified by "UnitAmount". 06 tbf-Discount PIC X(80) identified by "Discount". 06 tbf-TotalAmount PIC X(80) identified by "TotalAmount". How can you define a dynamic table, depending on the exact number of invoice lines the invoice contains. Now as it is it generates me an xml with 1000 with "InvoiceDetail" most of them empty. Regards

Hello everyone. Hope all is good. I am currently have a issue with writing record to "history.dat" and it is giving me an error of "9/" The program has been working fine for the last 15 years however last month when trying to update/write to the history.dat file it is giving me an error. I was able to resolve the problem by going into Net Express and performing the "Fix File Index".  That resolve the issue and I was able to update the history.dat file.  Moving forward to today, when trying to update the history.dat file I was getting the same error so I did what I tried before to get it to work however am unsuccessful even though Net Express say that the "Rebuild successful. Records Processed = 73216. I'm not sure what is going on and hope someone can shed some light into this issue. I'm determined that it is something to do with the index file. Some more information: The file information: history.dat   =  25,169

Hello everyone. Hope all is good. I am currently have a issue with writing record to "history.dat" and it is giving me an error of "9/" The program has been working fine for the last 15 years however last month when trying to update/write to the history.dat file it is giving me an error. I was able to resolve the problem by going into Net Express and performing the "Fix File Index".  That resolve the issue and I was able to update the history.dat file.  Moving forward to today, when trying to update the history.dat file I was getting the same error so I did what I tried before to get it to work however am unsuccessful even though Net Express say that the "Rebuild successful. Records Processed = 73216. I'm not sure what is going on and hope someone can shed some light into this issue. I'm determined that it is something to do with the index file. Some more information: The file information: history.dat   =  25,169

It is the first time I install certificates.  I have my MFES set up as per the documentation, but only works when we set "verify peer=no" in the mf_client.dat file.  MFES is acting as a client on this setting. I installed Wireshark in that server, and below is what I see. When we remove or comment "verify peer=no" in the mf_client.dat file, it behaves as follows:    We send the "Client Hello" message    Host sends back "Server Hello, Certificate, Server Key Exchanged, Server Hello Done" message from the host.    We immediately send back an "Alert (Level: Fatal, Description: Unknown CA)" message, and follow with a "[FIN, ACK]" transmission. When we set back the "verify peer=no" parameter in the mf_client.dat file, it then behaves as follows:    We send the "Client Hello" message   Host sends back "Server Hello, Certificate,

Cuando intento ejecutar/depurar un programa en VC 8.0 con VS2022, recibo este mensaje. ¿Qué servicio necesito activar en el sistema? pero si lo ejecuto desde la interfaz de comandos, se ejecuta sin ningún problema.

Hi, We have the application running on live environment for more than 5 years without any issue. But from last month we have encountered following error in event viewer (XYZ is a native COBOL module): Load error : file 'XYZ'  Error Code: 173, PC = 0, Call= 1, Seg = 0 173 called program file not found in drive/ directory. Also, the event source was  Micro focus RTS for Visual COBOL. Can anyone please help as it impacts the business. Regards

On Windows 2019 in a domain environment, the user logs out of their computer session does the cobol session end with all files closing out?  On RM/cobol version 12.17.   More info - the user Remote Desktops into the 2019 server, logs into the server using their AD login creds.  then, while the cobol session is up, logs out of the computer, but does not end the cobol application. thanks, Jim

Suppression of JSON elements.IBM COBOL 6.3 introduced generic suppression to the JSON GENERATE statement.Visual COBOL 8.0 has introduced the generic suppression functionality also.For older versions of Visual COBOL, you can use an application called jq to suppress empty elements. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000008869#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

When installing an "autopass" license file the following message is generated:You should have obtained licenses from the Micro Focus activation website and put them into text file accessible from this computer.Enter path of file containing new license or <Return> to abort### Autopass not configured. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000008253#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Hi,  May i know that anyone have experience that in the grid cell, we can right click and it will have the pop-up menu for user to select copy/paste?  Thank You. 

Hi,  May i know that how can we copy the data in a grid cell and paste the copied data to another grid cell? Thank You. #Grid#CopyandPaste

In systems with w10 installed and Server for cobol 5.1 rev 18 license, for 10 concurrent users, when starting a Cobol application made with NE, this message appears, as if the user counter remains in memory or in processes running. It does not happen in systems with Win7. To solve it, it forces to have to restart the PC or to close session. What is the cause of the error and how to solve it?