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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?

Hi,  May i know that isn't possible for us to made a grid cell blinking?  Because we would like to made it blinking for get user attention.  Thank You. #Grid#blinking

Hello everybody, someone knows the existence of a manual or some examples ( for dummies ) that explain the basics of use of xml extensions? I have read the manual but I understood little ..........................😭

Hi, Is it possible to copy and past a string from a program Windows to a field in a running RMcobol program ?  Example : I have a name on a page of a word processor, I select it and use ctrl+c, I recall my cobol program and I select ctr+v on the input field of my cobol program....... Someone tried it or there is a way to do it ?

The documentation for Server Express and Net Express (as well as very old Visual COBOL versions) shows an incorrect meaning for COBOL Runtime System (RTS) error 006. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000008716#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Hi I install cobol for visual studio then I have to install licens? How to??? I got 2 xmlfiles in e-mail from MicroFocus

I'm running Visual Studio CE and Visual COBOL PE. Trying to open a .sln I get 'An error occurred ... while attempting to open...' and all my programs are shown as 'incompatible' in the 'Solution Explorer'. I then get a dialog asking for an Authorization Code. I'm assuming my VC licence has expired. However opening Licence Administration the contents show 'Visual COBOL PE Visyal Studio' and '365 Days Left.' Also trying to open a different project gives '247     Licensing error (Error[0xc800100d]: The license for Feature "SolarNativeRuntime" is no longer valid because the license expiration date has been reached.)'. Assuming both of these issues are due to my VC licence expiring would it be possible to renew the licence?#VisualCOBOL

Scenario in general: We have a client with some unusual (at least for us) possible issues with AcuServer. At random times during a day the client's users will begin to throw  9D,103 and 9D, 104 error messages. The client has a work around of rebooting the server on a daily basis in the early AM hours. The client would prefer not to have to reboot the server.  Specifics in regards to the client's setup and other observations: The problem started approximately 4 weeks ago and to the client's knowledge no changes have been made to the environment. Our review would agree in regards to changes in the AcuCOBOL environment in the last 4 weeks but the client does apply Windows updates as released. The client's entire infrastructure is virtualized using VDI for user workstations running Windows 7 and application server  Windows Server 2008. The client has approximately 30 to 50 concurrent application users at any one time.,  The client has 9 instances of AcuServer running as

My customer is upgrading from Windows Server 2008 R2 to 2022. I have Acusever 8.13 installed and running on the new server. I'm getting the 37, 07 errors when trying to log into my AcucobolGT application which states that file permissions are not allowing access to the data files.  The user does have Full Control of the folder and the configuration of network users and folders is identical to the previous  server configuration. Does anyone know if file permissions work differently in Server 2022 or if additional Security/Permission configuration is needed? Thanks.#extend#AcuCobol#AcuServer

How is AcuXDBC client and server installed and setup on Linux? Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000008030#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Starting with Visual COBOL 7.0, the following date-format-checking intrinsic functions have been added:TEST-DATE-YYYYMMDD The TEST-DATE-YYYYMMDD function tests the validity of a date in standard date form (YYYYMMDD) against the Gregorian calendar TEST-DAY-YYYYDDD The TEST-DAY-YYYYDDD function tests the validity of a date in Julian date form (YYYYDDD) against the Gregorian calendar#HowTo-BestPractice#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#TEST-DATE-YYYYMMDD#VisualCOBOL#TEST-DAY-YYYYDDD#COBOL#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#VisualCOBOL#intrinsicfunction

hello, My trial license is provided by Micro Focus. I downloaded Micro Focus Cobol 7.0 together with Visual Studio 2019. Installed is the micro focus package. However, the problem is that Cobol isn't included in Visual Studio.any assistance thank you#VisualCOBOL#license

Hi, what is here wrong? What Java Version did i need? What Eclipse Version? Other things? The Version run under Windows 10 64 Bit Best Regards Bernd#VisualCOBOLEclipse

1)Errors coming from one of cobol program .Different errors coming in eslog at different timesa)220630 16532697 90622 ESDEMO64 CASCS5100I Communications Process instance 01 is ready to accept requests 16:53:26220630 17093438 90636 ESDEMO64 CASMG0001I inside nlnqtn prog :00 17:09:34220630 17093438 90636 ESDEMO64 CASMG0001I Inside svlnqtn 00 17:09:34220630 17094378 90636 ESDEMO64 CASMG0001I inside nlnqtn prog :00 17:09:43220630 17094378 90636 ESDEMO64 CASMG0001I Inside svlnqtn 00 17:09:43220630 17094435 CASCD0154S SEP 00002 for ES ESDEMO64 abended by signal 0000000011 17:09:44220630 17094472 91070 ESDEMO64 CASSP0002I Server manager informed of process termination, pinfo = S,0000090636 17:09:44220630 17094572 90611 ESDEMO64 CASKC0041E Transaction abend . The task has terminated abnormally because of a program check. 17:09:45220630 17094572 CASCD0127I SEP 00003 created for ES ESDEMO64, process-id = 91080 17:09:45220630 17094572 91080 ESDEMO64 CASSI1500I SEP initialization started 17:09:452